Rosded Too - Morton Grove [Pictures]

LTHForum,

Rosded Too is a suburban Americanized sister restaurant to the venerable Rosded on Leland in Chicago. Spacious with picture windows fronting two sides it's a pleasant spot to have lunch which was fortunate as service at noon was glacially slow, even The Slowskys from the Comcast commercials would have become impatient.

Menu is different than Rosded on Leland, no Thai Fried Chicken for example, with an selection of combinations served in bento type boxes, we did not inquire as to a Thai menu* translated or otherwise.

Started with a dismal version of Crying Tiger, plain grilled, tough as shoe leather with a thin flavorless tamarind based sauce as accompaniment. We were not off to a good start.

Crying Tiger



Next up was a passable rendition Thai grilled meat balls. Though the flavor was more one dimensional than past examples I have had.

Rosded Balls



Thai Basil Noodle with chicken, basil and chili on thin rice noodle was a surprise, light crisp to the noodles, decent heat component and with a balanced flavor spectrum.

Thai Basil Noodle, thin rice noodle w/chicken, basil, chili. Dish tastes better than it looks



A very good version of Crispy Catfish with Red Curry Sauce rounded out lunch, crisp moist catfish, multidimensional red curry, scattering of herbs, similar, if not exact, to the version at Rosded on Leland.

Crispy Catfish with Red Curry Sauce



While lunch was uneven it was the slow service I found most off-putting, which I will put to an anomaly. I'll be back for another go at Rosded Too, keeping in mind Siam's House is but 5-minutes away.

Enjoy,
Gary

*Erik M. Rosded translated Thai menu may be found --> here



Rosded Too
9510 Waukegan Rd
Morton Grove, IL 60053
847-965-5561

Rosded
2308 W. Leland Ave
Chicago, IL
773-334-9055

Siam's House
7742 N Milwaukee Ave
Niles, IL 60714
847-967-2390

Very interesting Gary. I'm a big fan of Rosded and never knew of this sister restaurant. Are their any carryovers in terms of staff? How long as Rosded Too been around (if you know)?

BR wrote:Very interesting Gary. I'm a big fan of Rosded and never knew of this sister restaurant. Are their any carryovers in terms of staff? How long as Rosded Too been around (if you know)?

I think this new location has only been in Morton Grove for a couple months now. It was another Thai restaurant in place before Roseded too took over. The menu and prices are different and higher (in terms of cost) than the original Rosded. Not sure about carry over of staff though...

Grandma Bobbi and I had an appointment for noon today in Morton Grove. I thought that I'd be able to visit Burt's Place for some of his pizza. Those of you who have followed my postings on the BP link know that I used to frequent Piquod's often during the 1970s & 1980s. We were done with our appointment at 12;45 so I phoned to place a dine-in order. Sharon answered the phone and said they'd be closing at 1:30 but we could pick up a pizza to go. Alas, I'll have to wait for some other time.

I had seen Rosded Too on my way to my appointment and we decided to have a late lunch there. Grandma Bobbi ordered the shrimp egg roll and pad see eiw with chicken and I had the pot stickers and green curry with chicken. Her appetizer and entree were enjoyable, but the pot stickers weren't made fresh. I really liked my curry dish. The complementary soup was very nice - highly spiced and loaded with veggies.

Indeed service was slow, but we weren't in a rush. The cost for both lunches including tax but excluding tip was less than $15. Now that's a real bargain. The menu quoted $6.95 for each lunch special, but the check came and they were each $6.45.

Rosded Too opened in March 2008. It's a beautifully design and spotless establishment, which we both appreciate.

We're going to visit friends in Skokie this Sunday and probably have an order delivered from Rosded Too. Our town, Highland Park, lacks decent Asian food for lunch, so we have Silk Mandarin in Vernon Hills for their nice Chinese luncheon buffet and maybe Rosded in MG will become a regular spot for Thai. Both places are about 20 minutes from home but worth the drive.

Regards,
Grandpa Bob

Last Thursday, Grandma Bobbi and I were in the Morton Grove area and decided to try Burt's Place again. (I'll get to Rosded Too shortly.) We phoned at 5:10 and were told they were jammed up and Burt couldn't have our pizza ready until 6:30. We had had a long day and decided to pass. I told Sharon to give Burt my regards and tell him we'd try again at some later date. I also told her to remind Burt who I was since he and I hadn't seen each other in at least 30 years! (Contrary to my posts on the Burt's Place thread, Grandma Bobbi can eat dairy products again.)

So we went over to the Rosded Too on Waukegan Road for a reasonably quick meal. They have five bento boxes for dinner and we ordered two different ones. They all come with an appetizer, salad, two entrees and a choice of ice cream or fruit.

Grandma Bobbi ordered the one with the salmon teriaki and the basil chicken. I had the crazy noodles with pork and their chicken panang curry. I tried Grandma Bobbi's entrees and they were just as good as mine. I particularly liked their presentation of an orange. It was peeled, segmented and put back in half of the rind. Very pretty. The bento boxes only cost $10.95 and we both were pleasantly satisfied and filled.

As we were about to leave at around 6:15, another couple walked into the place. We had been the only diners to that point. It's a shame that they're not doing a better business. If they had located a bit further north, like in the Highland Park/ Highwood area, I bet they'd have done a better. We desperately need a good Thai restaurant closer to our home.

Please continue patronizing this Rosded location. The selection outstanding and the food quite good IMHO.

Regards,
GP Bob

Thanks for the pictures> Looks great. Will definitely try this place!

lilmomma wrote:Thanks for the pictures> Looks great. Will definitely try this place!

Please write a review.
GPBob

A relative of my husband recently was in need of a good Thai restaurant in the Skokie area but was willing to drive into the city, as well. I told her about Rosded on Leland, which we absolutely love, and when she googled its address she learned of Rosded Too even closer to her in Morton Grove. They've now gone back 5 or 6 times and love it. It's apparently a well-kept secret....

9510 Waukegan Rd
Morton Grove, IL 60053

(847) 965-5561

Had dinner here last night with my wife and a friend of ours. I had the Kua Kai Noodles. My wife made a meal out of a couple of appetizers - Rosded Balls and cucumber salad. Our friend had a cucumber salad along with chicken dish - I don't recall which one.

All our choices were good and we left as members of the Clean Plate Club. I think I've finally convinced my wife not to wrinkle her nose every time I suggest thai food for dinner.

The combined Evanston/Suburban North lunch groups met at Rosded Too. They had been connected to Rosded, but now they are separately owned restaurants (we did not ask what caused the split).

We were quite pleased with the food at lunch. It is true that the service (particularly for the appetizers) was somewhat slow, but we had a lot of food in 90 minutes. We ordered "hot" and found that although hot was not "Thai hot" (but rather hot medium) it did have some pleasant heat. Further the dishes were made to order.

Let us recognize that Rosded Too is not GNR worthy, but the consensus was positive for a suburban Thai restaurant. The soups (especially Tom Kha, but also Tom Yum) were quite good. My favorite dish was "Lime Chicken," a deep fried chicken with lime sauce. Larb was enjoyable as well and had enough heat and lime. In general dishes ranged from Good to Excellent. Chicken Satay was bland, the the Beef Satay was much more flavorful.

With nr706 absent, photos must wait.

Possibly the only swing and a miss yesterday was the Basil Chicken: I found it kind of dull, especially next to the tang you get in the larb. The chive dumpling was sweet and intensely green (only wish we'd been able to get more of them - who runs out of chive dumplings at 1PM?). I thought the chicken satay was very good too: it wasn't dried out like a lot of places do -- it's just the beef one had a great beefy grilled flavor.

Lime Chicken, while interesting, isn't something I'd rush to order again. It's one of those novelty dishes like LSC's Mayonnaise Shrimp (but not as gloppy): Sweet treat, not food adventure. It's basically tempura'd little chicken nuggets with a drizzle of a creamy lime-flavored sauce and bits of chopped lime.

Both the Tom Kha and Tom Yum were very good versions (the beef ball version at Aroy and Lotus of Siam [Vegas] are still my benchmarks), with a lot of galangal and lemongrass flavor in the Yum.

The Papaya Salad is one of those things that marks a place as above the Ameri-Thai -- it's something a suburbanite might not order, and so doesn't appear on a lot of menus, but it should. I enjoyed it, but this one was a little tame: some more fire, some dried shrimp, and most of all some peanuts would have put this one over the top.