dining out Thai Garlic & Sushi Serves a Taste of Thailand
By STACey BoMSer
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f you are in the mood for authentic Asian cuisine, you can’t get any more genuine than Thai Garlic & Sushi. This popular restaurant features many menu items you won’t find anywhere else because these are favorite family recipes brought over from Thailand. Owner Arunee Tiamsuwam and her family moved to the United States from Thailand in 1995. Over the years the extended family has operated restaurants in Miami and Atlanta. When the couple decided they were ready to open their own restaurant, they thought their hometown of Weston would be the ideal location, knowing diners in this area have an appreciation for Asian cuisine. Thai Garlic & Sushi is truly a family owned and operated business. Arunee’s niece Jea runs the restaurant on a day-to-day basis. It’s her friendly face that greets you as you walk in the door. While Jea is busy playing hostess and taking orders, her husband Jom is busy preparing the delicious meals. “He is a very talented chef and can prepare sushi and authentic Thai recipes,” says Arunee. “He created many of our special menu items.” Swimming Angel is one of the restaurant’s recommended Special Selections. This delicious Thai dish is the perfect combination of chicken and shrimp sautéed in a tasty peanut sauce served over steamed broccoli, bell peppers, tomato and lime leaves. The Gang Ped Duck is the perfect blend of flavors, with crispy duck, pineapple, tomato, bell pepper, cashew nuts, sweet peas and basil leaves in a red curry sauce. Speaking of curries, Arunee recommends two of her favorite traditional Thai curries. The Green Curry features green chili paste, coconut milk, bell pepper, bamboo shoots and basil leaves. The Massaman Curry offers the lightly sweet taste of chili paste with onion, potato, cashew nuts and avocado. Both of these dishes can be prepared with your choice of chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or fried tofu. Of course, Thai Garlic & Sushi also serves the perennial favorite, Pad Thai. This traditional noodle
The Spicy Thai Salad with Crispy Soft Shell Crab is a treat for the taste buds.
dish features rice noodles with egg, scallions, bean sprouts and ground peanut. This can be prepared with your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or fried tofu) or sample them all in the Deluxe Pad Thai. Other authentic Thai dishes include the Tom Kha soup made with lemon grass broth in coconut milk with mushrooms, scallions and cilantro, or the Tom Yum soup made without coconut milk. Arunee says her restaurant is probably the only place where diners can enjoy the Spicy Thai Salad made with Crispy Soft Shell Crab. A true treat for the taste buds, this salad is dressed with lime juice, chili, cucumber, tomato, red onion, scallions and cilantro. It can also be prepared with grilled New York steak or shrimp. In addition to its extensive Thai menu, Thai Garlic & Sushi also offers traditional Japanese dishes such as teriyaki, tempura and stir-fry, all served with miso soup or salad, and white rice. All of the restaurant’s authentic Thai and Japanese meals are prepared using the finest herbs and spices for the most nutritious and flavorful dishes. Everything is prepared fresh and made to order. Of course, the restaurant wouldn’t be called Thai Garlic & Sushi if it did not offer an enormous sushi menu. In addition to all the standard sushi rolls, this restaurant features a few sushi specialties. The best way to start your meal is with the Tuna Mushi appetizer. This one-of-a-kind item, created by Jom, features chopped tuna, kani (imitation crab), and masago mixed
in spicy mayo topped with guacamole and served on a crispy wonton skin with eel sauce and spicy mayo. It tastes even better than it looks, and it looks great! Arunee also recommends sampling the Tuna Volcano Roll made with no rice and no seaweed. This Jom original features shrimp, kani (imitation crab) and avocado wrapped in tuna and topped with baked scallop, masago and spicy mayo. The Midori roll is another unique roll featuring salmon, cucumber, scallions, tempura flakes, prepared inside-out with sesame seeds and masago and topped with avocado. Thai Garlic & Sushi offers a variety of lunch specials served weekdays until 3pm. The lunch menu features all of your favorites from the Thai, Japanese and sushi menus including Pad Thai, Garlic Sauce, Cashew Nut and Curry. One of the most popular choices is the Chirashi Bowl featuring six pieces of sashimi on seasoned sushi rice with masago and sesame seeds. The restaurant also offers four sushi combos for lunch. Thai Garlic & Sushi is located at 116 Weston Road in the small strip center next to the City of Sunrise building south of State Road 84. The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 11:30am until 10pm, Friday from 11:30am until 10:30pm, Saturday from 4pm until 10:30pm, and Sunday from 4pm until 9:30pm. To place an order for pick-up, or for delivery within Weston and parts of Davie, call (954) 3848840. You can also find the restaurant on Facebook.
Thai Garlic & Sushi’s Tuna Mushi appetizer tastes as good as it looks!
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October 2010
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