Tyler Holmes, Author at DieSaf

A Traditional Thai Restaurant Opened in Brooklyn

Just a few years ago, immigrants from Thailand and Thai food lovers had only one option: go to Queens for lunch. Today, Elmhurst's Thai Town remains the center of Thai cuisine in the Big Apple. However, the restaurant is not alone, there has been a boom in Thai restaurants and cafes in New York City in the last decade. And now another institution has opened in Brooklyn. It's a restaurant with the fancy name Mondayoff by Plant Love House in Kensington. But it's not exactly a new institution for New York City. Previously, this restaurant, or rather its predecessor, Plant...

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Thai Dishes Worth Trying

Thai cuisine is one of the greatest cuisines in the world. The cuisine combines many complex flavors and textures in several layers. Typical Thai ingredients include things like galangal (like ginger), coconut milk, tamarind, lemon grass, lime, basil, turmeric, garlic, fish sauce, and oyster sauce. The Thai dishes everyone should try when visiting Thai restaurants in America, personally recommended by a Thai chef, are as follows: Pad Thai (Thai fried noodles) Pad Thai is probably the most famous dish in Thailand. Pad Thai - which means "Thai style noodles" - can be a good dish to start with if you...

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Royal Siam Restaurant – Thailand in Manhattan

If you say Thailand is in Manhattan's bohemian Chelsea neighborhood, you're likely to get a laugh. But that's assuming the conversation takes place in a circle of people unfamiliar with Thai cuisine. And Royal Siam 1A is on 8th Avenue. The diminutive affectionate suffix "chik" confirms that the size of the place is small, and it is cozy and quiet. This place is hardly suitable for a dinner-party or a family celebration but it is right to come here in the afternoon or in the evening to taste delights of Thai gastronomy. Of course, in the menu there are only...