FAQ
What is “Colby Size”?
The “Colby Sizing” of dishes started years ago around the year 2000 when athletes, mostly from the Colby soccer team, started asking for extra noodles to their dishes to fully satisfy their appetites. This went from a few students in the know, then somehow spread even beyond Colby students to the locals. Colby sizing is [...]
Q. I am a vegetarian/vegan can I still enjoy your food?
A. Absolutely! We have consciously chosen to be a vegetarian, vegan friendly restaurant as we use no FISH SAUCE in any of our sauces. When we first opened our doors in 1999 we did use fish sauce. However, after a year in business we had so many vegetarian or vegan people come through and leave [...]
Q.: I requested a dish mild. Why is it still spicy?
A.: Some dishes are inherently meant to be spicy. Though prepared with the heat intensity toned down these dishes will still carry some heat because the very essence of those dishes are ingredients that are spicy. Dishes like curry are based on a curry paste and the base of this paste is either a green [...]
Q.: Why does my 1 star burn my mouth like it’s 5 stars?
A.: A chili’s heat depends on it’s growing conditions and time spent idling in a warehouse. If there was a a lot of rain, or lack there of, or if the chili’s were harvested too late affects the chili’s heat intensity. Though we can measure the amount of spice, measuring the degree of spice is [...]
Q: Why is my food taking FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
A: Pad Thai is a small “family” business that not only handles a high eat in volume, but also a very high take out/delivery volume. We believe in made to order food, so with no buffets, prep time for dishes will increase especially on weekend nights. The kitchen only has 1, 4 – burner range [...]
Q: Can’t you just scoop out some noodles so I can get my food quicker?
A: We don’t have vats full of food to serve. All our dishes are prepared to order. We believe in fresh food. We prep our veggies and meats daily. All orders are individually made to order. If 2 orders of pad Thai come in we don’t make them in one wok and split. You get [...]
Q: Do you use any MSG?
A: We absolutely DO NOT add any MSG to our dishes. We are confident enough with our cooking techniques that we do not have to use any MSG to enhance any of our dishes’ flavors. We’ve heard through the grapevine that many people say we use MSG even though we say we don’t, basically being [...]
