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A Cup of Tia: Good Eats on the Cheap

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Quinnipiac chapter.

It was one of the last beautiful and sunny days of the fall. I slipped on my Toms shoes and walked out into the 80-degree weather. Fortunately, I’m one of the lucky ones to have Mondays off from school. My mom was here visiting for the day and I had a craving for Thai food so we drove over to New Haven in search of a place to eat. Parking is a little difficult to find but once you have it you just have to fill the meter with a dollar or two and start exploring!
 
I got a new phone this weekend with Internet so any chance I get I try to use it to find places to go. It led us to
Bangkok Garden, a Thai restaurant at 172 York Street. As I looked into the window I saw the plethora of Zagat and Advocate awards on display so we decided to try it. We were seated in a nice sunroom where we could people watch, one of my favorite things to do. I was surprised when the menu was placed into my hand and all of the lunches were under $8. Always a plus when you’re a college student paying so much to go to Quinnipiac!
 
We were given a choice of 2 dumplings, shrimp shumai, crab Rangoon and others to start off our meal. The Crab Rangoon was delicious; it wasn’t greasy at all but very light and fluffy. The shrimp shumai were large and flavor filled. Our food came out quickly and the large portion of my vegetable fried rice surprised me. It was so good and I even had leftovers to take home, yum! It was a nice thing to see that the people running the restaurant were from Thailand so you know it’s authentic and not another Chinese restaurant trying to make itself look “fancy”. If you’re looking for some good Thai food on the cheap, Bangkok Garden is the place to go.

Happy Eating! <3 T
 

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Tia Meyers

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Tia is a senior public relations and marketing major at Quinnipiac University. She enjoys singing, kayaking, cooking, travelling, and dance. She is an only child and it has made her a very outgoing young woman. Tia’s motto is “you can’t be old and wise if you’re never young and crazy” and believes that you should be a person to look up to, always be true to yourself and to try anything and everything you can. Tia loves to watch tv and read, her favorite show is New Girl and her favorite book is “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”. Tia is addicted to Dunkin Donuts coffee, rings, peanut butter and the beach.
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Molly is a senior print journalism major and psychology minor at Quinnipiac University. She enjoys cooking, baking, reading, and spending as much time on the beach as possible. Molly loves to travel, and recently brought home a dog, Kodiak, from Rincon, Puerto Rico in January 2011. She is an aspiring food writer for publications such as Gourmet, and Fine Cooking. In preparation for this career, Molly spent the summer of 2011 working on an organic farm, and hopes to attend the Culinary Institute of America after graduating from QU in the spring. Having been a transfer to Quinnipiac in the fall of her sophomore year, Molly knows the importance of being outgoing and friendly, and hopes to make many wonderful memories during her last year in Hamden.