08/08/07

Authentic Northern Thai Food

by jankiku

My husband is Thai and he tells me this is the most authentic Thai restaurant (even better than ones in Thai Town) in the LA/OC area. The cuisine specializes in dishes from Northern Thailand (where his family is from). There was a fire at the Garden Grove location, but they are open at 11951 Beach Blvd. in Stanton (phone 714-799-2031).

We always order many of the same dishes when we go there: BBQ chicken, tod mun (fish cakes... these are my favorite!), sausage (everyone's favorite!!!), steak, beef panang (a red curry), ong choi (I can't spell the Thai word for it), and what we call "crab cakes", but they're really crab and pork dumplings. There's lots of other great dishes... and don't forget the sticky rice and mango for dessert!

If you want authentic Thai food (and you're more adventurous than pad thai) you can't go wrong at Thai Nakorn...

Note that the Mission Viejo location has a new owner and I can no longer vouch for the food there. The GG store will reopen, but I don't know when.

• Pros: Fantastic food at a great price
• Cons: That there aren't more locations near me!

04/16/07

Reopening?

by metrotuner

When will the restaurant be back in operation?

the strong, bold flavors of nuah nam tok, grilled hot, but soft and moist to the touch. Creamy yellow curry with just the right balance of spiciness and sweetness at the same time. the perfectly tamarind soured shrimp thai soup (tom yom kung) served while still over a flame. so it's still piping hot once it hits your dish

the buttery peanut condiment that comes w the aromatic satay chicken skewers, grilled w a nice outdoors bbq smoked flavor

10/21/06

Good Food, Good Price

by angeloviaitaly

I have been to Thailand many times and the food here was OK, Not as good as SilkThai in Huntington Beach but a good 2nd place.

Service was good

• Pros: Reasonably authentic Thai food, good price
• Cons: not like Thailand :(