Thai Cafe Menu – Durham, NC

Type : Thai restaurant

Location : Durham, NC

Noodles, curries & other classic Thai dishes in a simple space with Thai-inspired decor. Based on 714 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.3 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Thai Cafe 27707

Address:
2501 University Dr, Durham, NC 27707

Phone: (919) 493-9794

Website:

Hours

Wednesday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5–9 PM
Thursday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5–9 PM
Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9:30 AM
Saturday 12–9:30 PM
Sunday 12–9:30 PM
Monday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5–9 PM
Tuesday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5–9 PM

Menu

Dinner | Special Entrees
Chicken Noodle Bowl | Dinner $17.70
Chicken Or Tofu Noodle Bowl | Dinner
Mild spicy. Gluten-free. Char-grilled chicken breast, thin rice noodles, bean sprouts, romaine lettuce and fresh ginger in a lemon curry sauce.		 $15.95
Eggplant Noodle Bowl With Salmon | Dinner
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. Char-grilled salmon, thin rice noodle with eggplants, bell peppers in red curry sauce.		 $18.20
Ka Prow Chicken Or Pork | Dinner
Medium spicy. Stir-fried ground meat with our spicy basil sauce and served with a fried egg over rice.		 $19.35
Salmon Bowl | Dinner $19.35
Appetizers
Crab Angels
Four fried wontons filled with crabmeat and cream cheese, a Thai Cafe favorite.		 $7.45
Crispy Fried Tofu
Gluten-free. Delicious tofu fried to a golden brown then served with sweet and sour peanut sauce.		 $6.30
Crispy Squid
Tender calamari lightly battered and deep-fried served with sweet and sour sauce.		 $12.00
Larb Chicken Or Beef
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Your choice of ground chicken or beef, cooked with our special blend of spices, basil leaves, green onions, lime juice, and chilis served with crisp cabbage.		 $13.15
Nam Sod
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Ground pork, blended hot peppers, ginger, fish sauce, lime juice, red onions, and peanuts.		 $13.15
Nam Tok Beef
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Tender sliced ribeye, char-grilled, and seasoned with the perfect blend of chilis, basil leaves, fish sauce, and red onions then served with fresh cabbage.		 $14.25
Pot Stickers
Mild Spicy. Delicate dumpling filled with chicken and vegetable, steamed and pan-seared, topped with red curry sauce.		 $9.70
Satay Beef Or Chicken
Gluten-free. Five skewers with sliced lean filet’s marinated in Thai spices, char-grilled, then served with peanut sauce and crisp cucumber salad.		 $11.35
Shrimp Tempura With Vegetable
Lightly battered plump shrimp with mixed vegetables deep-fried to a crisp golden brown.		 $14.25
Thai Sausage
Mild Spicy. Fresh Romaine, crisp cucumber, red onion, and scallions, topped with sliced Thai sausage in a sweet and spicy sauce.		 $11.35
Yum Won Sen
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Silver noodles, shrimp, squid, and ground chicken seasoned with onions, lime juice, fish sauce, and chili sauce, served with Romaine lettuce and bean sprouts.		 $14.25
Spring Roll
Three homemade crisp, fried vegetarian rolls served with Thai Cafe sweet and sour sauce.		 $6.30
Fresh Roll
Mild Spicy. Two rolls filled with leaf lettuce, fresh basil, bean sprouts, pork, and shrimp accompanied with Thai sweet and spicy plum sauce.		 $7.45
Soups
Spicy Coconut Soup With Chicken Or Tofu
Mild spicy.		 $5.15
Spicy Hot & Sour Soup With Chicken Or Tofu
Mild spicy. Gluten-free.		 $5.15
Spicy Coconut Soup With Shrimp
Mild spicy. Gluten-free.		 $5.70
Wonton Soup
Volcano pot. Shrimp and chicken stuffed wonton.		 $11.35
Spicy Seafood Soup
Gluten-free. Volcano pot. Squid, shrimp, mussels, and scallops.		 $14.80
Silver Noodle Soup
Volcano pot. Silver noodles with ground chicken, shrimp meatballs, Napa cabbage, and scallions.		 $11.35
Spicy Hot & Sour Soup With Shrimp
Mild spicy. Gluten-free.		 $5.70
Salads
Thai Salad
Gluten-free. Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and sliced boiled egg with bean sprouts served with homemade peanut dressing.		 $10.85
Shrimp Salad
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. Grilled shrimp spiced with lemongrass and Kaffir leaves with spicy Thai dressing on a bed of crisp Romaine.		 $14.25
Spicy Beef Or Chicken Salad
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Marinated strips of flank steak or chicken breast char-grilled with cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, and spiced with lime juice, fish sauce, and chilis over Romaine lettuce.		 $14.80
Squid Salad
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Steamed squid seasoned with spicy lime sauce and onions over crisp Romaine lettuce.		 $14.25
Spicy Papaya Salad
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Shredded green papaya, green beans, and tomatoes mixed with fresh garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, fresh chilis and topped with peanuts. Served with beef jerky and sticky rice.		 $14.80
Yumyai Salad
Gluten-free. Sliced boiled egg, tomato, cucumber, red onion, chicken, and shrimp with sweet and sour peanut dressing on a bed of crisp Romaine.		 $13.15
Ginger Salad $6.30
Noodles or Rice Entrees
Pad Thai
Gluten-free. Most popular dish of Thailand, thin rice noodle pan-fried with egg, scallions, bean sprouts, and topped with ground peanuts. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Pad See Ew
Thai flat rice noodle sautéed with egg, broccoli, garlic and Thai soy sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Pad Won Sen
Mung bean noodle sautéed with egg, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, and scallions in our brown sauce. Recommended with beef or shrimp. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Drunken Noodle
Medium spicy. Combination of green beans, tomato, basil, egg, onions, chili sauce, red and green bell peppers wok stir-fried with Thai flat rice noodle to make this popular dish. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Spicy Spaghetti
Medium spicy. Wheat pasta sautéed with green beans, tomatoes, onions in our homemade chili sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Lad Na Noodle
Thai flat rice noodle stir-fried topped with gravy broccoli sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Fried Rice
Egg, white onions, tomatoes and your choice of meat stir-fried with Thai Jasmine rice. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Stir-Fry Entrees
Broccoli Lovers
Fresh broccoli and shiitake mushrooms in mild brown sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Ginger & Mushroom
White onions, scallions, zucchini, carrots, and fresh mushrooms in a ginger sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Spicy Cashew Nut
Medium spicy. Bell peppers, garlic, onions, and cashew nuts stir-fried in a spicy pepper sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Prik King
Medium spicy. Green beans and Kaffir lime leaves mix with Thai red curry paste, a Thai Cafe favorite. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Veggie Medley
A medley of broccoli, carrots, onions, baby corn, cabbage, zucchini, green beans, celery, and bean sprouts in a light and delicate Thai sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Baby Corn
Miniature ears of corn, white onion, green onions, and straw mushrooms. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Spicy Basil Leaves
Medium spicy. Fresh basil leaves with bell peppers, and green beans in hot chili sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Pad Prik
Medium spicy. Recommended with pork, this spicy pepper sauce dish has a delicious combination of red and green bell peppers, onions, garlic, and straw mushrooms. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Sweet & Sour
Thai sweet and sour sauce with onions, bell peppers, tomato, and pineapple chunks battered and deep-fried with your protein choice recommended with chicken and shrimp.		 $17.70
Garlic & Black Pepper
Special garlic sauce with black and white pepper served on a bed of crisp Romaine lettuce.		 $17.70
Curry Entrees
Yellow Curry
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. The hottest of our curry mixed with potatoes and carrots. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Panang | Red Curry
Mild spicy. Gluten-free. Our popular curry dish, red curry mixed with kaffir lime leaves, bell peppers, and basil leaves. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Green Curry
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. Zucchini, green bean, Napa cabbage, and bell pepper cooked in green curry sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Massaman Curry
Gluten-free. Contains peanuts. Sauteed in a massaman mild curry sauce with avocado and cashew nuts. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Homemade Desserts
Coconut Cake $7.95
Coconut Cake
Gluten-free.		 $8.55
Crème Brûlée
Gluten-free.		 $7.95
Coconut Ice Cream
Gluten-free.		 $6.30
Mango Ice Cream
Gluten-free.		 $6.30
Chocolate Cake $8.55
Cheesecake
With strawberry sauce.		 $7.95
Homemade Carrot Cake $9.10
Beverages
Thai Iced Tea $5.15
Sides
Brown Rice $2.30
Fried Rice $6.30
White Rice $1.75
Special Entrees
Thai 3 Flavor Fish
Mild Spicy. Fresh tilapia filet, pan-fried to a golden crisp and topped with Thai Cafe’s sweet and sour spicy sauce.		 $22.75
Ka Proud Lamb
Mild spicy. Four fresh lamb chops char-grilled and seasoned in Thai basil sauce with chopped bell pepper, onions, mushroom and fresh basil leaves, very flavorful.		 $26.20
Roasted Duck With Red Curry
Mild spicy. Gluten-free. Boneless roasted duck, slow-cooked overnight in a red curry sauce, combined with the perfect combination of pineapples, tomatoes, bell peppers, and basil leaves.		 $25.05
Thai BBQ Chicken
Half chicken marinated overnight in our homemade BBQ sauce, then char-grilled and served with shrimp fried rice and sweet and sour sauce.		 $22.75
Soft Shell Crab With Asparagus Sauce
Medium spicy. Two soft shell crabs fried to a moist flakiness topped with shrimps in light green curry asparagus sauce with bell peppers and basil leaves.		 $26.20
Volcano Chicken Or Tofu
Medium spicy. Chicken Breast or Tofu Fingers stir-fried crispy with Thai chili sweet garlic sauce then served on a bed of steamed vegetables		 $20.50
Seafood Panang
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Our favorite seafood mixed with shrimp, scallops, mussels, and squid in a red curry sauce.		 $26.20
Shu Shee Salmon
Mild spicy. Gluten-free. Char-grilled fresh salmon filet topped with red shu shee curry sauce, straw mushroom, bell peppers and basil leaves.		 $25.05
Spicy Mix Seafood
Medium spicy. Fresh green mussels, sea scallops, shrimp, and squid stir-fried in our own basil sauce mixed with onions, red and green bell peppers. A seafood lover’s dish.		 $26.20
Shrimp Massaman
Gluten-free. Contains peanuts. Jumbo prawns cooked in light massaman curry sauce with chopped white onions over sliced avocado and topped with cashew nuts.		 $26.20
Thai Cafe Crispy Catfish
Mild spicy. Boneless catfish fillets fried to perfect tenderness, topped with a Thai ginger soy sauce and scallions.		 $21.65
Pineapple Fried Rice
Served in a pineapple shell with chunks of pineapple, jumbo shrimp, onions, raisins and peas.		 $25.05
Spicy Eggplant With Shrimp
Medium Spicy. Eggplant stir-fried with Thai chili, garlic, basil, and bell peppers in Thai spicy sauce.		 $20.50
Soft Shell Crab Or Salmon Luisuan
Medium spicy. Your choice of crab or salmon topped with our homemade Thai dressing, sweet lime juice, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, red onions, peanuts, chilis, and ginger garnished with fresh Romaine lettuce.		 $26.20
Crab Fried Rice
A delicious mixture of egg, onion, sweet pea, carrots, stir-fried with wild-caught crab meat.		 $25.05
Crispy Basil Duck
Medium spicy. Deboned duck, battered and deep-fried over steamed broccoli topped with Thai basil sauce with chopped bell pepper, onions, mushroom and fresh basil leaves.		 $25.05
Appetizers
Pot Stickers
Mild Spicy. Delicate dumpling filled with chicken and vegetable, steamed and pan-seared, topped with red curry sauce.		 $9.70
Thai Sausage
Mild Spicy. Fresh Romaine, crisp cucumber, red onion, and scallions, topped with sliced Thai sausage in a sweet and spicy sauce.		 $11.35
Shrimp Tempura With Vegetable
Lightly battered plump shrimp with mixed vegetables deep-fried to a crisp golden brown.		 $14.25
Nam Tok Beef
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Tender sliced ribeye, char-grilled, and seasoned with the perfect blend of chilis, basil leaves, fish sauce, and red onions then served with fresh cabbage.		 $14.25
Yum Won Sen
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Silver noodles, shrimp, squid, and ground chicken seasoned with onions, lime juice, fish sauce, and chili sauce, served with Romaine lettuce and bean sprouts.		 $14.25
Crab Angels
Four fried wontons filled with crabmeat and cream cheese, a Thai Cafe favorite.		 $7.45
Fresh Roll
Mild Spicy. Two rolls filled with leaf lettuce, fresh basil, bean sprouts, pork, and shrimp accompanied with Thai sweet and spicy plum sauce.		 $7.45
Satay Beef Or Chicken
Gluten-free. Five skewers with sliced lean filet’s marinated in Thai spices, char-grilled, then served with peanut sauce and crisp cucumber salad.		 $11.35
Crispy Squid
Tender calamari lightly battered and deep-fried served with sweet and sour sauce.		 $12.00
Larb Chicken Or Beef
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Your choice of ground chicken or beef, cooked with our special blend of spices, basil leaves, green onions, lime juice, and chilis served with crisp cabbage.		 $13.15
Nam Sod
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Ground pork, blended hot peppers, ginger, fish sauce, lime juice, red onions, and peanuts.		 $13.15
Spring Roll
Three homemade crisp, fried vegetarian rolls served with Thai Cafe sweet and sour sauce.		 $6.30
Crispy Fried Tofu
Gluten-free. Delicious tofu fried to a golden brown then served with sweet and sour peanut sauce.		 $6.30
Soups
Spicy Coconut Soup With Chicken Or Tofu
Mild spicy.		 $5.15
Spicy Coconut Soup With Shrimp
Mild spicy. Gluten-free.		 $5.70
Spicy Hot & Sour Soup With Chicken Or Tofu
Mild spicy. Gluten-free.		 $5.15
Spicy Hot & Sour Soup With Shrimp
Mild spicy. Gluten-free.		 $5.70
Spicy Seafood Soup
Gluten-free. Volcano pot. Squid, shrimp, mussels, and scallops.		 $14.80
Wonton Soup
Volcano pot. Shrimp and chicken stuffed wonton.		 $11.35
Silver Noodle Soup
Volcano pot. Silver noodles with ground chicken, shrimp meatballs, Napa cabbage, and scallions.		 $11.35
Salads
Thai Salad
Gluten-free. Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and sliced boiled egg with bean sprouts served with homemade peanut dressing.		 $10.85
Yumyai Salad
Gluten-free. Sliced boiled egg, tomato, cucumber, red onion, chicken, and shrimp with sweet and sour peanut dressing on a bed of crisp Romaine.		 $13.15
Shrimp Salad
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. Grilled shrimp spiced with lemongrass and Kaffir leaves with spicy Thai dressing on a bed of crisp Romaine.		 $14.25
Squid Salad
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Steamed squid seasoned with spicy lime sauce and onions over crisp Romaine lettuce.		 $14.25
Spicy Beef Or Chicken Salad
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Marinated strips of flank steak or chicken breast char-grilled with cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, and spiced with lime juice, fish sauce, and chilis over Romaine lettuce.		 $14.80
Spicy Papaya Salad
Medium Spicy. Gluten-free. Shredded green papaya, green beans, and tomatoes mixed with fresh garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, fresh chilis and topped with peanuts. Served with beef jerky and sticky rice.		 $14.80
Ginger Salad $6.30
Noodles or Rice Entrees
Pad Thai
Gluten-free. Most popular dish of Thailand, thin rice noodle pan-fried with egg, scallions, bean sprouts, and topped with ground peanuts. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Spicy Spaghetti
Medium spicy. Wheat pasta sautéed with green beans, tomatoes, onions in our homemade chili sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Pad See Ew
Thai flat rice noodle sautéed with egg, broccoli, garlic and Thai soy sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Lad Na Noodle
Thai flat rice noodle stir-fried topped with gravy broccoli sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Pad Won Sen
Mung bean noodle sautéed with egg, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, and scallions in our brown sauce. Recommended with beef or shrimp. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Fried Rice
Egg, white onions, tomatoes and your choice of meat stir-fried with Thai Jasmine rice. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Drunken Noodle
Medium spicy. Combination of green beans, tomato, basil, egg, onions, chili sauce, red and green bell peppers wok stir-fried with Thai flat rice noodle to make this popular dish. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Stir-Fry Entrees
Broccoli Lovers
Fresh broccoli and shiitake mushrooms in mild brown sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Sweet & Sour
Thai sweet and sour sauce with onions, bell peppers, tomato, and pineapple chunks battered and deep-fried with your protein choice recommended with chicken and shrimp.		 $17.70
Veggie Medley
A medley of broccoli, carrots, onions, baby corn, cabbage, zucchini, green beans, celery, and bean sprouts in a light and delicate Thai sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Ginger & Mushroom
White onions, scallions, zucchini, carrots, and fresh mushrooms in a ginger sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Baby Corn
Miniature ears of corn, white onion, green onions, and straw mushrooms. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Spicy Cashew Nut
Medium spicy. Bell peppers, garlic, onions, and cashew nuts stir-fried in a spicy pepper sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Spicy Basil Leaves
Medium spicy. Fresh basil leaves with bell peppers, and green beans in hot chili sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Garlic & Black Pepper
Special garlic sauce with black and white pepper served on a bed of crisp Romaine lettuce.		 $17.70
Pad Prik
Medium spicy. Recommended with pork, this spicy pepper sauce dish has a delicious combination of red and green bell peppers, onions, garlic, and straw mushrooms. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Prik King
Medium spicy. Green beans and Kaffir lime leaves mix with Thai red curry paste, a Thai Cafe favorite. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Curry Entrees
Yellow Curry
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. The hottest of our curry mixed with potatoes and carrots. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Green Curry
Medium spicy. Gluten-free. Zucchini, green bean, Napa cabbage, and bell pepper cooked in green curry sauce. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Panang | Red Curry
Mild spicy. Gluten-free. Our popular curry dish, red curry mixed with kaffir lime leaves, bell peppers, and basil leaves. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Massaman Curry
Gluten-free. Contains peanuts. Sauteed in a massaman mild curry sauce with avocado and cashew nuts. With your choice of protein.		 $17.70
Sides
Brown Rice $2.30
Fried Rice $6.30
White Rice $1.75
Homemade Desserts
Homemade Carrot Cake $9.10
Cheesecake
With strawberry sauce.		 $7.95
Coconut Cake $7.95
Coconut Cake
Gluten-free.		 $8.55
Crème Brûlée
Gluten-free.		 $7.95
Coconut Ice Cream
Gluten-free.		 $6.30
Mango Ice Cream
Gluten-free.		 $6.30
Chocolate Cake $8.55
Beverages
Thai Iced Tea $5.15

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Reviews

Alan Campbell
Great food. Great service. Very fresh ingredients. Unique offerings. I had the Spring Rolls & Soft Shell Crab Luisuan. Will return.

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Avery Martin-Chadwick
I had a nice dinner with family at Thai Cafe! The service was great but food wasn’t exceptional. I got the yellow curry with pork and the flavors weren’t as robust as I’d hoped. A lot of vegetarian options as well!

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Shannon Oakley
I love Thai Cafe! Always friendly service and a great time. Good prices and portions as well. My favorite is the pineapple fried rice(extra cashews of course) and drunken noodles!!

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Tierra Harris
Only tried the pad Thai. I ordered it spicy but it wasn’t spicy, at all. Instead it was pretty sweet. The server was hard to come by, so by time I got the spices and lime to cut the sweetness it was cold, tasted better though. Even better I’m sure if it was hot in temp. I wouldn’t try the pad Thai again because of all the hassle. Might be willing to try a new dish here though, since it’s so close to my house.

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Im Giroir
YUM, YUM, & YUM . Authentic Thai foods. Fantastic flavors. Not sure you can go wrong with a dish here. & reasonable. 5 at our table … 6 appetizers ordered, 5 meals, mixed drinks & water; 168 total (without tip) ….Clean & kind atmosphere….like most places no masks required.

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Ed H
Great Thai food with a large selection of dishes to choose. The vegetables were fresh and portions were large. The menu layout was okay as I found it difficult to find the standards that most people think of when having Thai. Not pictured but recommend is their coconut soup, slightly spicy and creamy. Large seating area

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Kevin Jeter
This establishment is super unprofessional. The advertised hours on goodle and the door say they close at 9:30. My lady and I drove here on a rainy evening and arrived just before 9. We were rudely informed that they were “closed” but then proceeded to say we could get takeout. We asked to speak to a manager who was also rude and followed up with “the kitchen is closed, it doesn’t matter what the door or google says”. NEVER AGAIN!

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Robby Crownover
Interesting menu choices designed with Thai flavors in mind plus the usual Thai dishes. Prices a bit high but generally worth the extra cash. The soft shell crabs are great!

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Melissa Garrison
We had the BEST catered lunch from Thai Cafe at our office last week! Gade was so wonderful to work with, too. She made sure all our dietary preferences were accounted for. Don’t sleep on this place! Office favorites were: Chicken Pad Thai, Panang Chicken, Ginger & Mushroom tofu, and the Spicy Beef salad (she modified for our vegans to have tofu), mango sticky rice, and the most incredible coconut cake I’ve ever tasted (The chocolate cake was exceptional, too). You will love your meal and the service!

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Courtney Lee Garay
The best Thai food in Durham. They outperform everybody in terms of freshness, service, delivery time, and more. I recommend their salmon or lamb dishes in particular.

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