YW Picks: Thai

[kimpossible]

Okay, totally out of any known territory for me. The most I know is curry.

[lethal]

The best Thai food I've ever had, by far, was in Thailand.

The spicy beef salad was great.

You may think this is true of all foods, but I'd say most Vietnamese food is better in the US than in Vietnam.

[deez nuts]

i've been to a few. i'm pretty clueless when it comes to thai cuisine.

a close friend of mine is a huge thai food fanatic.

we've been to sripraphai in woodside queens, pongsri on bayard and kin <something> on spring street.

[tommyhtown]

This is my territory I guess.

H-town:

Thai Cafe -- great apps, and best curries. My fav.

Thai Gourmet -- excellent lunch specials and nice service.

Kamomwan -- good entrees but bad service. I can't stand the owner.

Thai Spice -- Sunday brunch is the best deal. They only make this dessert called 'Kamom Krok' on Sunday.

Thai Basil -- good dinner dishes. Ask the owner for special of the night.

[yoMAMA]

There's one on the edge of downtown minneapolis, called "the king and I".

Good food, great atomsphere, nicely furnished.....but pricey.

[moJo]

Thai Basil off of Chapman in Fullerton, CA - the best Tom Yum Gai/Goong and it's a really good deal cuz it's a huuuuge pot for about $6.

I go to Osha on Geary and King of Thai on Clement in SF a lot. All the different pan-fried rice noodle dishes kick major ass. The crab fried rice at Osha is good too. If you're a Tom Yum fan like I am, these places all have good Tom Yum. Oh and they're pretty cheap and stay open pretty late.

[robotic]

is sticky rice thai food?

[tommyhtown]

is sticky rice thai food?

Thais eat sticky rice also but it is more of a mainstay for Laotians.

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LA (I only ventured to places in Thai town)

Krung Tedd Restaurant -- freaking dark ambience as in 'I can't see anything.' The food is good. The service is very attentive. The waitresses are hot. My friends said most of them were former Thai teen idols and actors.

Palm Thai Restaurant -- great food. The food here is as good as you can get in 'States. The owner is always nice to me everytime I visit. There is a Thai Elvis impersonator performing there on certain night.

Sanam Luang Cafe -- good for a quick bowl of soup or a rice platter. Not as clean as I'd like it to be 'casue when I visited there last time I sat a semi-dirty table.

Thai Basil off of Chapman in Fullerton, CA - the best Tom Yum Gai/Goong and it's a really good deal cuz it's a huuuuge pot for about $6.

I go to Osha on Geary and King of Thai on Clement in SF a lot. All the different pan-fried rice noodle dishes kick major ass. The crab fried rice at Osha is good too. If you're a Tom Yum fan like I am, these places all have good Tom Yum. Oh and they're pretty cheap and stay open pretty late.

Manora on Folsom St is one of the best Thai restaurants in the US. Food, price, service, and ambience rate pretty high on my scale. I have to say that my best dining experience at a Thai restaurant was at Manora. I went there twice on my last trip to SF, which was about 4-5 years ago. Next time I'm in SF, I'll definitely visit this place again.

[younggiftedandblack]

The best Thai food I've ever had, by far, was in Thailand.

The spicy beef salad was great.

You may think this is true of all foods, but I'd say most Vietnamese food is better in the US than in Vietnam.

I had some Spicey Beef Salad in Bangkok once. All I could eat was two bites. It was good, but HOT!!!!!!

[deez nuts]

my friend that's a thai food fanatic lives in DC. he says DC has a really good selection of thai, malaysian and indonesian food. that's all we ate when i went down to visit him years ago.

[thaite]

I always have to eat at King of Thai whenever I go to SF.


Here in Phoenix we have Char's, Thai Lana, Thai Rama, Bangkok Express, Royal Thaiger, Swaddee and a few others, but those are the ones I'd recomend -- esp. Thai Lana or Thai Rama.

[rice cracker]

There's one on the edge of downtown minneapolis, called "the king and I".

Good food, great atomsphere, nicely furnished.....but pricey.

There's also Chiang Mai Thai. Very similar to King & I, more of a yuppy place. Dante loves their chicken salad thingy.

[yoMAMA]

There's also Chiang Mai Thai. Very similar to King & I, more of a yuppy place. Dante loves their chicken salad thingy.

Nice.

[moJo]

Manora on Folsom St is one of the best Thai restaurants in the US. Food, price, service, and ambience rate pretty high on my scale. I have to say that my best dining experience at a Thai restaurant was at Manora. I went there twice on my last trip to SF, which was about 4-5 years ago. Next time I'm in SF, I'll definitely visit this place again.
thanks for the tip, i'm definitely gonna go check that out.

[fossilfuel]

If you ever go to Southern Thailand (Krabi, Phuket, Phi Phi area) you must try a roti pancake thing. They're this hand tossed dough that gets pan fried with some filling in it. It tastes greasy and awesome. I've never seen them in the states though. They cost a quarter each in Thailand.

[kasia]

the best i've ever had is in thai town los angeles located on the corner of hollywood and western. the food is pretty cheap, it's not a classy place, more like a hole-in-the-wall where you have to eat outside in the back of the restaurant on plastic chairs. but the food is amazing.

[thaite]

If you ever go to Southern Thailand (Krabi, Phuket, Phi Phi area) you must try a roti pancake thing. They're this hand tossed dough that gets pan fried with some filling in it. It tastes greasy and awesome. I've never seen them in the states though. They cost a quarter each in Thailand.

A quarter each? That sounds expensive. You can get it much cheaper in Bangkok.

Me and my brother gorged ourselves on those things last time we were there. And then we treated all the neighborhood kids, because we were monopolizing the guy with the cart.

The closest thing to it I've seen in the states is Indian fry bread.

[fossilfuel]

Well, they were 10 baht each which is roughly a quarter. I couldn't find them anywhere in Bangkok (actually I did at restaurants but they were ridiculously overpriced). Then again, I probably stuck to the touristy areas - Siam Square, Khao San Rd, Sukhumvit...

I couldn't find food cheaper than 10 baht at most vendors. Those little water bottles are 5 baht though (sure beats a dollar back here).

Oh yeah, my favorite Thai dish (in Thailand) - Curry chicken over rice. So simple. So spicy. So cheap :)

[tommyhtown]

The closest thing to it I've seen in the states is Indian fry bread.

Dude, it's so easy to make. You can buy a roti pancake imported from Malaysia at any big Asian supermarket. Just fry them like regular pancake then add condensed milk and sugar. Another way is to use flour tortillas then do the same thing. The best way is to mix your own flour, but I don't know the ingredients.

[thaite]

thanks, i'll try that.

[lethal]

Well, they were 10 baht each which is roughly a quarter. I couldn't find them anywhere in Bangkok (actually I did at restaurants but they were ridiculously overpriced). Then again, I probably stuck to the touristy areas - Siam Square, Khao San Rd, Sukhumvit...

I couldn't find food cheaper than 10 baht at most vendors. Those little water bottles are 5 baht though (sure beats a dollar back here).

Oh yeah, my favorite Thai dish (in Thailand) - Curry chicken over rice. So simple. So spicy. So cheap :)
The food court at the MBK center was ridicuously cheap. Then again, it was probably the Thai equivalent of American mall fast food.

[Faithless]

Boran Thai -- upper Solano Ave in Berkeley. Very nice Thai owners. Been going there for years. (Too bad they didn't participate in the Solano Stroll this year.)

Sweet Basil -- middle Solano Ave. Fancy. Pricey. Small and charming.

Plearn -- upper University Ave in Berkeley. Clean. Tastey during lunch at work.

Nakapan (http://www.themenupage.com/nakapan.html) -- on Martin Luther, just north of University. Quiet. Dark.

[mrazntre]

Sanam Luang Cafe -- good for a quick bowl of soup or a rice platter. Not as clean as I'd like it to be 'casue when I visited there last time I sat a semi-dirty table.

Skip thai town if you wanna go to Sanam, go to the Valley instead. The tables are way cleaner and it has a nice/weird Bangkok kinda atmosphere (they've recently remodeled). I live nearby and used to be a regular customer. Best times to go are fri/sat night at around 12:30 and chill till 2:30. ALLLL the asian people come through... especially them h00chies comin from the clubs. w00t. Now that's what I'm talking about.

Anyhow, it's a great place because I used to always run into my friend's over there.

San Diego: I went to Royal Thai? I think that's what it's called. I believe it's on fifth, on the south side of the gas lamp area. The Tom Yom soup is pretty good, a bit salty, but plenty spicy; a wonderful blend. The ambiance and atmosphere are great. cathedral ceilings, high windows and great traditional decorations. Nice low light, but not so low that you can't tell your date from a male or female.

the best i've ever had is in thai town los angeles located on the corner of hollywood and western. the food is pretty cheap, it's not a classy place, more like a hole-in-the-wall where you have to eat outside in the back of the restaurant on plastic chairs. but the food is amazing.

That place was okay. I think it was my mood and I didn't want to eat, but I was hungry. The food may taste better with a few beers down the hatch. The chicken satay was okay, but not as tasty as I would like it to have been.

[tommyhtown]

San Diego: I went to Royal Thai? I think that's what it's called. I believe it's on fifth, on the south side of the gas lamp area. The Tom Yom soup is pretty good, a bit salty, but plenty spicy; a wonderful blend. The ambiance and atmosphere are great. cathedral ceilings, high windows and great traditional decorations. Nice low light, but not so low that you can't tell your date from a male or female.


A friend of mine from H-town works there. I never eat there though.


That place was okay. I think it was my mood and I didn't want to eat, but I was hungry. The food may taste better with a few beers down the hatch. The chicken satay was okay, but not as tasty as I would like it to have been.

What's the name of this place?

[mrazntre]

What's the name of this place?

No clue. It's on western and hollywood and it has a big hot dog on the top of the shack.