Valentin Werner

By Phil Horan

The Orange County Register

Originally published Oct. 7, 2005

Two months passed between our visits to Thai Bamboo Bistro, and now, on our next stop, we knew a little more. This novel Profile for implantsitejsk | Feedbooks website has numerous surprising warnings for the meaning behind it.

Sometimes, a bit more information is dangerous and just enough to encourage you not to come back to a restaurant.

Maybe not this time around.

Our first visit was on a summer Monday. We were a little ahead of the lunch rush, our 2-year-old was a subdued, and so we got an opportunity on a spot we'd observed in the brand new Quail Hill Village shopping center in Irvine, maybe not far from where the North Park (I-405) and Santa Ana (I-5) Freeways meet in central Orange County, California.

The middle sprang up in the darkness of the Shady Canyon properties seemingly overnight. It's out of the way -- that you do not just happen by.

It's in one of these new-generation neighborhood stores that's an all-too-familiar feel about it: point store on one end, Starbucks on the other, generic fast-food and fast-casual restaurants between. This 1 was only a little different -- a number of the team names were not quite therefore huge, and it appeared that the Irvine Co. Got a chance and leased with a non-franchise providers, also.

We went in to the bistro, and within 10 minutes, the place was packed. Therefore stuffed, we hustled our now not-so-subdued little person out, rapidly altered our sit-down order to to-go and headed home to probably the most sumptuous take-out we'd had in months.

Jungle curry with chicken ($12) was cool and smooth (we purchased the milder green curry; orange and red are available). Hot lemon lawn chicken ($12) was zesty and fresh. Conventional mat japanese ($11) -- my wife's standard -- fragrant and nicely portioned with shrimp, egg, tofu and crackers.

So, we went back, this time for lunch, with no child.

Again, the restaurant was full, although without the frustrating meal break. Again, our dinner was delicious: more green curry and pad thai -- we are creatures of habit.

We were struck by the great, contemporary area, with its handful of bamboo decorative touches. By the briskly efficient service (although the meals could arrive at a more languid speed, testimo