text: Sweaty and hungry after a postwork run at the Tempe Town Lake I was already tired of Mexican food even though I have only been in town for two days I did not want to stray too far from my hotel work to do and so I fired up my trusty BlackBerry app to see what was around me But before I could check the results I saw Lao Thai and decided to pull in the parking lot and see what my PHX Yelp peeps had to say nnAlthough the restaurant was almost empty and the area a bit sketchy it sounded promising and I went on in The woman behind the counter was immediately welcoming and sensed that I wanted a togo order was it the sweaty tank top shorts and running shoes that gave me away nnI perused the menu and decided to order my old standby Pad Ga Prau with Chicken She asked me if I wanted the chicken sliced or ground which was nice as I really prefer sliced A few minutes later my food was ready and I sped back to the hotel barely able to wait any longer to chow down nnEven in a takeout container the food was nicely presented The sauce felt really light not oliy and the flavor was exactly what I expected from a good Pad Ga Prau They gave me WAY too much rice so I ended up throwing half of it away but I found the chickenveggie portion to be perfect nnI do not feel like I can give it a five star as it did not knock my socks off but I would be open to it if I were to find myself here once again and trying some additional dishes