Thai Delight Tom Kha Gai
For 17 years, the Tranngoc family has served their mouthwatering recipes at Thai Delight, their familyowned eatery in West Jordan. Family matriarch Lae Tranngoc remembers many customers after a single visit and invites them back to order their favorite dishes. She oversees the creation of every entrée and roasts peppers to make her own garlic chile oil that’s a key ingredient in the flavorful and refreshing tom kha gai, a creamy, coconut chicken soup enhanced with lime, cilantro, green onions, straw mushrooms, bay leaves and lemon grass. “It’s a good balance of all the ingredients—a blend of sweet and spicy with a little heat. Add fluffy jasmine rice, and it turns into comfort food,” says Win Tranngoc, whose parents “carried me into the United States from their native Laos when I was 2 weeks old.” He encourages diners to dial their own spice level from mild to spicy before the soup is presented in a stainless-steel fire pot that maintains the flavorenhancing heat throughout the meal. The soup can be the star player or can be accompanied by pot stickers, pad thai noodles or a massaman curry dish. Let the textures and spices lift and restore your spirits. (Carolyn Campbell)
JOHN TAYLOR
A blend of sweet and spicy and a little heat
6271 South Dixie Road West Jordan 801-968-7626
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