Staying at the Airport Hilton. There is nothing vegan around here. Chains and your standard roadhouse American kind of places. Last night I went to Karlo's Italian Bistro and got a bowl of (vegan of course), spaghettini with a sun dried tomato, tomatoes, garlic and olive sauce served with a yeast bread and olive oil/balsamic dipping plate. It was adequate, tasty, (if more broth than I'd have preferred), and filling. I did have to remind the waiter after querying him that I didn't want butter in my sauce. They probably don't see many vegans here.
Tonight we opted for Mai Thai. I tried searching for a place that had brown rice but that's apparently not known in the hinterland of Florence, KY where Cincinnati Airport is. Our driver couldn't find the place and I had to give him directions from Google maps. (The driver who picked us up knew exactly where it was).
I was impressed overall.
Appetizer was fried tofu. It was rather tasteless and came with a dipping sauce, (I was assured had no fish sauce or chickenish products), that was rather sweet as in Sweet and Sour with crushed peanuts on top. The dish was mediocre but that is as low as the food got.
I asked about the (spiciest) green curry but apparently it's made in advance with the fish sauce and our waitress suggested a stir fry. I asked for level 5 spice (and still added more chili), and also asked that it come with tofu and vegetables. The dish was excellent and had a nice depth of flavor, the heat a side show to the taste. It had a nice earthy base to it.
I ordered veg fried rice with no fish sauce or animal broth. I repeated this a few times and once, when our waitress asked "what kind of meat?" and I said, "No meat," she did a mental forehead slap and said, "that's right."
The fried rice was also excellent and had a sweeter base but still with a nice heat level. I loved the basil in it and thought the two dishes went very well together, both spicy, yet flavors playing off each other.
I enjoyed the meal and brought back a bunch of menus for the hotel. I'd eat here again in a heartbeat.
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