In Thailand, we would celebrate a public holiday on April 13 to mark Songkran, Thai New Year. In Dallas, we will have to content ourselves with DFW Thai Restaurant Week, which begins on the holiday and runs for a week.
Twenty-three restaurants (and the bakery Haute Sweets Patisserie) are offering special items. So you can ring in the Thai New Year with lemongrass, green papaya, and whole roast suckling pig. If you’ve only been to one or two Thai spots in Dallas, this is a chance to branch out. Seek out Bambu Asian Cuisine for the funky and wonderful flavors from the Northern Esan region (and because the sticky rice there is served in woven baskets—see above). Or seek out the pineapple fried rice served sumptuously in a halved pineapple at Bangkok Thai, a testament to the Thai knack for dressing things up beautifully.
Menu items for participating restaurants are listed below.
Kai Pad Nam Daeng
Crispy Chicken sauteed with onion, carrot and green bean in Andaman chili BBQ sauce.
$10.95
Khao Soi Chicken – A traditional Northern Thailand dish that has an extraordinarily complex and delicious flavors. It’s a mixture of egg noodles, yellow curry, red onion and pickled cabbage.
$13
Garlic Basil Chicken & Eggplant – An exciting aromatic and flavorful chicken dish. It’s braised with garlic, chilies, soy and finished with fresh basil. Serve with jasmine rice.
$13
Esan (Northern Thai) Jaew Kai Yang
Grilled hen seasoned and marinated with lemongrass and garlic and Jaew tomatoes or (Thai salsa) are grilled tomatoes, peppers, garlic, onion, cilantro and scallion mashed together with limes and Thai fish sauce. Served with papaya salad, sticky rice and assorted veggies.
$20
Thai Herb Salmon
Thai Basil seafood soup with mushroom basil leaf and sweet chili sauce.
$14.95
Khao Neow Nua
Wrapped with love and nori (seawood), grilled beef, tomato, shredded carrots, lettuce and rice. Served with two sauces, spicy mayo and Thai sauce.
10.95
Som Tum Tod (Fried Papaya Salad)
Crispy papaya salad served with Thai style lime juice dressing with grape tomato, garlic and ground peanut.
7.95
Bangkok at Greenville
Kuay Teaw (stir-fried noodles)
A celebratory noodle dish and a favorite for Thais, this is served on the streets and on holidays. It’s a simple and rarely seen on Thai menus because of its simplicity. Stir-fried noodles with chicken, bean sprouts, onions and eggs.
9.95
Pineapple Fried Rice served in a fresh pineapple.
$16
Esan (Northern Thailand) Platter
Esan papaya salad with homemade pork sausage, boiled egg, pork rinds and nam (sour pork).
$12.99
Salmon Panang
Grilled salmon with panang curry sauce served with steamed rice.
14.95
Salmon Panang
Grilled salmon with panang curry sauce served with steamed rice.
14.95
Thai Coffee Macarons
$2.35 each, $13 for 6 piece box, $25 for dozen box…
Mango Cucumber Shrimp Cocktail (4)
$8.95
Charcoal Roasted Suckling Pig
Priced for 2 people @ $25 includes:
Smoked pork noodle soup
Nam Prik Ong – (Chili dipping sauce)
Fresh cucumber, cabbage, pork cracklings, and Sticky rice
Thai Spicy Chicken Basil (Famous Thai Spicy Dish)
Wok tossed chopped chicken breast, Thai chili, jalapeno, bell peppers, garlic, green beans, basil and fried egg.
$12.95
Seafood Pad Pong Curry
Shrimp, calamari, celery, green onion, red bell peppers with special curry sauce.
$15.95
Pineapple Panang Curry
$8.95
Stirfried scallops, imitation crabmeat, onions, snow peas, carrots and bell peppers.
$15.95
Pla Lard Prick
Whole red snapper, topped with chili sauce and garlic sauce
$19.95
Shrimp and chicken topped with peanut sauce.
$15
Deep fried white tilapia, papaya salad, sticky rice with chili lime sauce.
$30
Khao Soi Chicken – A traditional Northern Thailand dish that has an extraordinarily complex and delicious flavors. It’s a mixture of egg noodles, yellow curry, red onion and pickled cabbage.
$13
Garlic Basil Chicken & Eggplant – An exciting aromatic and flavorful chicken dish. It’s braised with garlic, chilies, soy and finished with fresh basil. Serve with jasmine rice.
$13
