RICE thai tapas

Last week I went to a new restaurant in Pasadena called RICE thai tapas. Oba, the Japanese restaurant next door, is owned by the same owner and since we really like Oba we wanted to try RICE. The tapas style is really nice because we could all try a bit of everything. The Mignon Satay and the Pad Thai were my favorites. The beef is very tender and I kept the peanut sauce on my side of the table hoping that no one would notice because I then proceeded to use it on almost everything. It was delicious. The owner told us that their Pad Thai is very traditional and the chef refrains from using ketchup or anything else to make it red or orange. The Pad Thai was really flavorful and fresh. The almost sticky texture of the noodles is fantastic. We ended the meal with a black sticky rice with mango which was pretty good. I'm a huge fan of black sticky rice and mango is my favorite fruit so for me it was perfect. I rarely find Thai places that make mango sticky rice with black rice instead of white rice so I was really excited for that. Overall the food is very flavorful and super fresh and perfect for a large group because it's easy to share. (Sorry for the bad photo quality!)