Of all the restaurants in Downtown Silver Spring, my favorite (although this was an exceedingly hard decision) is Thai at Silver Spring.

I've always had a weakness for Thai food. In my hometown in Virginia, my high school friends and I would literally be drawn to the local Taste of Thai restaurant like moths to a flame. Garden rolls and red curry and sweet-and-sour tofu...everything was fair game.

When I came to CUC, I began a search for a great Thai restaurant right away. Although I (mistakenly) believed that nothing would compare to my beloved Taste of Thai, I soon realized that living in the city had some great advantages...I could eat almost any kind of food I wanted, whenever and wherever I wanted.

Luckily, Thai at Silver Spring is mere miles from CUC's campus. From my apartment, it takes about 7 minutes by car to get there. Montgomery County RideOn bus lines also run right to Silver Spring, and the Silver Spring Metro stop (on the red line) is about a block from the restaurant.

Here's what I recommend getting there:

- The chicken satay is so delicious that my once-vegetarian boyfriend caved and ate some. He's now quite the carnivore.
- The mixed vegetables soup and the seaweed soup are great choices for vegetarians.
- And for a main course, my boyfriend is a die-hard chicken with cashew nuts lover, and I have to admit...it's really, really good. I usually get either red curry with chicken or tofu, or panang curry with tofu. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood to eat meat, and I don't mind tofu.

Do you have any favorite restaurants in the DC area? I'll check them out and let you know how I like them here on my blog!

P.S. Check out some scrumptious panang curry in the photo to the right.

Labels: Jaclyn Wile, student blog