Hi Friends!
This is very exciting news! We got a dining review from the Scott Joseph at the Orlando Sentinel, please feel free to click the link below to read it.
We're very proud of our recent review, all of them actually! I wanted to thank everyone for all your support over the last few months, the little teahouse that could is doing it!
Thanks everyone for supporting your small local business like us, Thorton Threads and such!
- Pom and the Pom'ettes!
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/dining/orl-chow1406jul14,0,4606173.story?coll=orl-caldiningtop
Pom Pom's sandwiches will leave you in good cheer
Scott Joseph | Sentinel Restaurant Critic
Posted July 14, 2006
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The art of sandwich-making is not dead. If you need proof just visit Pom Pom's Teahouse & Sandwicheria.
Don't bother digging out your old cheerleading outfit, however. The Pom Pom here is a reference to owner Pom Moongauklang. Still, once you've tasted one of her sandwiches, you still might feel like yelling a few rah-rah-sis-boom-bahs yourself.
Pom Pom's is in a tiny strip mall on Bumby Avenue that is easy to miss as you drive by. This sandwich shop/tearoom is small too, and eclectic doesn't begin to describe the funky decor.
The sandwiches are piled high, and I love it that you can have your 'wich any which way you want, including on good old bread, like a sandwich used to be made. I don't know when sandwiches became something wrapped up in a tortilla or smooshed inside a pita. Give me fresh sliced bread anytime.
My favorite sandwich was the Asian bbq, which had tender pulled pork and a barbecue sauce based on hoisin, an Asian sauce made from fermented soybeans, which is probably more than you wanted to know. It was topped with a tasty Asian-style slaw.
I also liked the yellow chicken curry salad, which had chunks of white meat tossed with sweet bits of apple and tangy chopped onions.
I was eager to try one of Pom Pom's soups, but I never seemed to visit on a weekend, and that's the only time Moongauklang says she makes them. Makes me think they might be something special if they're available only on a limited basis. I'll have to set a reminder to visit on a weekend.
As for the teahouse part of the operation, Pom Pom's offers an array of exotic brews, most of which are lost on basic black-tea drinkers such as myself. But I did like the way my choice of tea was folded up in a paperlike device to form a makeshift teabag that was draped over the lip of my Styrofoam cup of ice.
And speaking of teabags, Pom Pom's sells a T-shirt -- or maybe that should be tea-shirt -- with a rather rude saying on it that I won't repeat here, but which I will probably repeat often elsewhere.
By the way, Moongauklang's family owns a number of Thai restaurants in the Orlando area, and while she thinks they're all wonderful, she thinks there are too many Thai restaurants and that they're all starting to taste alike. So instead of going the Thai route, she decided to try her hand at sandwiches. Three cheers for that.
Pom Pom's Teahouse & Sandwicheria is at 67 Bumby Ave., Orlando. The hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Sandwiches average $6.95 and credit cards are accepted. Beer and wine will be offered soon. The phone number is 407-894-0865.