Eating Out RESTAURANT REVIEW
The many tastes of Thaiphoon Eclectic menu — with Chinese, Indian and Thai specialties — in a quiet setting by Andrew MacLeod Doerschuk
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Roasted duck curry is simmered with tomatoes, eggplant, pineapple and sweet basil.
efore wondering why anyone would open yet another Asian restaurant on Castro Street, consider Thaiphoon’s menu. It’s eclectic. Deep. Chinese and Indian dishes mingle easily with the Thai specialties of the Vongampai family who, in addition to launching this new Mountain View restaurant, also own the original Thaiphoon in Palo Alto, where their pan-Asian concept was refined. While Thaiphoon isn’t the first pan-Asian eatery to open shop on downtown’s busy restaurant row, it
further dignifies itself by resisting the “fusion” trend. So when you order an Indian dish, it tastes Indian. Chinese tastes Chinese. “We’ve wanted to open this restaurant in Mountain View for a long time,” said Tom Vongampai, who manages the operation with his wife and mother. “People who live here are such a mix of demographics. We wanted to offer them more variety.” But the Vongampais also have provided a quiet sanctuary — one that contrasts with the bustling scene just outside the floor-to-ceiling picture windows spanning the
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