Erawan

We had lunch at Erawan in Bayside on Saturday, a Thai restaurant that gets fairly good reviews in places like Zagat's. Although the food tasted ok, one gets the impression that they have tamed the spice much overmuch for the western taste. Unlike our own better priced and fiery Bangkok Tasty, Erawan somehow turns Thai food insipid, a bland curried noodles and an eggplant stew that hardly set the mouth afire. Of course, one ought really not trust Zagat's for much of anything, but we were still surprised by the blandness of it all.