One of our favourite dining places in New York city is Yum Thai Cuisine on Times Square. It is a small take-out outfit with a little more than a dozen seats for in-house diners. It does get pretty crowded during peak hours when diners join the already long queue of people who are ordering take-outs. But the reason for the long queue is the fantastically authentic Thai dishes whipped up by the lone chef in the small galley-style kitchen. It is open-concept so you get to watch the chef at work.
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| Duck Salad |
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| Rice with basil and pork |
The pricing is also very reasonable with most main dishes costing less than US$10. Dining here will definitely not burn a hole in your pockets. But the real reason why we ate here at least four times during our month-long stay in NYC, was because the food was so good and we enjoyed it so much.
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| Seafood noodle soup |
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| Thai-style fried rice |
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| Thai fish cake |
Some of our favourite dishes include the seafood noodle, rice with basil and pork, Thai-style fried rice, duck salad and deep-fried fish cakes. They were all good - much better than what we have eaten at some other more upscale and expensive Thai restaurants in NYC.
Eating at this hole-in-the-wall eatery made us feel like we were actually in Bangkok.
Yum Thai Cuisine
West 44th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenue)
Ambiance: 3
Service: 6
Food: 7.5
Pricing: $-$$
Recommended dishes: Thai-style Fried Rice; Duck Salad; Deep-fried Fish Cakes; Rice with Pork and Basil; Seafood Noodles
Is this the Yum Thai that had a fire sometime 2007-2008 and relocated??? We need to find that place. There was always a fantastic young asian dude running the register and some older asian ladies chopping and frying. They had Tofu Basil and Pad Thai [sp]. They were on the street just off time square. Thanks so much for any help.
ReplyDeleteDear Grampa Sheba - to be honest with you I really have no idea at all since I am only a happy visitor to NYC. But yes there is indeed a young and friendly Asian dude manning the counter and several older women working in the kitchen.
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