Thai Tada - Herndon

I needed a quick lunch before heading back to LA, and Thai Tada caught my attention. I decided to try one of their lunch specials, which included a choice of options. I went with the Tom Yum Chicken Soup...

Crispy Duck Noodle Soup *Mic Drop* Was the waiter having a rough day and inadvertently rude to you? The Crispy Duck Noodle Soup. Was the Thai decor not quite...

Interestingly, I discovered this place while chatting with a friend about it, all the while thinking he was referring to Tara Thai, which is a completely different restaurant.

Needed a lunch before heading back to LA and Thai Tada was on our radar. Went for a lunch special: (1 Choose one of the following: Tom Yum Chicken Soup Crispy Spring Roll Tom Yum Vegetable Soup Crispy Spring Roll Two Crispy Spring Rolls (2 Choose a meat: Chicken/Beef/Pork/Tofu/Vegetable/ Shrimp/ Crispy Duck (3 Choose your entree; I went for the tom yum chicken soup and crispy roll with a shrimp Tada style drunken noodle Wide rice noodle stir fried with meat, onion, tomato, green pepper, red bell pepper and Thai basil in basil sauce. Was trying to spice up my tolerance level and this was a bit spicy for me (keep trying me.. . The shrimp was fresh and the noodles were good there was a good amount portion wise for the amount that we paid. I do like how the noodles were wide and thick more texture for me with the noodles. The flavor however... I wasn't a fan of. It was missing something... And I think my coworker found it in the pad thai haha. I also got a taste of the crispy duck which felt exactly like how it sounds. Crispy. When you bite into it, it's a crunch haha. Mango sticky rice was added at the end as a dessert... was just alright coconut milk though! Service was good they come by regularly to check up on what you need.

Ironically I found out about this place after talking to my friend about it, and thinking the whole time that he was talking about Tara Thai, a completely different restaurant that I frequent! So I decided to give it a try. Although I only ordered takeout, the woman who I spoke with on the phone and who I picked up the food from was very friendly and pleasant. The inside of the restaurant is also very cute and inviting. We got the tod mun to start with, and I'm honestly pretty picky when it comes to tod mun because the fishy flavor can be overwhelming sometimes--but theirs was delicious. It was really flavorful with more than just that fish taste, and perfectly complemented by the peanut-cucumber sauce. The Tada Drunken Noodles were pretty good, but it definitely could've used more bell peppers because there were barely any in it. The Fresh Ginger chicken was also really fresh tasting (ha) and flavorful, and the rice it came with was definitely good quality, but it did not have any mushrooms like the menu said it would so we were kind of disappointed by that. Overall, good food a cute place that I'd definitely be down to come to again!