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All this may be true, but part of the reason is still that Thai food is yummy and delicious! Speaking for myself, I could eat Thai pretty much every day. And luckily enough, I feel like we have an embarrassment of riches in terms of good Thai food here in the Triangle area. You've got:

YumYum in Cary

Thai Villa in Cary

Thai Cafe in Durham

Thaiphoon in Raleigh

Champa in Raleigh

Thai Palace in Chapel Hill

etc., etc. So sure, thank you Thai government, for sending all this yummy goodness our way!

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Love all the Thai restaurants in the Triangle! We moved from North Raleigh down to Apex a few years back and at nearly the same time a new Thai restaurant opened up less than a mile from our house that's really great. Working at home and having the ability to quickly grab Thai food right down the street is both convenient and dangerous for my diet :)

I spent a few weeks in Bangkok for work back in 2016, and I remember loving the food at first, but after a week the constant flavour profile of sweet+sour+salty+spicy (e.g. sugar + lime juice + fish sauce + peppers) started grating on me. I really tried to test different things, and was invited out regularly by local colleagues. But maybe that's just one part of Thailand?

Maybe they say the same thing about "classical French" (i.e. Lyon/Paris) cuisine's reliance on cream, shallots and bacon :)

>Maybe they say the same thing about "classical French" (i.e. Lyon/Paris) cuisine's reliance on cream, shallots and bacon :)

My Indian family often complains about Western cuisine's penchant for slathering butter, cream, and cheese on absolutely everything.

Even most of the cheap Indian food served in America is way, way too loaded with cream for most Indians' palates.

I agree. If the food wasn't great, it wouldn't matter how hard they marketed it. There's far too many great options out there to end up with 10x the market share per capita of other cuisines if it isn't also great.

Thai Cafe in Durham is the same owners as Thai Cafe in Wake Forest. If you ever get out this way, let's grab lunch there - I always need an excuse to get to Thai Cafe :)

Sawasdee in Raleigh (both locations) is good as well.

I know the one on Capital (and loved it, I just don't get down there much) - where's the other one?

It's on Glenwood near Crabtree Valley Mall.

Something I just realized is the group that owns Sawasdee Glenwood doesn't own the Capital location. I would have sworn that when the Glenwood location opened it had stuff in the restaurant (e.g. on the menu) that talked about both locations...

A quick google shows something fishy definitely happened with the Capital location - https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article8702121...

Regardless, Sawasdee on Glenwood is good. Like most restaurants, it was really good when it first opened and went through a low (food was super inconsistent, and sometimes terrible) for a while, but over the last year it looks like they've updated menus and the people working there have changed. Maybe a change in ownership? My experiences have been good.

Is that Thai cafe near 54/55 where Sarah's empanadas? (Also good) if so I miss that place

I'm thinking of Thai Cafe on University in Durham, right across from the Q-Shack (where University and Business 15-501 intersect).

Oh, I was thinking of Thailana

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thai+Lanna+Restaurant/@35....

It's very good.

I haven't been there. But I work in Morrisville, and that's not too far from me, so I'll make it a point to check them out sometime soon.

I miss Chili Cha Cha in the SF Mission.

Edit: It's still there, but I'm not.

I'll add one more to the list: Twisted Noodles in Durham

Finding restaurant recommendations for my area on HackerNews of all places. This is great.

Can we get a Triangle Food thread going?

In no particular order or connection, some of my favorites:

* Relish, by Crabtree

* Salt & Lime Cabo Grill, by North Raleigh

* Fiction Kitchen, Downtown Raleigh

* Remedy Diner, Downtown Raleigh

* Beer Garden, by Glenwood (The pretzels <3)

* Trophy Pizza & Brewing

* Orient Garden in Cary (our favorite Chinese takeout place)

* Himalayan Nepali Cuisine, Cary (watch out for that spicy scale)

* Coffee & Crepes, Cary

* Mac House, Durham

* Mura Sushi, North Hills

> Can we get a Triangle Food thread going?

Please, no.

Yelp is a thing. This is not what HN is for.

>Yelp is a thing.

Yelp long ago stopped being a venue for amateur critics and reviewers and turned into a space for entitled, angry consumers to vent their frustrations about the world failing to cater to their whims.

Yelp is terrible.

And yet still a better venue for this garbage than HN.

And yet you seem to be the only one complaining...

Crazy Fire (Mongolian Grille)

- Buck Jones Road, Cary

- Leesville & Strickland, Raleigh

Beyu Cafe, Durham

Taberna Tapas, Durham

Mateo, Durham

Rasa, Chapel Hill

Tylers, Durham

Q-Shack, Durham

Nanataco, Durham

Los Palmas, Raleigh

Cosmic Cantina, Durham

Irregardless Cafe, Raleigh

Neomonde, Mami Noras.

Mami Nora's is so good. I need to try to re-create their beans and yellow/green sauce at home again.

Neomonde is awesome. Love that place!

Woo, Triangle food thread!

* C&T Wok in Morrisville (amazing authentic Chinese) * Backyard Barbecue, Durham (Eastern NC BBQ) * Kokyu Na'Mean, Durham (Korean sandwiches) * Sushioki, Durham (Sushi burritos--yes, really) * New Hope Market, Chapel Hill (local farm-to-table food)

> I feel like we have an embarrassment of riches in terms of good Thai food here in the Triangle area

Ditto for North Texas. Some of my favorites include:

Banana Leaf in Far North Dallas

Thai Spice in Far North Dallas (they live up to their name!)

Best Thai Signature in Far North Dallas

Legends Thai Cuisine in Plano

SaWaDiKa in Richardson

And there are so many others around I haven't tried... TBH, I mostly go to a handful because the ones near me are so excellent I don't see a need to shop around.

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