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Golden Bags — Rice paper stuffed with potato and minced chicken, then fried until crispy and served with cucumber salad.

Keow-wan — Green curry with your choice of protein* cooked in coconut milk with eggplant, string bean, bell pepper, broccoli, and basil.

Golden Triangle — Golden brown deep-fried tofu; served with special house sauce.

Tom Yum — Spicy sour soup with your choice of chicken, tofu, or prawns, mushrooms, lemongrass, kaffir and galangal.

Murder Wings — Our unique spicy fried chicken wings sautéed with fresh peppercorn, krachai, herbs and spices and topped with fried basil. To die for!

Pork Palo — A house specialty! Delicious fatty pork belly and egg slow-cooked in a Chinese five spice stew for over three hours; served with a side of pickled cabbage. Rich and flavorful, this dish is a fixture at family gatherings and temple events.

Chicken Satay — Chicken skewers marinated in herbs and spices, served with peanut sauce and cucumber salad.

Khao Soi — Egg noodles swimming in red and yellow coconut milk curry with your choice of chicken, pork, beef, or tofu, topped with crispy pork skin, cilantro, green and red onion, fried shallots, pickled mustard greens, and a mound of fried egg noodl

Larb Salad — Spicy and sour salad with your of ground chicken or minced roasted skin-on fatty duck tossed with chili, red onion, cilantro, toasted rice, and our spicy citrus vinaigrette.

Papaya Salad — Shredded green papaya, tomato, green bean, carrot and ground peanuts tossed in chili-lime dressing.

Pad Thai — Rice stick noodle with choice of protein*, egg, garlic, tofu, chopped pickled turnip, scallions, ground peanuts, and bean sprouts.

Pork of the Heavens — Deep fried pork marinated in Thai herbs and spices; served with sticky rice.

Gra-prao — Spicy minced chicken or your choice of pork or beef sautéed with chopped garlic, bell pepper, onion, bamboo shoots, and fresh basil.

House Fried Rice — With your choice of protein*, egg, onion, and scallions.

Mango and Sweet Sticky Rice — Our house-made sticky rice sweetened with coconut milk and flavored with black sesame seeds. Served with slices of fresh mango. A traditional Thai treat!

F.B.I (Fried Banana & Ice Cream) — Chunks of batter-fried banana served with a generous scoop of Mitchell’s Buko Ice Cream. Topped with peanuts and drizzled with honey. Choice of buko or vanilla bean ice cream.

Thai crepe with Ice Cream — Crispy Thai roti serve with choice of buko or vanilla bean ice cream.

Thai Ice Coffee

Thai Ice Tea

Ginger Mimosa — Prosecco and house-made ginger lemonade

Tropical Sangria — Red wine sangria with tropical fruit

Ginger Honey Limeade

Golden Bags — Rice paper stuffed with potato and minced chicken, then fried until crispy and served with cucumber salad.

Keow-wan — Green curry with your choice of protein* cooked in coconut milk with eggplant, string bean, bell pepper, broccoli, and basil.

Golden Triangle — Golden brown deep-fried tofu; served with special house sauce.

Tom Yum — Spicy sour soup with your choice of chicken, tofu, or prawns, mushrooms, lemongrass, kaffir and galangal.

Murder Wings — Our unique spicy fried chicken wings sautéed with fresh peppercorn, krachai, herbs and spices and topped with fried basil. To die for!

Pork Palo — A house specialty! Delicious fatty pork belly and egg slow-cooked in a Chinese five spice stew for over three hours; served with a side of pickled cabbage. Rich and flavorful, this dish is a fixture at family gatherings and temple events.

Chicken Satay — Chicken skewers marinated in herbs and spices, served with peanut sauce and cucumber salad.

Khao Soi — Egg noodles swimming in red and yellow coconut milk curry with your choice of chicken, pork, beef, or tofu, topped with crispy pork skin, cilantro, green and red onion, fried shallots, pickled mustard greens, and a mound of fried egg noodl

Larb Salad — Spicy and sour salad with your of ground chicken or minced roasted skin-on fatty duck tossed with chili, red onion, cilantro, toasted rice, and our spicy citrus vinaigrette.

Papaya Salad — Shredded green papaya, tomato, green bean, carrot and ground peanuts tossed in chili-lime dressing.

Pad Thai — Rice stick noodle with choice of protein*, egg, garlic, tofu, chopped pickled turnip, scallions, ground peanuts, and bean sprouts.

Pork of the Heavens — Deep fried pork marinated in Thai herbs and spices; served with sticky rice.

Gra-prao — Spicy minced chicken or your choice of pork or beef sautéed with chopped garlic, bell pepper, onion, bamboo shoots, and fresh basil.

House Fried Rice — With your choice of protein*, egg, onion, and scallions.

Mango and Sweet Sticky Rice — Our house-made sticky rice sweetened with coconut milk and flavored with black sesame seeds. Served with slices of fresh mango. A traditional Thai treat!

F.B.I (Fried Banana & Ice Cream) — Chunks of batter-fried banana served with a generous scoop of Mitchell’s Buko Ice Cream. Topped with peanuts and drizzled with honey. Choice of buko or vanilla bean ice cream.

Thai crepe with Ice Cream — Crispy Thai roti serve with choice of buko or vanilla bean ice cream.

Thai Ice Coffee

Thai Ice Tea

Ginger Mimosa — Prosecco and house-made ginger lemonade

Tropical Sangria — Red wine sangria with tropical fruit

Ginger Honey Limeade

Ben Thai Cafe

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