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Went shopping at Big Lots yesterday at 281 and Thousand Oaks. My lovely wife had bought a can of Smokehouse Almonds for 88 cents there a few days earlier.

She didn't realize that this was a phenomenal price for some great almonds, so instead of buying every can they had, she bought just a couple and then didn't mention it to me for a couple days.

So, as we were sitting together watching TV the night before, she asked if I liked almonds.

"Duh," was what I almost said. But I was hoping to get lucky, so instead I said, "Of course."

She offered the can and when I saw what they were, I mentioned that these were my favorite.

"Oh, really? I guess I should have bought more. Is 88 cents a can a good price?"

After retrieving the almonds I projectile-hacked across the room in surprise, I explained to her that yes, that's an excellent price. Where'd you get them and let's go get more!

Unfortunately, she had bought them at Big Lots. If you're familiar with that store, then you know that good product that's on sale there doesn't last long. And it had been three or four days since she bought these.

So we went yesterday just to check (I mean, geez, 88 cents PER CAN? I had to at least try!) and there were none left.

But that's not what this post is about. Remember that it's a restaurant blog.

So just a few doors down from Big Lots, we notice a restaurant we hadn't seen before, called the Lemongrass Thai Restaurant.

So I think two things:

1. I am a HUGE fan of Thai food.

2. I'm hungry (remember that we had been out searching for food (almonds) in the first place).

So we stop in and it's awesome! From the outside, it looks like just another strip mall restaurant, but it's not.

Inside was a very mellow atmosphere. The tables had nice cloth table covers. And the cloth napkins were folded in a cool little fancy shape.

Lots of choices on the menu. I had the Pad Thai with chicken. I don't remember what my lovely wife had, but I know it wasn't SMOKEHOUSE ALMONDS! But I digress... wait, it was glass noodles or something like that.

One of the neat things I like about Thai restaurants is that most of them will spice up your food. This place was no exception. You can choose from a spiciness level of one to ten. I chose eight on my Pad Thai. Helen chose four on her glass noodle thingie plate.

I had a bite of Helen's level four plate. Whimpy. VERY whimpy. But she said it was perfect for her. My level eight spiciness was almost spicy enough. We'll definitely go back and I'll try level nine next time.

The food was excellent and the service was great. The waitress was very polite and our drink glasses never got empty.

My only issue was that there wasn't a big enough serving to take any leftovers home. Helen disagreed saying, "Oh there was enough to take home. You just didn't stop eating until the plate was empty!"

Ok, maybe she's right, but you know, I was trying to fill the space in my belly that I had reserved for more almonds.