New Bangkok: Birmingham, MI 01/2008

Lizz and I took an off-campus lunch(01/16/08), a senior privilege in Cranbrook. In Birmingham, the closest hangout, one of our favorite places is New Bangkok where we can find Thai-style Comfort Food and pleasant servers, including my favorite Kay. The lunch entrees are approximately $2 cheaper than dinner entrees, but enough to fill up. Also served with soup.

Thai Almond Chicken $7.25(L), $10(D)

Breaded chicken breast is fried and then served with yellow brown gravy. Lizz ordered it mild as a non-spicy eater, she finds medium here a little to spicy after a while. However this is a mild dish and she thought it was rather bland. I agree that perhaps things were held a little too back, though I still thought the flavor was there. I personally enjoyed it.

Kra Tiem Prik Tai with Shrimp and Scallops $8.25(L), $9.95(D)

This is one of the "Bangkok Specialty" dish that comes with slightly different "brown sauces." This one's main ingredients are garlic, black pepper and green onions and whatever you choose to go with is served over some lettuce. It has a stronger taste than other dish primarily because of garlic. Previously I had it with pork and thought the sauce was rather pungent, but with seafood which soaks up less of the sauce, it was much better. Surprisingly enough, Lizz, normally not a seafood eater, enjoyed it as well.

Some other pictures from New Bangkok:

Bai Ka Prow with Shrimp

This is another stir-fry dish with bell pepper and basil leaves. I used to get this with beef, but once tried with shrimp for carry out and I liked the combination.

Pri-Khing with Beef and Tofu

This was one of the curry dish at New Bangkok, red curry with string beans but without the usual coconut milk. Therefore it is much stronger and rather salty when the meat hold the sauce in. The dish itself is not bad but it should be less salty or tried with other ingredients, perhaps. Now I know why our server emphasized that, "that one does not have coconut milk in it."

Pad Almond with Beef

Along with Pad Cashew, probably due to its nut contents, Pad Almond is one of the milder brown sauce dish. Though not my favorite, this is a non-risky dish along with Thai Pepper Steak for beef lovers.

Previous New Bangkok:
Nam Mun Hoy, Pad Kana, Sie Sa Hai(Seafood Curry) 09/2007
Fried Rice, Green Curry, Pad Thai, Pad Cashew, Potato Curry 05/11/07