East Moon

Reading through the other reviews, it seems it really is a toss-up on whether the experience will be good or bad.

I've come here one time when in the Bowie area, when a friend and I couldn't come to an agreement on what we wanted for dinner. I found this place and though we would give it a shot.

He had sushi and thought it was okay - nothing that stands out. I had a Thai dish; it was good, but not something that sticks in my memory. I do seem to remember the portions were generous, so that's good.

The decor in the place to me was a bit odd and the place certainly needs a face lift. We didn't have any issues with the staff at all. Parking was easy as it is part of a strip mall. While I would return again, I would not make a point to drive out to Bowie to race back here.

This is about the only restaurant in the area where it is possible to get reasonably healthy food. Don’t worry you can get tasty food that is bad for you if that’s what you want. But for me, the ability to get spicy food low on fat and high in vegetables makes it worth patronizing regularly.

When I am ready for something that is only halfway healthy I go with sushi, which is relatively low priced for sushi. Osaka is better in that regard but a bit more pricey.

I personally tend to get the Thai green curry with brown rice and ask them to make it very very very spicy. They don’t have red curry so I phrase it that way. They also have a Tom Yum soup but they call it Thai hot and sour for some reason. I usually get 2 or 3 lunches from the leftovers if I get soup.

One thing I have noticed is that neither the wait staff nor the kitchen staff seem to believe in appetizers. You get your entree about 2 minutes after the soup so I sometimes don’t even tell them about my entree until I have the soup unless I am in a hurry.