Downtown Austin’s Asian Cuisine Corridor (Mai Thai Austin MENU & Restaurant Review)

Did you know, that in the two blocks between Cesar Chavez and 3rd Street on San Jacinto, there are four restaurants that fall under the category of Asian cuisine – Chinese (P.F. Chang’s), Japanese (Piranha Killer Sushi), and Mongolian (Mongolian Grille Downtown), and now, with the area’s newest addition, Thai (Mai Thai)?  I’m gonna start calling this the Asian Cuisine Corridor – I’m hoping the name will catch on.

I noticed this informal agglomeration walking back to my house after my first meal at Mai Thai.

Mai Thai’s food was delicious, by the way.  I was told that the seafood they have is fresh, not frozen, and my meal was definitely hot and cooked fresh to order.  I had the Shrimp “Mai Thai” Fried Rice (cost = $11).  Here’s a picture:

The shrimp were tasty and seemed fresh – and, you know what? – I counted NINE of them in my meal.  Pretty good deal for $11, if you ask me.

It’s a pretty small restaurant, but they’ve done some good things decor wise, not the least of which is having some good art up by local artist Judy Paul:

It’s clean, the ceilings are high, and the colors are rich – works for me.

For those that are interested, here is the menu (click once for picture page, then again for full size image):