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Galanga Thai in the West Village
Fairly good noodles, nice toppings, sour pickled cabbage, fried shallots, crispy fried noodles. But the broth, although tasty, did not have the addictive Khao Soi sourness, and was lacking the key...
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Nooch in Chelsea
Although this restaurant got mediocre reviews for its high design and for being a trendy Chelsea hang out, they had a nice presentation of Khao Soi with fried noodles on top, and a separate plate with...
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Ozen Asian Fusion Cuisine on the Upper West Side
One of the most authentic Khao Soi's I've found in New York yet, up there with Pam Real's for the best, and very tasty with almost all the proper toppings, and proper sourness to the curry broth, even...
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Kin Khao in SOHO
This is quite a snazzy place in the middle of SOHO that looks more like an old boys cigar lounge and bar than a Thai restaurant, because that's what it probably used to be. It's part of the Kelley and...
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Kittichai in SOHO
This would be the prima donna of Thai restaurants in New York, if Thai restaurants in New York were opera singers. The place is very done up with a floating pool in the middle of the dining room,...
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Sripraphai in Woodside, Queens
Well, I finally made it to the Thai food Mecca of NYC, Sripraphai, sometimes called the best Thai food this side of Thailand! Lucky we got there at 6 PM, because even though it's huge (we couldn't even...
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Regional Thai in Chelsea
This restaurant has a related version of the dish called Chiang Rai noodles or Kow Soy. Chiang Rai is another Northern Thai town nearish to Chiang Mai, the area where Khao Soi basically originates.No...
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Chili Thai in Hell's Kitchen (or have the real estate people renamed it...
I heard about this place on the Chowhound boards withsome supposed relation to Sripraphai, butwhen I asked our server, she knew nothing about it. She did say she was from the area around Chiang Mai in...
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Thai Market in the Upper West Side
Supposedly related to the former Land Thai which moved to the Upper East Side. The decor inside is funky and fun with old marble tables, brick walls, bare bulbs, gold leaf, large posters of Thai night...
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Siam Square in Riverdale/Spuyten Duyvil
Finally Khao Soi makes it to the Bronx! I never would have believed that this would happen given the relative paucity of Thai restaurants in the Bronx, nor would I have found out about it had my...
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A Tale of Two Khao Sois
For this episode of your friendly neighborhood Khao Soi Blog, I'm branching out a bit from trying Khao Soi in restaurants to describing two versions of my own making, so you know that I walk the walk...
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AM Thai Chili Basil in Kensington
This quest is really starting to take me to new areas of my hometown that I've never explored, an unexpected benefit of this obsession. This place in Kensington, Brooklyn on the southeast side of...
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A trip to the land of strange fruit
What is this fruit? No, it's not a giant elephant garlic that is trying to cocoon and metamorphosize into an anaconda. It's actually a salak or snake fruit from Bali. Yes, this is a little bit off...
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Terminal Thai in the East Village
It's been a while since a posting from your friendly neighborhood KhaoSoiQuester, mostly because I'm running out of places to try the dish at, unless I get reports from you, my fearless readers, of...
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Want to learn something new?
Slightly off the topic of Khao soi again, but related to delicious food all around the world. I just wanted to let you all know the classes I'm teaching in the spring and summer. There's these 3 listed...
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Foodie Blogroll
You might notice a new link on the right for the Foodie Blog Roll. Why did I join? Because I'm definitely a foodie, I have a blog, and that's how I roll, er, I mean I've discovered many wonderful food...
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Udom Thai in Prospect Heights
Finally back to the matter at hand, namely coconut milky, curried, fried noodles and shalloty goodness! This is one of the few Thai restaurants serving Khai Soi that I've discovered merely by happening...
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Mingala Burmese in the East Village
It wasn't till I made a post searching for new places serving Khao Soi on chowhound that I realized I'd been overlooking my favorite (only?) Burmese restaurant in New York, Mingala. Of course! I should...
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No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus and Portland is not a New York...
This week we're going national with a guest post from Tom out in the Pacific Northwest on a place in Portland, Pok Pok, that I've heard great things about, while I try to finish off that all important...
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Rhong is Right in Greenwich Village
Sorry I've been so incommunicado recently, but I have several good excuses: I've been showing up on New York Times videos about delicious mangosteens, replanning the trip I'm co-leading to Bali in...
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