Oakland Food To Go

It's under new management.
I hadn't been there with the previous owners, but the first time I went there I loved it.
Good food and good ppl. Highly recommended.
It's small with a, BIG MENU. You can eat in, but you'll probably want to do take out or have it delivered.
I guarantee you'll love it.

The chicken shrimp pineapple fried rice is soooooo gooooooood!

A regular neighborhood Thai spot was closed for lunch, so I thought this might be a good option.
The food was prepared quickly I must say, and the man at the counter was friendly, but I srly doubt anyone of Thai heritage or culinary training works here.
I only ordered 4 items, 3 of which were amateurishly prepared, and while I'm hesitant to say inedible, perhaps "unappetizing" would be a kinder phrase.
The Tom Kha soup was passable, served with lotsa of button mushrooms in the creamy coconut milk broth with faint hint of lemongrass.
Amongst my other choices, the rice noodles of the Pad Thai were all clumped together in a starchy ball, indicating the preparer was inexperienced and did not rinse them at all after boiling...I tried two items off the American Snack Food side of the menu and the french fries were of the frozen serrated cut style, but boxed up still soggy and undercooked...sigh.
The portion was sizable but these mealy fries had no crispy golden brown edges, or even texture.
I ended up salvaging them by seasoning them and laying them on a baking sheet in my own oven for another 15 minutes to air fry them with convection heat and get them crisped at least.
A side order described as fried chicken, appeared to be nothing but a box of thin grey pieces of battered chicken skin, almost like pork cracklins.
I wasn't sure if this was a Thai street delicacy I had never heard of, or just a tragic mistake.