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Thai chili peanut salad dressing
Here in Florida we have a wonderful mini-chain called Evos, which is "healthy fast food." They air-bake everything instead of frying. They have a really delicious Thai salad with chili peanut dressing that I'm trying to replicate.
How would you put together a chili peanut salad dressing? I'm guessing chili oil, garlic and a little peanut butter would be involved, but I don't know what to add for the real body of the dressing.
Making Thai Curry Pastes: Who's done it?
Thinking about getting out my trusty mortar and pestle this weekend to make some curry paste. Was wondering if anyone else has done this before and if the end result is that much better than the canned pastes you can buy at asian markets...Thanks!
Any great Chinese, Thai or Indian in Park Slope? HELP!
I only have been disappointed by the chinese place on 7th, near Garfield and 1st Street and with the Thai upstairs from the Corcoran office and with Lemongrass also on 7th. I tried the Thai on 5th Avenue and was it Union Street or 1st Street? I fotgot the name, sorry, and it was very bland and the normally crunchy Thai spring rolls I taste in Chinatown on Center Street or Bayard Street were awfully soggy and without any meat at all and filled with lifeless old tasteless bean sprouts. Disgusting! So? What gives? Desperate, newly moved to Montgomery Place from Avenue A and 9th Street, a foodies paradise...
Thai Son
THAI SON
Location: 89 Baxter Street, New York NY 10013
Phone: 212-732-2322
Cuisine: Vietnamese
After a disappointing Vietnamese meal at Saigon Grill on the Upper West Side (lackluster bun with beef satay and overfried spring rolls), I needed a culinary overwrite of sorts. I remembered having a good meal at Thai Son a few weeks ago and hoped to repeat that experience this evening.
While Thai Son wasn't quite as good as I remember it being on my initial visit, it impressed me more than did Saigon Grill. I ordered banh hoi bo lui ("grilled beef sesame on angel hair noodle with lettuce, cucumber, and mint leaves"), a shredded chicken salad (with its refreshing combination of vinegar, lime, and mint), and, of course, spring rolls.
Here, the spring rolls were light, crisp, and perfectly fried but could have stood some more filling and less wrapper. The beef dish was good, but the thin, crisp pork chops I had last time were better. Still, it's hard to beat anything marinated in whatever it is they use there, all wrapped up in a fresh leaf of lettuce stuffed with mint and pickled cucumbers and carrots (above).
This area of Baxter is chockfull of Vietnamese restaurants; Nha Trang and New Pasteur flank it. If anyone on Ed's site has been to the others, lemme know how they rate in comparison.
