When we lived in Manhattan we just to eat at Larb Ubol and the Wonder Siams. Solid food, reasonable prices near midtown. What’s the closest thing to that these days? Grabbing dinner with my sis and need table for 10. But looking for good, casual, reasonably priced Thai. Thanks!!!
Those are two different types of Thai. Larb Ubol was isaan. And wonderful. WonDEE Siam is still around but not as good.
There are lots of great places:
Somtum Der
Soothr
LumLum
Fish Cheeks
Chalong
Just search around online, You’ll get more information than on here, where NYC posts and replies are seldom.
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Wonder if that might also be b/c the LA folks (some of whom seem quite familiar w/ NYC) don’t look at this part of the forum that much.
@fattydumplin, you might also want to cross post on the LA board (simply providing a link on the LA board so that folks can respond here).
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Are you looking for Manhattan or are other boroughs OK?
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Thai Diner comes to mind.
Thai Diner is a lot of fun! You won’t find anything like that in LA/So Cal.
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Where is Thai Diner? (Is there a place called Thai Diner…or is that just a generic name?)
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Thanx! I love Thai food & Vietnamese food. I just went to their site…very cool design!
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The crab fried rice is pretty amazing.
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What happened when you googled: Thai Diner NYC?
The site came up, with the address and the menu.
Sorcery! Did you use the same magic internet machine you used to post your original question here?
Yes! I used Google University. The map extension.
Ugly Baby in Carroll Garden
Chalong. Very good.
Lumpu salad. 5/5
Turmeric fish in banana leaf. 5/5
Pad Thai in coconut sauce. 5/5
Cocktail. 5/5
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Also ate at Cha Long last month (after seeing a Broadway show).
Was impressed. Food skewed a touch sweet, but crab curry, moo hong, and pomelo salad were all quite good.
Interesting to think through where this restaurant would place in the LA Thai landscape. Reminded me most of Chao Krung in ambition if not menu.
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My food was very spicy, except the pad Thai.
We’ve never been to Chao Krung. Thanks for the rec.
I liked Chalong more than every Thai restaurant I’ve been to in LA except maybe Anajak, which has a different (more fine dining) style, making comparison hard. I would have voted for Jitlada years ago, but their attention to quality is really lacking these days. I like Holy Basil, but it’s not on par with Chalong for me — at least with the three dishes I tried there.
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