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Hot And Spicy, Or Mild:
A Wonderful Taste Of Thailand

DANNY RASKIN LOCAL COLUMNIST

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outheast Asian cooking is Chinese broccoli and egg, with the result of the availability of in-
always hot news ... And of choice of chicken, beef, shrimp or gredients over the last number of
all the Southeast Asian squid, and pad gai, stir-fried years.
Of special interest are the spicy
restaurants that have chicken with noodles, egg, green
opened over the past year, a onion and lettuce, are favorites. (or mild) salads, which are fa-
All noodle dishes at Siam Spicy vorites with Thai nationals ... The
greater many than before have
are prepared with authentic sour and spicy salads are served
been Thai.
Usually they have opened knowledge ... They are reasonably at room temperature and are
away from large populations ... priced, filling and excellent val- meals in themselves.
Thai food tends to be pricey,
enchanting the local populace ue.
Kra-tiem prik-tai, stir-fried but you can eat very reasonably
with tasteful decor, welcoming,
utterly charming service, and de- with garlic and black pepper, with priced if you order a one-course
meal, such as a noodle
a selection of chicken,
licious food.
dish ... If you order a
One of those to open amid a lot beef, shrimp, squid or frog
composite meal, the
legs,
is
a
big
seller
at
of people are the two Siam Spicy
dishes should be en-
operations ... The first one opened Siam Spicy, where au-
joyed individually, nev-
in Royal Oak, on Woodward and thentic cooking and pre-
er lumped into a giant
12 1/2 Mile ... The second on sentation of food are most
chop suey As with all
Northwestern Highway, between impressive.
Oriental food, the best
Siam Spicy makes its
Middlebelt and 14 Mile.
value and variety is
Siam Spicy II on Northwest- own coconut ice cream DANNY RASKIN
LO CAL
had by eating in a
ern is operated by Suda Hoy ... with sweet basil seed, a
COLU MNIST
group and sharing
Her sister, Sukanda Karczews- standout, along with
everything.
ki, runs the one on Woodward ... homemade peanut butter
Siam Spicy II on Northwest-
They are partners in both restau- sauce and plum sauce.
Suda prepares the Thai salads ern Highway is open Tuesday
rants.
Opened in March 1995, Siam and soups, both of which are Thai through Friday for lunch, 11 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m.; and dinner Tuesday
Spicy II in Farmington Hills is favorites.
Thai food is an adventure and through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 9:30
simply decorated, with little
change from Waleed's, its Middle always worth experimenting ... It p.m.; dinner Friday and Satur-
day, 5 p.m. to 10:30
Eastern predecessor at
p.m.; and Sunday, 5
the locale ... still discreet
p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
and elegant with its gray
If you have never
marble and black and
mastered chopsticks,
gray booths and black
note that modern Thais
chairs ... It seats 60 with
usually eat their rice
print tablecloths and
with a spoon and fork ...
teal linen napkins in a
Rice is served in its own
very clean and intimate
dish and the other food
surrounding.
is savored separately
The menu range pro-
between spoons of it ...
vides immense variety,
The two are rarely
both in cost and content.
mixed, but the Thais
Big reasons, too, for
have a charming habit
the large interest in Thai
of composing each
foods as presented by
mouthful on the spoon.
Siam Spicy are that lit-
Thai food is hot (un-
tle fat is used in its cook-
less otherwise desired),
ing ... almost everything
but adapts happily to
on its menu can be made
Western palates, espe-
vegetarian ... and the en-
cially those used to Chi-
joyment gained by work-
nese and Indian food, as
ing to please customers
its spicy heat can be
as much as possible like
tempered with soups
willingly substituting
and the most searing
when desired.
and pungent sauces are
The fallacy exists that
usually
added by the
Thai food is only served
diner at the table ... Like
hot to the taste ... Siam
the lethal nam prik (a
Spicy serves authentic
combination of pound-
Thai food, but the chef
ed
red chili peppers,
will hold down the cur- Siam Spicy's Suda Hoy.
shrimp paste, onions,
ries or hot peppers on re-
black pepper and garlic),
quest if you prefer your
is Southeast Asia's haute cuisine, or nam pla, a pungent, thin,
food mild or however.
If not, Thai peppers will give and its complex flavors, textures, translucent brown sauce made
whatever tang people want ... and piquancy and pungency depend from the liquor of fermented fish
on ingredients native to South- or shrimps ... If you prefer mild
more than some like it hot.
Noodles are very big in Thai- east Asia or to Thailand ... Like food, you can usually just ignore
land ... Natives eat them for both lemon grass, which is also used the sauces.
Eating in the friendly Siam
lunch and dinner ... Of the many in Malaysian cooking ... An ap-
noodle dishes at Siam Spicy, pad parent sudden interest in Thai Spicy family restaurant is like
see-iew, stir-fried noodles with cooking is generally agreed to be eating in a Thai home, foodwise