![]() Peanut butter chocolate bread pudding ($3), black forest cookies ($1.75), "Oprah's Favorite" brownies ($2.75), and Thai coconut custard ($3.75) are just a few of the standard offerings. "We can't make the chocolate bourbon pecan pie ($4) fast enough!" laughs Sanitchat. The fresh ginger cake ($4.50) is made with freshly ground ginger dark and moist, it pairs beautifully with the Meyer lemon ice cream. Showcasing Sanitchat's newfound enthusiasm for baking, the case is full of cakes, cookies, brownies, and pies. The new bakery case brings ice cream and cake together again. The banana pecan was equally intense, and the mango lime beautifully balanced the warm, fruity flavor of ripe mango with the zest of fresh lime. I sampled three: The Meyer lemon was cold and crisp, with intense citrus flavor. Thai Fresh is now serving 12-14 handcrafted ice creams (one scoop, $1.95 two scoops, $3.95), roughly half of which are dairy-free. "I knew that if we had more room, we could add lots of ice cream to the menu," Sanitchat says, " really do it!" Sanitchat realized that ice cream, in addition to being the perfect ending to a fiery Thai meal, had little competition in the area. Her first effort – a Hill Country peach-and-mint ice cream, served in the Thai fashion on a bed of warm sticky rice – immediately sold out. Last summer Sanitchat began experimenting with coconut-milk-based ice cream, using the freshest farmers' market seasonal fruits. The ice cream, in fact, is what started the expansion ball rolling. "With this expansion, we have been able to add 20 seats to the dining room, a tea bar, a bakery case, and a case of homemade ice creams." "We are now twice as big," explains Jam Sanitchat, the indefatigable young mother who, with her partner and husband, Bruce Barnes, owns and operates the popular Thai deli. When the storefront next to Thai Fresh on West Mary became vacant, it was just too tempting to pass up: Thai Fresh expanded sideways. The price of kway teow lui suan in these places range from 20 baht ($0.60) to 35 baht ($1.00) for three rolls.Thai Fresh owner Jam Sanitchat (Photo by John Anderson) Here are the best places to enjoy kway teow lui suan in Bangkok: Baan Suan Pai (17/1 Phahon Yothin Road, Phaya Thai), Chamlong’s Asoke Vegetarian Restaurant (Chatuchak Market, Kampaeng Phet Road), and Seri Market (L1, 0101, The Nine Neighborhood Center, Thanon Rama Ix, Suan Luang). Dipping sauce can either be peanut sauce or sweet green chili sauce. Choice of filling comes in the form of sausage, shrimp, or for a really healthy choice, tofu and mushrooms. ![]() ![]() Thais have made this dish their own by using wide rice noodles instead of rice paper, and flavoring it with aromatic herbs. ![]() This, however, is still a popular street food in Bangkok. This healthy food is not a traditional Thai dish but more of an interpretation of the iconic Vietnamese food. Kway Teow Lui Suan, or Thai fresh spring rolls with herbs, is a great example of that. The streets of Bangkok are replete with healthful dishes that make use of fresh, locally-sourced herbs, spices, and other produce. Possibly the best thing about the street food in Bangkok is that it makes it easy to eat healthy – an incredible feat when one is on vacation. ![]()
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