17 Nov, 2009
Atlanta Eats: Top Spice Toco Hills
Posted by: Kat In: Dining Out in Atlanta| You'll want to eat there
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Top Spice is a Thai and Malaysian restaurant. I’ve been eating at the top spice franchises for a few years now. There’s also one in Marietta off of Cobb parkway route 41, near the toys-r-us, post office, and LA Fitness. They are known for amazing tasting food and a pretty nice decor. This is simply not your average Chinese food joint!
Location:
Top Spice @ Toco Hills
3007 North Druid Hills Rd
Atlanta, GA 30329
tel: 404.728.0588
fax: 404.728.1132
Website: www.topspiceatlanta.com Menu : click here
Food:
So as mentioned before, Top Spice is more than just Chinese food. You will find the usual staples of fried rice and egg rolls, but you will also get some seriously different dishes, such as the roti canai, spicy shrimp and minced pork glass noodle salad, fried tofu, fried calamari, pad thai, and panang char kway teow. And in case the last one threw you a curve ball : it’s Famous Malaysian wok-fried flat rice noodles w/ shrimp, squid, bean sprouts, egg, soy sauce & chili paste. My two favorite dishes there are the Beef Rengdang, tenderloin beef in a spicy paste and served with fresh cucumbers as well as the spicy combo fried rice. And let me be clear – this is no ordinary fried rice. It’s a combination of rice, beef, shrimp, pork, chicken, peas, carrots, eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, and lime! You can order it at different levels of spiciness from level 1 to to level 8. I have a high tolerance for spicy foods, but I felt that the level 4 was the turning point where the spiciness tended to overpower the flavors.
Ambiance:
I’ve only eaten there in the day for lunch. Most times I order it for delivery. It is very clean and it’s clear that some serious attention to detail went into th decor. It’s not really a family type joint – but I’d suggest it for dates.
Random Thoughts:
This place is great bang for your buck. Entrees hover around 10 bucks – but they can go higher than that. I’ve never had anything that was bad from Top Spice. Definitely worth checking out!