Daily Archives: July 12, 2012

Foodler and Chili Duck

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After recounting favorite memories from Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket, we were yearning for a taste of Thailand here in Boston. Ordering a bit of pad thai instead of making noodles ourselves and fried rice (BMH’s fried rice) would whisk us back to South East Asia and the Land of the Smiles in no time.

We have used the very convenient take order and delivery website Foodler from  Thai Basil (BMH’s review Foodler and Thai Basil), another local Thai restaurant and were excited to order again.  This time we decided to change it up and go for Chilli Duck (BMH’s review of Chilli Duck).

The Foodler website is highly navigable, quick to use and we can specify special instructions (as we did here, since one of us was vegetarian and wants to enjoy the pad thai, without the chicken, however we still wanted the chicken!)

Chilli Duck offers free delivery and we quickly added the tip amount, no signing paperwork or additional work on our end. We added specific instructions to buzz the door to the unit, an email confirmation was sent  and in 40 minutes, a take out bag was in our hands.

We were very pleased the chicken was in a separate on the side, as requested.

The pineapple fried rice was filled with slivers of onions, chucks of pineapple, raisins, scrambled egg, bell peppers and a touch of very mild curry powder.spicy for $9.95. The sweet and savory rice was very fresh, aromatic and really a nice balance of curry flavor.

Chilli Duck’s Pad Thai had perfectly stir-fried rice noodles (unlike our rendition of Pad Thai) with bits of fluffy egg, bean sprouts and green scallions, topped with nutty ground peanuts. We love the light sweetness and pad thai here.

For our vegetarian friend, instead of chicken, we substituted in some delicious Trader Joe’s Chicken Less Mandarin Orange Chicken.

For the omnivore, the chicken on the side. The combination of noodles, rice and a bit of protein really made us miss Thailand and the tremendous food and hospitality.

We really prefer Chilli Duck and Foodler as our go to’s for Thai and for takeout. With Foodler, the extra Foodler Bucks earned are a great incentive to keep using the easy service. The website itself is very straight forward and we could quickly search which restaurants were delivering in our neighborhood, what restaurants offer free delivery and which places have extra discounts.

Disclosure: We received $15 in Foodler Bucks through Boston Food Bloggers. Khob-kun-Ka (thank you!) to both Foodler and Rachel, Boston Food Bloggers‘ fearless leader. All opinions and views expressed are our own. 

On The Beach Restaurant, Phuket

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We walked a quarter of a mile down the beach from Cloud 19 for a change of scenery and came across On the Beach Restaurant. The tiki lights and citronella smell kept the bugs away as we enjoyed mango smoothies, peanuts, cocktails and fried items and rice. It was a great night to enjoy the ocean sounds and see the sun set. We could even see a buddha on the mountaintop across the ocean line.




FREE Tall Starbucks Refreshers™ Iced Beverage on Friday, July 13

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Attention readers! Get some good luck tomorrow, Friday, July 13, from Noon until 3:00pm and visit your local Starbucks store to receive a FREE Tall Handcrafted Starbucks Refreshers™ iced beverage. No purchase necessary.

Starbucks Refreshers beverages are less than 100 calories and contain green coffee extract (a natural source of caffeine) and real fruit juice. These new beverages look like a great new alternative to getting a caffeine fix. Some flavors include Very Berry Hibiscus or Cool Lime. 

For years, we have stopped into our Starbucks for the Tazo Shakened Iced Passion tea. Once in a while we’ll change it up and do a Passion tea and lemonade, a makeshift Arnold Palmer. We like how the new iced beverages will have an extra kick of caffeine. Can not wait to try.