Thai Food in St. Louis

Thai food is quickly becoming one of the most popular healthy food choices. The food is delicious, tasty, healthy and colorful, meaning that it appeals to a wide range of senses, and you probably won’t have to feel guilty about eating it. Thai food usually incorporates a variety of vegetables and spices to provide a rich, exotic flavor that doesn’t require a great deal of salt, or frying. If you’re considering eating healthy, or just want to add a taste of exotic spices into your diet, these popular restaurant dishes will have you enjoying Thai food in St. Louis 

Thai Restaurants in St. Louis

STL Thai Restaurants Phone Location
 Addie’s Thai House 314-469-1660 West County
 Aubergine

Chiang Mai
 314-241-9990

314-961-8889
  Downtown

Webster Groves
  Drunken Noodles

Fork & Stix
 314-845-8808

314-863-5572
 South County

University City
 Kabuki 636-527-7999 West County
 King & I 314-771-1777 South Grand
 Ocha  West County
 Pearl Cafe

Rearn Thai
 314-831-3701

314-725-8807
 North County

Clayton
 Rice Thai Bistro

Sala Thai

Sen Thai

Simply Thai

Sunisa’s Thai

Thai 202
 636-220-1777

618-277-7900

314-436-3456

314-921-2179

636-537-9997

314-367-3003
 Ballwin

Belleville

Downtown

Florissant

Chesterfield

Central West End
 Thai Gourmet Cafe

Thai House
636-329-8900

618-281-2777
 O’Fallon

Columbia
 Thai Kitchen

Thai Nivas

Thai Orchard


Thai Table

Zen
 636-447-1883

 

314-567-8989

314-894-0310

314-449-6919

314-842-0307
 St. Charles

 

Creve Coeur

South County

Maplewood

Crestwood

Tam Yam Goon – One of the dishes most commonly associated with Thai, Tam yam Goon is a soup made of jumbo shrimp, mushrooms and shallots with flavors coming from lemongrass, lime leaves, galangal, chilis and fish sauce. You can find all of the ingredients at a local St. Louis food market, but you can also find most of them at a traditional St. Louis grocery store.

Pad Thai – If you were to go into any Thai restaurant in the world, you could be certain of one thing, and that is that Pad Thai would be on the menu. The dish is one of the most classic and is made of a mixture of healthy Thai local foods. The dish consists of noodles, tofu, bean sprouts, onions and peanut dust (you can make a peanut sauce quite easily with peanut butter if need be).

Thai Cuisine in St. Louis

Kuay Tiew– Commonly known as noodle soup, this is a staple dish in the diet of any Thai person. Ingredients include noodles and pretty much any meat or vegetable you can think of, so if you have had it somewhere, don’t expect it to be the same somewhere else! There are as many recipes for Kuay Tiew in Thailand as there are for pizza. Try sampling as many of them as you can at STL restaurants by trying different broths, and adding noodles and the meat of your choice.

Som Tam – Som Tam is a stretch into the exotic, and as a spicy papaya salad, is hard to top if you’re serving it to guests. Som Tam consists of shredded green papayas, chili peppers, and sweet and sour sauce. You can usually get this dish side by side with rice and sweet and sour or bbq chicken.

Gai Med Ma Moung – If you’ve ever heard of roasted chicken cashew, then you’ve heard of this dish. Gai Med Ma Moung is one of the most complex and beautiful dishes in Thailand, and also one of the most delicious. The dish is based around roasted cashew nuts, soy sauce, garlic, honey, chili peppers, chicken and basic spices.

Popular Thai Dishes

Other famous Thai dishes include Geng Kheaw Wan Gai (Green Curry Chicken), Tom Kah Gai (coconut chicken soup), Kao Phad (fried rice), Massaman Curry (Coconut Curry) and Khao Man Gai (Chicken & Rice).

Most Thai food served at local St. Louis restaurants is incredibly delicious. However, most of them also have a spicy kick. If you’re planning to make them yourself, you should probably same some Thai food in St. Louis first. And if you’re planning on going to Thailand, enjoy! Remember that most dishes are actually quite wonder!

Thai Food & Cuisine Resources

TempleofThai.com is an online grocery store featuring Thai food, kitchen items, and recipes. For more info, visit their site.

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