No ka Thai Thai ma NYC, e hele i Queens
ʻAʻohe mea e like me ka'ōpaniʻai inā paha iʻoi aku i kahiʻeono'eketa pāpaʻi, akā,ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hanaʻia kekahi mau haleʻai Thai ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe. Aʻo ka hapa nui o kahi kūlana o Thai i loko o ka NYC, aia ma Queens kahi e liʻiliʻi ana iāʻoe i nā mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa e noi ana i ka laiki laiki, nā kāpena a me kaʻai iʻaʻole (nā hōʻailona maikaʻiʻole). Hiki paha iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo pinepine e pili ana i nā meaʻai me ka hale o DJ, akāʻo wau wale nō.
Aloha
I kēia manawa, he makapō a makapō pahaʻoe i kaʻikeʻole e pili ana iā Sripraphai (64-13 39th Ave., Woodside, NY) akāʻo kekahi mau mea i kaulana no ke kumu. Mai manaʻoʻiʻo i nā lono e pili ana i kā lākouʻai ma hope o ka hoʻonuiʻiaʻana; ʻaʻole lākou iʻikeʻole. Hoʻokahi wale nō keʻano o ka hoʻomaha o ka hopena he emi iki ka mea kaumaha aʻo BYOB he mea ia o ka wā i hala.ʻO ka lālā mai kaʻulaʻulaʻulaʻula, ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka ho'āʻoʻana i nāʻano i hoʻomohuʻia e hoʻohanaʻia ana i nā iʻa, nā kalo a me ka pi, a me nā eggplants e piʻi paha iʻikeʻoleʻia ma NYC. Hoʻopili ka mea kanu waikeli kūikawā i kekahi me nā'ōkākā i'ōniʻokiʻia, ka moa, kaʻolo, ka cilantro, nā aniani, a me nā hulu lole i hoʻolimalimaʻia i ka lime'ōlei, nā iʻa iʻa, ke kō, a me ka chiles.
Nā kūmole hauʻoli a me nā mea hao ma kahi kokoke i nā puka o ka puka e loaʻaʻole iāʻoe ma kahi'ē aʻe e like me Thai marzipan, nā huaʻona a me nā meaʻai huaʻona i hanaʻia mai ka momona momona ma mua o nā'alemona.
Chao Thai
Chao Thai (85-03 Whitney Ave., Elmhurst, NY), i loko o kahiʻeke o Elmhurst iʻike nuiʻia no ka fare Indonesiano, he mea hōʻemi haʻahaʻa loa ia i ka Solraphai monolithic. He mau papa wale nō a me nā mea hoʻonanea liʻiliʻi, akā, eʻikeʻoe i ka mea i hoʻomākaukau maikaʻiʻia (i kahi hele lōʻihi o ka luakini Thai ma NYC).ʻO kā lākou papahana o nāʻoihana kūikawā i kēia manawa he mea hoʻohauʻoli ia: Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi sāla hoʻoikaika hou i kapaʻiaʻoʻekolu mau Pīmeni e pili ana i ka iʻa a me ka puaʻa (ʻAʻole wau i maopopo i ka meaʻekolu o ke awakea).
Loaʻa nā'ōpae i ka pua puaʻa i loko o ka pīkāka pīkī kulika, me ka pulu'āpana'ōmaʻomaʻa, a me ke kohoʻana o nā soupulu noodle i loko o nā pōpō iʻa a me nā pipi (ʻaʻole i ka papa hoʻokahi, akā)ʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike pinepine i nā haleʻaina Thai.
ʻO Zabb Queens
Hoʻowahāwahā i ka waina a me ka huehi palaoa ma ko lākou pūnaewele,ʻo Zabb Queens (71-28 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, NY) kūikawā i ka meaʻai Issan i mea maikaʻi loa eʻikeʻaʻoleʻo ia nā pale. ʻAʻole i liʻiliʻi ka wai o ka waiu ma ka'ākau o Kepanila kahi e paʻiʻia ai, nā'ōpala, nā huapalapala paʻakī a me nā hana (ko lākouʻikeʻana, eʻikeʻoe i ka wī a me kahi'ē aʻe) are de rigueur. ʻO kaʻiʻo o kaʻiʻo, ka mō'ī, a me ka iʻa e loaʻa ai kēia mau mea ola a pono eʻaiʻia me ka laiki pākuʻi - me nā lima lima,ʻoiai ka nui o nā kākoʻo o nā New Yorkers. ʻO ka pipi puaa a me ka puaʻa i lawelaweʻia me ka chile e pāʻina ana i ka lole a me ka hausausa paʻi kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o ka meaʻai.ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noi no nā ipu wela, akāʻo ka hanaʻana-ʻo-ʻoe iho e loaʻa ai ka kuke. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike ia ma ka papa inoa, e noi wale. Ua hoʻokaʻawaleʻo Zabb ma mua o ka nui o nāʻaina Thai o Queens me ka hoʻolahaʻana i ka manawaʻehā, akā,ʻaʻole wau i paʻi pinepine iā lākou i nā hola.
ʻO Pam Real Thai
Wahi a kekahi e'ōlelo anaʻo Pam Real Thai (404 W 49th St, New York, NY) he "maikaʻi no Manhattan," akā ua maikaʻi a puni. ʻO nā meaʻai pinepine e loaʻa mai ana mai ka pūʻulu mediocre o Hell's Kitchen Thai a ua lanakila nui loa ia e lawe i ka lālāʻelua i ke alanui (me Encore e hoʻokomo i ka inoa).ʻO ke aliʻi,ʻo Pam Panyasiri, he haʻilui mai Bangkok, akā,ʻoi aku ka nui o kaʻai. ʻO nā mea wale nō i hanaʻia me ka'ā'ī wīwīʻole, hikiʻole ke pane; ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, aia kahi mahele o ka papa kuhikuhi i hoʻolaʻa loaʻia i nā meaʻai waiwai. Hoʻopihaʻia ka pāʻani i ka lole a me ka hoʻopiliʻia me nā lālā lime i hoʻouluʻia. ʻOiʻole keʻano o ka meaʻono oxtail me ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i kahi kīla nui e māhele like i kahi ala maikaʻi e hoʻomaka ai i kaʻaina.
Arunee
ʻO Arunee (37-68 79th St, Jackson Heights , NY) he mau apologist a mea hoʻohilahila paha. He poʻokela kēia ma luna o kāu Thai Thai i hoʻomehanaʻia akā e hiki ke hōʻeha aʻele paha, no laila,ʻaʻoleʻoe e paʻa i ka kuleana pono'ī inā loaʻaʻoe i ka blah ma mua o ka mālamalama.Akā ināʻikeʻoe iāʻoe iho i Jackson Heights aʻaʻoleʻoe i keʻano no ka Indian a me ka Latin American, e ho'āʻo i ka pia taud (kahi Thai spring rolls) ma kahi o ka lāʻau a me ka samosa.
Ke hana neiʻo Arunee no nā hoaʻai eʻai ana me nā meaʻokoʻa likeʻole no ka mea heʻoi aku ko lākou nui likeʻole me kā kāpena kha gai a me nā koho kūponoʻole - nā wāwae o ka wāwae me ka'ōpū o ka pīpī a me ka'ōpū a me ka'ōpū o kaʻiʻo?