Thai Avenue
Prices
Average main course: $6.
Description
Located on a strip of Broadway known for its Vietnamese spots, the cuisine shifts to Thai at this simple, bright storefront. Anglo favorites abound, but the gems of the menu are the authentic eats. Start with yum woonsen, a spicy glass-noodle salad with tiny bites of fresh shrimp and ground chicken, and namtok, a pork salad with bright flavors of cilantro, red onion, peanuts and roasted rice powder. For more tangy-spicy-salty, go for the name klug, deep-fried rice with bits of ham, pork fat, peanuts, chiles and plenty of lime. Sweet sticky rice with mango or chilled lychee are perfect simple endings.
Hours
Lunch, dinner.
Their sushi was awful. Ikura was dark, Ika was green, and sushi rice was too soft and no vinegar. It was the worst Sushi I ever had.
My favorite Thai restaurant in this neighborhood; cheaper and better (in my opinion) than the nearby Thai Pastry. I've eaten here over a dozen times, and have never had a meal I didn't love.