Jai Thai

Jai Thai is a (surprise!) Thai restaurant located at the Center of the Universe.

No, really.

Downtown Fremont contains a signpost declaring the center of the universe and locating directions and distances to the troll, Atlantis, the Louvre, Wall Drug, and other points of global interest. Jai Thai is located at the corner, just south of the signpost at the corners of Fremont Place, Fremont Ave N and N 35th Street at the center of the Fremont neighborhood.

He said: This place had a very interesting atmosphere (as does all of downtown Fremont.) There is one table in the corner window which is very low to the ground, and you sit on pillows on the floor to eat. Michelle was pretty thrilled about it, but she also is much more well practiced in yoga, which you had to be to get up and set down to the table. Very quaint though. I didn't really know whether I was supposed to take my shoes off or not, but I was wearing sandals, so I just took them off anyway. The service was great. Our waitress was attentive and seemed to know when to be around and when to bugger off. I got chicken phud thai, which was just OK. We had vegetable spring rolls too. Eh. B-.


She said:
I love sitting on the floor. There is a window seat in Jai Thai (max of four people) where you sit on the floor, eat at a very low-to-the-ground table, and rest your back against these extremely comfy triangular pillows. You have to take a step up to get into this window seat and it is carpeted. We took our shoes off (!) and it was glorious!

We got fresh spring rolls for an appetizer, and I got "pineapple curry with brown rice" for my entree. Very yummy. Everything was really good. My curry had prawns in it and the rice was cooked perfectly. I thought everything was pretty cheap, for Fremont, which has notoriously expensive restaurants (they think that because it is the center of the Universe, they can do whatever they want). My meal was $9. I think that if you are able to snag the "you get to sit on the floor" table, then this place is awesome. If we just had a regular, old table, my review would be quite different. The waitress we had was very good, too. A-.