Thai Food and Cooking

Sushi-Thai in South Florida: An Americanized Throwback

Talking About Thai On A New York Visit

When I was in New York a couple weeks ago, Robert Sietsema took me to Zabb Elee, a Thai restaurant in the East Village. The slip on the basement level offers Thai-hot dishes from the Isaan region of Thailand, near Laos. Decked in white, the restaurant's decor is apparently a Northern Thai ... More >>

The Red Koi Serves Sushi, Pad Thai at Arts Park Tonight

The Red Koi serves up sushi and one steming hot pad Thai.​We've been reading a lot about sushi on Clean Plate Charlie recently, so we thought it was a good time to profile the only sushi-serving food truck in south Florida -- The Red Koi.The mobile outpost of the Coral Gables Red Koi Thai & Su ... More >>

Su Shin Thai Offers Up Some Zagat-Rated Sushi

The Red Koi serves up sushi and one steming hot pad Thai.​We've been reading a lot about sushi on Clean Plate Charlie recently, so we thought it was a good time to profile the only sushi-serving food truck in south Florida -- The Red Koi.The mobile outpost of the Coral Gables Red Koi Thai & Su ... More >>

Interview with Coco Asia's Owner and Chef, Mike Ponluang, Part Two

​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Coco Asia's owner and chef, Mike Ponluang. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue with part two of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: You're from Thailand, but your cuisine has other Asian influences, as well. Tell us about y ... More >>

Deal of the Day: $20 for $50 Worth of Japanese Hibachi and Drinks at Kansai in Boca Raton

hungrysormuijai.blogspot.comEvery day of the week you'll find a special at Kansai of Boca Raton, where you'll find both Japanese and Thai cuisine.On Monday, it's family night where kids under 12 eat free. Midweek, it's $1 Wednesday, where you'll get $1 sushi (3 piece minimum) and $1 sake. The l ... More >>

Order Up: SAIA

Candace WestTamari scallops: Rich, premium, soy-moistened scallops and crabmeat wrapped in tuna.​ This week's review in Dish, we check out Asian fusion restaurant SAIA at the newly refurbished B Ocean Fort Lauderdale Hotel. The new eatery located just off the beach on the corner of A1A and Sun ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Pad Thai from Sukhothai

photobucket by. suttida_photo Pad Thai As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to food@browardpalmbeach.com. No. 95: Pad Thai from Sukhothai

Talay Thai's Chef Charlie Soo: Q&A, Part I

Courtesy of Charlie Soo. Charlie and Mama Soo​Chef Charlie Soo opened Talay Thai in a strip mall in Palm Beach Gardens in 2008. Since then, his commitment to serving quality food at reasonable prices has won his restaurant numerous awards and a loyal following.  Soo attributes his su ... More >>

84 Thai: What's in a Name

Courtesy of Charlie Soo. Charlie and Mama Soo​Chef Charlie Soo opened Talay Thai in a strip mall in Palm Beach Gardens in 2008. Since then, his commitment to serving quality food at reasonable prices has won his restaurant numerous awards and a loyal following.  Soo attributes his su ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale's Tokyo Blue Could Exercise a Little Restraint

Courtesy of Charlie Soo. Charlie and Mama Soo​Chef Charlie Soo opened Talay Thai in a strip mall in Palm Beach Gardens in 2008. Since then, his commitment to serving quality food at reasonable prices has won his restaurant numerous awards and a loyal following.  Soo attributes his su ... More >>

Side Dish: Anny's Thai and Sushi

​There are so many Thai/Japanese restaurants around Broward and Palm Beach counties serving the same exact menu that they may as well all be photocopies. With nothing to differentiate them but their cutesy names (Too Too Thai or Bo Thai or Thai One On, etc.), there's little to draw you into one ov ... More >>

Mama Asian Noodle Bar: Awesome Thai Food in Coconut Creek

​There are so many Thai/Japanese restaurants around Broward and Palm Beach counties serving the same exact menu that they may as well all be photocopies. With nothing to differentiate them but their cutesy names (Too Too Thai or Bo Thai or Thai One On, etc.), there's little to draw you into one ov ... More >>

Order Up: Mama Asian Noodle Bar

​This week in Dish we review Mama Asian Noodle Bar, a five-month-old pan-Asian restaurant located in the outdoor shopping mall Promenade at Coconut Creek. It's an attractive family-run restaurant bathed in red and black that serves a wide range of Thai entrees, inventive modern fusion dishes, plen ... More >>

Vietnamese Banh Mi Meets All-American Burger

Photos by Bill CitaraOK, so if you tried out last week's little lesson on pork-stuffed shrimp, you've got three-fourths of a pound of ground pork, rather assertively seasoned with black pepper, garlic, cilantro, and fish sauce. What do you do with all that pig? Well, you could freeze it for cramming ... More >>

Stealing From the Restaurant: Pork-Stuffed Shrimp at Home

Clean Plate Charlie had this really cool idea. Take one of your favorite dishes from one of your favorite restaurants and, applying a little time, a few tablespoons of culinary knowledge, and a willingness to eat the inevitable mistakes, attempt to re-create it at home.Since Charlie absolutely adore ... More >>

On NBC Prime Time, Fort Lauderdale Cast as the Poor Man's Thailand

Flickr User: jojo_is_cuteRyan from The Office dazzled by Fort LauderdaleHalfway through this past week's episode of NBC's The Office, while the Michael Scott Paper Co.'s three employees sit on the floor of their closet turned headquarters, swapping stories of personal failure, the character Ryan off ... More >>

Reoriented

At Origin, the beautiful room is no longer empty.

Don't Thai Me Down, Babe

Who put the bang back in Bangkok?

Enough With the Mee Krob Already

Sapa´s Thai menu defines the familiarity that breeds contempt

Letters for May 17-23, 2007

Sapa´s Thai menu defines the familiarity that breeds contempt

Water, Water Everywhere

It all comes together at Four Rivers

Some Like It Hot

At Thai Bayshore, you can have it your way.

The Tamarind Diet

Twelve ways to bypass the bypass

Love in the Time of Teriyaki

The Lemon Grass is always greener at this Delray bistro

CoCo So-So

More proof that money can't buy happiness

Manila Thrilla

More proof that money can't buy happiness

Best Asian Restaurant

Sushi-Thai Oakland Park

Not for Display

Sushi-Thai Oakland Park

The Bong Show

This fusion joint almost has it together

Baby, You Can Park My Car

Bandwidth goes on a bender, swears off Hollywood for good

Best Thai Restaurant

Thai on the Beach

Pad Thai? No, Bad Thai.

Nakorn somehow manages to screw up one of the world's most reliably tasty cuisines

Hoppy Together

If you love great pub fare, the Frog & Toad will be your friend

The Spice Is Right

Thai On the Beach keeps the heat on, with delectable results

Best Thai Restaurant

Try My Thai Café

Best Thai Restaurant

Siam Cuisine

Best Pan-Asian Restaurant

Echo

Good Moon Rising

In an already crowded Thai-food field, Moon Thai & Japanese rises above the competition

Fafa From Paradise

Taro's Tahitian Barbecue

Foodstuff

House of Siam

A Simple Plan

Zemi continues the tradition of fine dining set by its predecessors

Best Thai Restaurant

Eddie Hills and Sushi Thai

The Elements of Taste

Echo

Win, Lose, or Thai

The Red Thai Room

Sweetly Hybrid

Eddie Hills and Sushi Thai

Undercurrents

Having a little pun

Best Thai Restaurant

Siam Gourmet

Currying Favor

Siam Gourmet

Foodstuff

Siam Gourmet