(Formerly known as Tiny Thai.) It's never a good sign when a Thai restaurant doesn't ask you how spicy you like your food.
I ordered a lunch special of spicy noodles ($7.55), which come with soup and a curry puff. Other than a cube of tofu and a little black pepper, the soup — cabbage, celery, carrots, scallions — wasn't particularly Asian. The single large curry puff, with onion and cucumber on top, came without the customary vinegary cucumber sauce; it was mushy and bland. Even my spicy noodles — including ground chicken, red and green peppers, carrots, onions, a little broccoli, basil — weren't very spicy.
The takeout menu plays up Tiny Thai as a space for corporate and birthday parties; the concrete wall hung with minimalist art to the left, and the red banquette framed by earth tones to the right, fit well with the marketing plan. The light alternative rock in the background (that might have been The Cardigans during my meal) was appropriate for both the setting and the food.
Tai Thai
693 Ninth Ave. (47th-48th Sts.)
212-265-2229
