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TAG ARCHIVES: THAI FOOD


THAI TOM 2011: MATCH 4

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Garlic and Pepper vs. Eggplant Ginger (Passover versions with tofu and no rice)



A few Passovers ago, Lauren discovered that if you order a dish at Thai Tom
without rice, they will happily serve it to you over spinach instead and it’s
delicious. So when my mother-in-law was craving Thai Tom on her visit this
weekend, we were prepared.

Today’s match involved two of my favorite stir fries. #10 (Eggplant Ginger) was
my first love of Thai Tom, with thin slices of Japanese eggplant that soak up
the ginger-soy goodness. #9 (Garlic and Pepper), while not quite the
crack-like-version I had in Mae Hong Son, still uses a heavy hand of both garlic
and pepper to whet your taste buds. In the end, it was a very close call, but
the nod went to Eggplant Ginger. If you have a group of three though, get both
(with a curry as your third dish of course)!


Updated results of the Thai Tom 2011 Tournament

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, review, Seattle, thai food on
April 19, 2011 by kenny.


THAI TOM 2011: MATCH 3

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Yellow Curry vs. Cashew Nut Chicken



Today we needed to make another trip to UVillage (yes, we are still Crate and
Barrel whores). After finishing our errands, we decided to make the most of the
winter-break student lull and headed to Thai Tom for match #3. Yellow Curry was
the first dish I ever had at Thai Tom, and I remember it fondly. While it was
good, today it did not quite live up to my memories. I think in the future I’ll
stick to having my Yellow Curry in soup form at Jamjuree. Cashew Chicken, while
not quite as good as Mr. Poon’s, had a generous helping of cashews in a sauce
that got better with every bite. Sayonara Yellow Curry!


Updated results of the Thai Tom 2011 Tournament

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, review, Seattle, thai food on
January 16, 2011 by kenny.


THAI TOM 2011: MATCH 2

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Panang Curry vs. Pad Thai



After a morning gym class, we had a leisurely brunch at Volunteer Park Café.
Afterwards, as we were driving home, I turned to Lauren and asked “is it crazy
that I’m a little hungry?” She smiled and responded “what’s next on the Thai Tom
face-off?”

Shortly thereafter we indulged ourselves with Panang Curry and Pad Thai. The Pad
Thai was fantastic, reminiscent of some of the renditions we had in northern
Thailand, with tamarind juice instead of the ketchup that is so common in most
American Pad Thai. Against most other dishes, that would have been it, but
Panang Curry is the big dawg, the reigning top dish at Thai Tom, and it did not
disappoint. So the Pad Thai is out, but it will definitely be a standard in my
rotation once the tournament concludes.


Updated results of the Thai Tom 2011 Tournament

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, review, Seattle, thai food on
January 8, 2011 by kenny.


THAI TOM 2011: MATCH 1

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Opening match: Swimming Rama vs. Big Rice Noodle in Thai Sauce



To celebrate my birthday today, we had a delicious brunch at Tilth and front row
seats at the Thai Tom counter for dinner. George was cooking up a storm and the
flame levels kept us warm.

Tonight’s contest was a blow-out. While it’s been a few years since I’ve had
Thai Tom’s Swimming Rama, it was every bit as good as I remember, with a rich
curry-like peanut sauce. While I love sen yai, Big Rice Noodle in Thai Sauce had
way too much fish sauce, and as a result was the big loser tonight. Next up:
Panang Curry vs. Pad Thai.


George at work


Updated results of the Thai Tom 2011 Tournament

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, review, Seattle, thai food on
December 26, 2010 by kenny.


THAI TOM 2011 SHOWDOWN

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It’s been almost five years since our original Thai Tom showdown, where Lauren
and I methodically ran through a subjective set of face-offs across the 16-item
menu. In the hopes of making the rotation more viable as an annual event, this
year I’m only including the top eight seeds from that original tournament. Here
are the 2011 match-ups, which I aim to complete in time for March Madness. For
consistency, all of the dishes will be ordered with chicken and a spiciness of
four stars.



This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, review, Seattle, thai food on
December 26, 2010 by kenny.


LON HOI THOT (MAE HONG SON, THAILAND)

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A few weeks ago, we discovered a delicious purveyor of Easy Thai near the Sunday
Market, next to the Toyota dealership. Of the three small rarn ar harn dtarm
sang located there, Lon Hoi Thot is the northernmost one (furthest from the
market and directly across from the 7-11). They have an English menu available
to foreigners, and of course all of the easy Thai classics are available even if
they aren’t listed there. One of the family members, Koi, speaks excellent
English and has provided me with a lot of pronunciation tips for ordering Thai
food.

All of the food at Lon Hoi Thot is fresh and served very quickly from their two
cooking stations. My favorite dish of theirs is gai kratiem prik thai (chicken
with garlic and pepper). Lon Hoi Thot adds more garlic and chili to the dish
than most places, which makes it the best one I’ve had in Thailand. I also
really like their pad prik giang (vegetables in red curry sauce), either gai
(with chicken) or jai (with tofu and extra vegetables).

When we took Lauren’s family here for lunch a few weeks ago, their comment after
the meal was “is this place open for dinner? We want to come back tonight.”
Unfortunately Lon Hoi Thot is only open until 4PM, but I took them on a repeat
visit for lunch the next day.

The dishes at Lon Hoi Thot are priced similarly to other food stalls in town
(about $1), the quality is very high, and the kratiem prik thai is completely
addictive. We had some for lunch both yesterday and today, and I may have to
stop by tomorrow (our final day in Mae Hong Son) for one more hit.

UPDATE (12/1/2011): I discovered on our return trip to Mae Hong Son that Lon Hoi
Thot is now open for dinner! Oh, and the food remains as delicious as I remember
it.


Look for the big yellow sign, your smiling hostess Koi (in the glasses), and her
mom the amazing chef

 
Cooking up pad prik giang


Gai kratiem prik thai kai dao – it’s like crack


Pad prik geang kai dao


Pad thai sen yai jay and pad kra pao gai



Lon Hoi Thot
East side of Khunlumpraphat Road/Hwy 108
Across from the 7-11 and the Sunday Market
Mae Hong Son, Thailand
+66 (0) 5362-0690
Daily: Breakfast, Lunch (8:00AM-4:00PM)

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, mae hong son, review, thai food,
thailand on May 9, 2010 by kenny.


RARN P DAM (MAE HONG SON, THAILAND)

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Across the street from P Nik’s, and next to the CP Fresh Mart, is my favorite
Thai food vendor in Mae Hong Son. The setting is basic, though on the larger end
for a rarn ar harn dtarm sang, and the food is fantastic. It’s run by a friendly
Thai lady, P Dam, and her family.  She serves all of the Easy Thai dishes at
their finest, and the lunchtime the operation is a sight to behold. Customers
come up and give a verbal order, and somehow P Dam keeps all of the requests in
her head, even when the queue is more than a dozen people long.

I’ve been going to Rarn P Dam for lunch almost every weekday since I discovered
it, and I’m usually the only farang eating there. P Dam also knows that I like
spicy food, so I can be assured of ample chilies. Unfortunately, Rarn P Dam is
not open for dinner, and they are closed on Sundays, so Lauren wasn’t able to
try their food for a few weeks (she lunches with her NGO during the week). 

Over Songkran I was finally able to introduce Lauren to Rarn P Dam, and since
then we’ve been going for Saturday lunches and the occasional weekday breakfast.
All of the dishes are 25-30 Baht (less than $1), the vegetables are fresh and
generously portioned, and P Dam is an ace with the wok.

Today, in preparation for this writing, I finally found out the name of my “Thai
food stall across from Nik’s.” If you are in Mae Hong Son, you should definitely
pencil in a lunch or two at Rarn P Dam. Lauren’s family ate here three times
while they were visiting, and I’ll be stopping by for my daily fix until we
leave next week. Yum!


P Dam frying up pad thai sen yai


The happy family at work on a bulk lunch order of pad kra pao moo


Fresh ingredients on display


The best pad thai (sen yai) I’ve ever had


Pad kra pao jay kai dao (spicy vegetables with chili, basil and a fried egg on
top), my favorite dish at P Dam



An assortment of other dishes available for 25 Baht


Lauren enjoying her first P Dam experience

Rarn P Dam
SE Corner of Singhanart Bamrung and Phadit Joncume
Mae Hong Son, Thailand
Daily: Breakfast, Lunch (7:00AM-4:00PM)
+66 (0)84-3688533

This entry was posted in Food and tagged chilies, Food, mae hong son, review,
thai food, thailand on May 3, 2010 by kenny.


FERN RESTAURANT (MAE HONG SON, THAILAND)

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Fern Restaurant, on the main road of Mae Hong Son near the night market, is a
funny place. The main dining area is immense, with a smaller area in the front
and a large recessed section in the back that seems targeted to tour groups.
However, it’s no longer high season, and we’ve had the restaurant mostly to
ourselves on our visits.

The LP describes Fern Restaurant as “Mae Hong Son’s most upscale restaurant, but
remember, this is Mae Hong Son.” This doesn’t quite give you the correct
impression though. While the prices are higher than most in town, they still
average under 150 Baht (<$5), and the setting is much more relaxed and low-key
than you might expect. The staff are clearly used to foreigners, speak excellent
English, and provide great table service. The tall ceilings, endless pitchers of
ice water, and strategically placed fans provide welcome relief from the heat.

The food at the Fern is mixed. Our first meal was a bi-polar experience. We
loved the fern salad, a house specialty mix of ferns, carrots, tofu, and peanuts
with a chili-lime-coconut dressing. The dressing, reminiscent of that used in
the wing bean salad at Bon Kitchen, is so addictive that we used the cabbage
garnish and our leftover rice to soak up any remains. On the other extreme, the
northern curry was a pungent, sour soup that we couldn’t force ourselves to
finish.

Since then, we’ve always included the fern salad in our meal and it’s
consistently delicious. Their green curry is also quite tasty, almost at the
level of Rom Jinda’s. The red curry was decent but not as good as the  green
curry. Take a pass on ginger chicken with black mushrooms unless you like very
bland dishes.

Overall, Fern Restaurant is worth an occasional visit if you have an extended
stay in Mae Hong Son. While Rom Jinda offers a more intimate atmosphere, better
food, and generally cheaper prices, the Fern can provide a nice change of
scenery along with an enjoyable meal of green curry and fern salad at around 200
Baht.


Tasty fern salad


Green curry


Two dishes not to order: northern curry and ginger chicken with mushrooms

Fern Restauran
Khunlum Praphat, across from the library
Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Daily: 10:30AM-midnight (Lunch, Dinner)

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, mae hong son, review, thai food,
thailand on April 30, 2010 by kenny.


ROM JINDA (MAE HONG SON, THAILAND)

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When we arrived in Mae Hong Son, our guest house owner recommended a nearby
restaurant called Rom Jinda. For our first dinner in Mae Hong Son we stopped by
to check it out. The environment was warm and inviting, with cushioned seating
available inside and an outdoor seating area with a fountain and lots of
foliage.

The expansive menu includes Thai, Chinese, and pizza/pasta choices. Our first
meal consisted of spicy fish with basil and chilies, and pad see iw. The fish
was indeed spicy, with ample chilies and ginger, though river fish is not
particularly exciting (we hadn’t yet internalized our landlocked location). The
pad see iw was amazing, and was the first time I had pad see iw that rivals my
hometown favorite at Jamjuree. The noodles are seeped in dark soy sauce and
prepared with very fresh morning glory, carrots, cauliflower, and tofu.

We quickly became regulars at Rom Jinda, which we affectionately nicknamed “RJ”
by our second week in Mae Hong Son (at which point we had probably eaten there
six times). On our second visit I realized that the Thai dishes on the menu were
separated into two sections. The three-page section at the front was labeled
“Thai food”, and towards the back was a single page of dishes labeled “Easy Thai
Food”. While the only commonality that I originally noticed among the “Easy
Thai” choices (which included pad see iw) is that they were all 35 Baht, I later
learned that the “Easy Thai” section covered a set of dishes on offer at most
local food stalls.

While the menu listed the dishes in English, over time the wait staff educated
me on the food’s Thai names and pronunciation. I think this was partially
because they were really nice and partially because they got a huge kick out of
correcting me when I’d err on my farang pronunciation (tonal languages are
hard!). We learned a few off-menu specials such as yam rom, the house salad of
greens, fried mushrooms, onions, mint, peanuts, and the traditional Thai
dressing of lime and chilies.

It was also at RJ that I received my introduction to pad prik giang, a stir fry
with red curry paste that is prepared slightly differently everywhere and is
top-notch at RJ. Most of our meals at RJ consist of pad see ew, and either pad
prik giang or giang kiew wan (green curry), or both if we bring another friend
along for dinner. I’ve also enjoyed their spicy seafood salad and their pad
thai.

Overall, I love Rom Jinda. It’s certainly the best atmosphere in town and, while
not every dish is a standout, I dream about their green curry, pad see iw, and
pad prik giang. We no longer live two blocks away from RJ, but it’s worth the
uphill bike ride to get our regular curry and pad see iw fix.


Shawn loves Rom Jinda


The best pad see iw (that we’ve had) in Thailand


Awesome geang kiew wan gai (green cury with chicken)


Pad prik geang gai

Rom Jinda
Corner of Nivet Pisarn and Ratchatampituck
Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Daily: 12:00PM-3:00PM (Lunch), 5:00PM-10:00PM (Dinner)

This entry was posted in Food and tagged Food, mae hong son, review, thai food,
thailand on April 22, 2010 by kenny.


EASY THAI

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While living in Thailand, we’ve discovered the amazing phenomenon of “Easy Thai”
(the phrase came from the back page of a menu at Rom Jinda, one of the few
restaurants we frequent that actually has an English menu). “Easy Thai” is a set
of dishes that can be found at just about any rarn ar harn dtarm sang (“food to
order” stall) in town, whether they advertise it or not. It is a subset of Thai
food that consists primarily of stir-fry dishes, mostly served khao rad (over
rice), including:



  Pad Prik Giang   Stir-fried with red curry paste, Thai eggplant, lime leaves  
Pad Kra Pao   Stir-fried with chili and basil   Pad Thai   Rice noodles fried
“Thai style”   Pad See Iw   Wide rice noodles with morning glory and other
vegetables   Kratiem Prik Thai   Stir-fried with garlic and pepper   Pad Mit
Monmuang   Stir-fried with cashew nuts   Pad Prik   Stir-fried with fresh
chilies   Pad king   Stir-fried with ginger and mushrooms   Kai jiao   Thai
omelet with tomatoes and onions

You can also specify the base of your dish, otherwise you will likely wind up
with pork (the usual default):



  Jay   Vegetables   Moo   Pork   Gai   Chicken   Ta-hoo   Tofu

For noodle dishes, you should request the width of the noodles: sen yai (wide),
sen lak (medium, fettuccini-width), or sen mee (thin, vermicelli-width).
Otherwise you may get a surprise when your Pad See Iw shows up sen mee.

Finally, frequenters of Easy Thai often add other modifiers, such as kai dao
(with a fried egg on top), pet prik (spicy), or sei gong (to go). It’s kind of
like ordering coffee in Seattle.

Easy Thai has become a staple of my lunch-runs, as it is cheap, fast, fresh, and
delicious. At a rarn ar harn dtarm sang, an easy Thai dish runs 25-35 Baht
(~$0.75-$1; meat and fried eggs can add a few Baht to the cost). My current
favorites are pad prik giang, pad thai sen yai, and pad kra pao. I’ve never seen
pad prik giang on menus at home, but when I return to Seattle I’ll have to ask
Jamjuree if they’ll make it for me!


Pad Thai sen yai – a delicious new twist on an old classic


Pad kra pao jay kai dao – spicy vegetables with basil and a fried egg

This entry was posted in Food and tagged chilies, Food, thai food, thailand on
April 10, 2010 by kenny.


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