Nong’s Khao Man Gai
SW 10th and Alder Street
Portland, OR
In a way, it was doomed to happen. Given my (somewhat unfair?) comparison of street food from outside North American to the ones in North America, it was almost certain that I had to visit an Asian one for comparison sake. And that brought the eternal question of… Which one(s)? I mean, given that the US can be as multi-cultural as Canada and, in part, I didn’t want to disappoint, I kept looking and looking around. While searching in other sites (Urbanspoon included), all of them seemd to point to two locations: Koi Fusion, which served Tex-Mex dishes with a Korean twish (take that Roaming Dragon, you are NOT the first! 
) and Nong’s Khao Man Gai, a cart that sells one and only one dish. While I am sure a lot of you would think that Koi Fusion would have been a better choice (due to a direct comparison with Roaming Dragon), the fact is that I wanted instead showcase what street food ought to be. And, in that case, Nong’s Khao Man Gai was a better option.
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Tagged as:
Asian,
Chicken,
Portland,
Rice,
Street Food,
Thai
Pattaya Thai
406 Sixth Street
New Westminster, BC
It makes me wonder at times what is the general perception of the general readership about blogs. This is specially considering when I was personally attacked in two posts because my “lack of knowledge” on the subject. The funny thing is that I have never claimed expertise! (Even funnier is the fact some points in the comments are plain incorrect). Of course, that does not give me a free pass to freely say what I want, instead, I want readers to held me accountable, as I have mentioned previously. Of course, as long as you don’t go calling names, everything is fair game. With that in mind, that brings the question, what are the standards of printed publications? For example, when Karl wrote about Pattaya Thai, an editor from a local magazine attacks him. I have know Karl for some time and, while we might disagree on some things, I will have to also say he has really interesting insight and opinions about the food – and I respect him for that. But, still I knew I had to visit this restaurant and find out by myself what is so “special” about it. And that opportunity came when Sherman‘s hockey team (who, other than “Gadget Girl”, I won’t even try to list their names, on that note, Sherman’s post is here!) went there one night and checked with me to see if I wanted to tag along.
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New Westminster,
Thai
Thai Basil
1215 Thurlow Street
Vancouver, BC
I am not sure if it is a good thing or bad thing that I don’t tell people I do food blogging. Yes, unlike other fellow bloggers, I prefer not to “broadcast” what I do on the sides. Of course, there are times that is unavoidable, for example, PO is well aware of what I do. A similar case is EP, whom I have been friends with for a long time already. And, because I helped him finish a collection plus getting him some tickets, he invited me for lunch. Unlike other type of invitations (read: PR from restaurants), this was out of gratitude so no strings attached. Originally, he wanted to go to Shabusen in Burrard. However, when we arrived early without reservations, we were turned away. (Yes, it was a WTF?! situation). In the end, walking to Davie Street (with Stepho’s in mind), I did a quick check in my head and went to Thai Basil instead.
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Tagged as:
Lunch,
Thai,
Vancouver
Royal City Thai
634 Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC
The first time we met Karl (of The Friday Lunch) was at the bò 7 món (beef seven ways) in Thai Hang. Being the good fellow blogger he is, when he was aware of a new Thai restaurant in New Westminster, he decided to check with Jessica, Sherman and myself if we wanted to give it a try. Hey, food? I am there!
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New Westminster,
Thai
Lhy Thai
7357 Edmonds Street
Burnaby, BC
In the last couple of weeks, I think we have had a good share of blog posts of Thai restaurants. I am not talking about myself, I only visited Tangthai with Victoria (and was also visited by other food bloggers) but Victoria also visited Maenam. And prior to that, shokutsu of Foodosophy, visited Lhy Thai. So, in its own funny way, I chose to semi-continue that trend by visiting that same restaurant, Lhy Thai.
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Tagged as:
Burnaby,
Chicken,
Dinner,
Lunch,
Noodles,
Thai
Tangthai Cuisine of Thailand
1626 West Broadway
1779 Robson Street (Location visisted)
Vancouver, BC
Ah, so many new restaurants opening, yet so little times at times… Tangthai is one of the newest restaurants opening near the corner of Robson and Denman where it is already well known to be the epicentre of ramen in Vancouver – where you can find Kintaro, Motomachi Shokudo and Benkei Ramen, all of them in the same block (plus the soon to be open Santouka in the next block). Thai cuisine is one of those that I know can be really bold, yet, for other reasons, it seems to be continuously bastardised to the point I am not sure if it can be considered ethnic anymore. True, I am Chinese and not a Thai expert in any way. So, for this purpose, I have been bugging Victoria (of Victoria’s Food Secrets), the in-house Thai food blogger expert in Vancouver, to help me check Tangthai: Would it pass her litmus test?
Not the best picture. I might retake this one…
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Tagged as:
Beef,
Chicken,
Downtown,
Lunch,
Thai,
Vancouver,
West End
