Cafetasia
I'm sort of on a quest to find the best plate of pad thai, and I pretty much think I found a winner. With reservations. Cafetasia is an affordable casual Thai restaurant right around NYU so in the past 4 years, I've obviously been there loads of times. The first thing that got me hooked was this "block party" that NYU had, with local vendors giving away food samples. Their crab and cheese rangoon had me hooked. Hooked, I tell you! Crab meat and cream cheese, stuffed in a deep-fried wonton wrapper and dipped in a spicy tomato sauce. Four years of ingesting plates and plates of their crab and cheese rangoon appetizer and I still love it and get it every time. Their lunch menu and early bird dinner menu allow for appetizer + entree, but otherwise the menu is categorized by "extra-small," "small," "medium," "large," and "extra-large" dishes. A typical entree, like pad thai, is considered medium. So, ...