Some local people in town recommended Thai Pepper near the CSU campus. This was known as a popular lunch hangout for students and one of the few Asian restaurants that specialized in vegetarian food, which I was seeking.

The restaurant was small and the somewhat old storefront building had been spruced up a little bit by Thai decor. Although I could not escape the feeling that it would feel quite cramped when a rush of students were dining there, it was quite comfortable the time I went when school was not in session.

The menu was extensive but my experience with Thai food was rather limited in 2003 when I first started writing restaurant reviews. I tried the Ginger Tofu because it was my "go to" vegetarian Thai dish. It was not as impressive as ones I had eaten in Seattle, but there could be various reasons for this. Either they omitted the critical fish sauce because I asked for it to be vegetarian or it was just not as good a version as others I had tried. Unfortunately, now that I have more knowledge about the dish I cannot go back and use it to evaluate meals of which I only have a distant memory. I did think the dish was good, though.

The Peanut Sauce I sampled was quite good, and in fact one of the best I have tried. I look for a complex Thai flavor such as the ones I have tried in Seattle, as opposed to ones which are thin, runny, and flavorless. I know this is vague but when you try a good peanut sauce you will know it. There were many I tried in Seattle that were not as good as the one here.