Locally Owned
Sea Siam Thai Restaurant From Thailand to the American Dream
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f your taste buds are hankering for some Thai food, you can’t go wrong with Sea Siam Thai Restaurant in Keller. The local owners, Jam and Eddie, have been in the neighborhood now for several years. Both of the owners were born and raised in Thailand, and later decided to make a life in the United States. And they certainly have accomplished this. Jam and Eddie run their restaurant six days a week, and are only closed on Sundays. Both of their children, Tanya and Tara, are currently working towards college degrees. Tanya is on track to start medical school soon, and Tara is working towards a business degree at the University of North Texas. When they aren’t in school, you can find Tanya and Tara giving a helping hand at the restaurant. This family has a large dedication to making it the very best dining experience they can for the locals. This is seen on a daily basis, as their restaurant is known very well by most of the neighborhood. Jam and Eddie have one item on their menu that is the best you will find anywhere around: their peanut sauce. The sauce became so popular in fact that Cindi Cooperman, a regular patron of their restaurant, was instrumental in steering them into the direction of a partnership with the national grocery chain, Central Market. Once Central Market got word of their peanut sauce’s tremendous popularity, they invited both Jam and Eddie to come teach
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a cooking class at the local Central Market Southlake location. Jam and Eddie were then given the opportunity to sell their peanut sauce after the class concluded as a sort of test market run for their product. Nearly every person in attendance purchased their peanut sauce, and they sold every jar they brought. Central Market, who feels that getting local products onto their shelves is one of their most important jobs as a company, jumped on this chance with Jam and Eddie with an exclusive contract deal they never could have imagined. The delicious peanut sauce is now sold at all 9 Central Markets across the state of Texas. Central Market also continues to use Jam and Eddie’s peanut sauce for their Thai food cooking classes. Since their restaurant is only closed one day a week, Eddie takes Sunday’s to make enough peanut sauce that is jarred by hand to be distributed to the Central Market locations across Texas. Jam and Eddie hope to eventually make enough profit to be able to close their restaurant two days a week. Come try the delightful peanut sauce for yourself, and meet Jam and Eddie who have been the definition of the American Dream! To suggest a locally owned business for feature, email kanderson@ lifestylepubs.com.