There are plenty of Thai places around Berkeley, but only one Thai fusion place that I know of. Located in downtown Berkeley, right behind the BART station, Gecko Gecko takes a very interesting question – “What if we combined Thai food with Western-style food and put everything in a nice restaurant setting?” – and turns it into reality.
I was definitely intrigued by this concept and decided to taste the food myself. Along with a friend, I entered the restaurant and immediately sensed a fancier atmosphere than a typical Berkeley restaurant, along with a bar area. I ordered the Ultimate Pad Thai! (can’t forget the exclamation point), which included prawns, egg, pumpkin, nappa cabbage, broccoli, carrots, and asparagus with cucumber, feta cheese, and red onion on the side.
The food was delicious overall, but my taste buds were definitely confused. Almost everything worked with the pad thai, except the feta cheese, which was jarringly different in taste from anything else on the plate. But other than that small trip-up, I enjoyed the meal, and I left with the desire to try some of their other menu items in the near future, including their country pad thai (with garlic chili sauce) and duck breast avocado salad.
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