Marnee Thai

Chef Chai Siriyarn founded the first Marnee Thai in 1986, long before Thai cuisine became a popular takeaway option. Siriyam grew raised in Bangkok and learnt to cook from his mother; his meals reflect her influence in terms of traditional tastes and powerful spices. Siryam's two restaurants, one in the Inner Sunset and the other in the Outer Sunset, specialize in fragrant, tongue-tingling Central Thai foods today. The kao soi chicken and mussamun chicken curry are two of the restaurant's specialties.

Panang Chicken Curry ($13.95) was delicious, with pieces of juicy chicken cooked in panang curry paste, coconut milk, and Thai basil and served with broccoli. Lots of soft chicken and cocktail broccoli, with a nice coconut, tastes to help moderate the heat. Make sure to get rice to accompany this entrée. It would be nice if there was more sauce. Pad Thai ($12.50), a solid version of the famous Thai meal with plenty of stringy egg noodles, fried rice stick noodles, prawns, bean curd, egg, and sprouts, and crushed up peanuts, was a solid rendition of the classic Thai dish. It's also available in a vegetarian version.

Location: 2225 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122

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