I've been eating Thai food for most of my life now due to our iconic and very old Thai restaurant in town here, but this post is about Pure Thai Cafe and their uniqueness in offering Bankok street food staples that many places don't have. Below you see Kana Moo Krob w/ fried egg and Moo Ping. Kana Moo Krob is a very simple, but delicious dish. It's Pork Belly and Kana (Chinese broccoli) stir fried in a garlic sauce with varying degrees of chili heat. It's not complicated, but is so good. Moo Ping is also simplistic. It's just marinated grilled pork served with veggies, but the Nam Jim Jaew, or just Jaew sauce, is where it's at and has become one of my favorite discoveries over the years. It is made of lime juice, tamarind, fish sauce, palm or brown sugar, red chilli flakes, shallots, spring onion, cilantro, and toasted sticky rice powder. This sauce is the bees knees. It has sweet, sour, umami, spice, earthiness, etc all in one. It can also come with their Bankok fried chicken wings too, which is deadly. I didn't get one this time so I ripped a picture from their site, but people go gaga for their Thai iced teas and coffees with the little ice buddies in them.We all have Thai places somewhere around the corner near us, generally serving the usual suspects in terms of dishes, but maybe try giving Pure Thai a shot and try something new. They have more unique things than just what I've shown here.
Wonderful food…. Wonderful service e..Need I say more?
I ordered Shrimp Pad Thai (Hot) for my daughter. There was no shrimp and the dish was not spicy. I will not be returning!
I ordered something I didn’t really like and the waitress that came to check on me was so kind and offered to remake it a different way for me. She was sweet the entire time and made sure everything came out good. Amazing service !
Pure Thai has ruined all other Thai restaurants in Vancouver for our family!! We have ordered from Pure Thai over a dozen times and have not been disappointed once. They are on another level of deliciousness. Their noodles are always al dente. Their vegetables are always crisp. Their part is like an explosion in your mouth!
We've tried multiple thai places around the Vancouver/Portland area and this is by far the best! The food is exceptionally flavorful and the service is attentive, polite, and lightning fast. The atmosphere is clean and calm, which is a nice contrast to the louder restaurants around town. We've tried a bunch of entrees and loved everything we've ordered so far, and will continue to come back for more!
We've tried multiple thai places around the Vancouver/Portland area and this is by far the best! The food is exceptionally flavorful and the service is attentive, polite, and lightning fast. The atmosphere is clean and calm, which is a nice contrast to the louder restaurants around town. We've tried a bunch of entrees and loved everything we've ordered so far, and will continue to come back for more!
Our first time in here, the place is cozy and comfortable, the service was friendly and fast, the food was really great, we ordered chicken pad tai and the veggie delight with chicken, which was awesome, just the right level of spice and big veggies pieces cooked perfectly! The pot stickers were really good too. Close to home, we will return for sure!
I was referred to Pure Thai by an acquaintance who knows Asian food well and I was, well, blown away! I rolled up in my overly big pretentious truck and trundled my ugly old self in for a late lunch. The place has a wonderful esthetic, open but friendly, very clean, great color scheme. I went to the counter and was charmed by the extensive altar… one of the nicest I’ve seen in an American establishment.Interesting menu, lots of unusual items.I chose the chicken Wontons and the Tom Yum Kha, and holy galangal Bat Man! I was absolutely blown away!ขอบคุณครับFirst, the presentation was better than a Line of Can Can Dancers at the Moulin Rouge! These folks are shootin way above their price point! The wontons were simply the best I’ve ever had, delicate, crunchy, sublime in every respect. And the Tom Yum Kha was like stumbling on a great book in a doctors office in Alabama… complex, rich, interesting, diverse and unexpected. Plus, the hot pot kept it sizzling right to the last chapter!They have a variety of Thai kitchen items available for purchase and the server was welcoming and attentive.Right up to the top of my list like a carnival bell ringer.Who knew such an amazing place exists, and in Vancouver of all places? Go there quick before they get wise and move to Portland!มันวิเศษมากPS I was so impressed that I ordered the crab cakes to go for my wife and she reports, best she’s ever had. And she can be pretty judgmental, just ask her what she thinks of my truck.
Amazing! All of it was delicious and did not disappoint.