•• • fb 0 • • •• • • • The Best Of Everything Celebrity Showio0in • As You Like It Bangkok Sala's Thai cuisine is seasoned to please. AL MARTINO Sat., Sept. 30 • • • • PAUL ANKA • • Thurs., Fri. & Sat., • • Nov. 9 10 & I I • • • • • • • • • , 117 • 7096 East Fourteen Mile Road 8/18 • 2 • 90 ebrity Showroom (Between Mound &Van Dyke) (810) 268-3200 T coli, carrots and egg in a garlic sauce ... he food of Thailand is The Bangkok Sala Fried-Rice is avail- another o•the ethnic able too with chicken, beef, shrimp, cuisines that is many times scallops or squid ... Another exclusive misconstrued in the taste- is the Bangkok Seafood combo ... thinking of many. squid, shrimp, scallops, imitation crab At places like Bangkok Sala in the and Chinese vegetables. meat Orchard-12 Plaza, west of 12 Children are encouraged to Mile off Orchard Lake Road eat at Bangkok Sala ... A in Farmington Hills, along children's menu for dinner with some others, orders of only, has American dishes ... spice content can be gotten as unless moms and dads want requested ... They are among their young ones to also those whose servers are trained enjoy some Thai cuisine. to always ask if customers pre- There is also a vegetables fer mild, medium, spicy or only section of the menu extra spicy. along with four tasty duck • Bangkok Sala opened on DANNY dishes that are served for Jan. 1 of this year and seems to RASKIN have established itself as a pop- Local Columnist dinner only. Best sellers at Bangkok ular Thai restaurant because Sala are the Pad Pak, customers are always ques- Chinese vegetables with brown sauce tioned regarding their taste preference. ... Pad Prik Khing, Thai hot curry It is a small restaurant with eight with string beans ... Peanut Curry, booths, each separated by bamboo stir-fried beef or chicken with curry in curtains ... 10 lamps over tables with- sweet peanut sauce, mixed with bam- in and outside the booths, framed pic- boo strips, bell peppers, onions and tures, colorful open fan and statue, all carrots (the dish is normally served from Thailand. hot and spicy, so watch out when Owner Bee Yang, a language ordering this, unless a lot of hot spice teacher in a Thailand elementary is to your liking) ... and Pad Thai school, came to America 10 years ago Curry, rice noodles with shrimp, bean ... and went to work for cousin Xeng Hung at the Bangkok Hung restaurant in Troy ... His brother and chef, Lue Yang, also was at the Troy location ... Another brother, Cher Yang, is now a chef at Bangkok Sala and worked at the Bangkok Hung located on Northwestern Highway, run by cousin Neng Himg ... Bee's wife, Tang Yang, trained in Troy and is a waitress at her husband's seven-days-a- week restaurant ... open Monday-Saturday, 11 to 10; and Sunday, 4:30 to 9:30. Bangkok Sala is proud of restaurant being the only locally that makes its own tradi- tional Thai cookies ... from coconut milk, egg, flour and sugar ... Others purchase their Thai cookies rather than make the intricate delicacies. It is also the only restaurant with its own fried rice ... made with onions, bean sprouts, broc- El'n ng Guid AUBURN HILLS Lelli's &f Auburn Hills, 885 Opdyke Road,Auburn Hills, (248) 373-4440.The second of Lelli's traditionally fine Italian ris- torantes is located across from the Pontiac Silverdome. Besides elegant surroundings, it features the same excellent food served by the Lelli family since 1939. Reservations are accepted for any evening except Saturday. BERKLEY Sila, 4033 W. I2 Mile Road, Berkley, (248) 548-3650.There is nothing like a consis- tently dependable neighborhood family restaurant The Italian and American menu is one that evokes much confidence in casual dining.The chicken, ribs, round and square pizzas, fish, salad, pasta, etc. are served seven days a week for lunch and dinner. Everything is also available for carry-out. BLOOMFIELD HILLS Steve's Deli, 6646Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, (248) 932-0800. Award- winning chicken soup is featured.Also serving corned beef, fresh roasted turkey, sandwiches, salads and traditional dishes. Party trays and catering too at this New York-style deli. Carnegie Deli cheesecake and Steve's Brownies are among the desserts. FARMINGTON HILLS Bangkok Sala Cafe, 27903 Orchard Lake Road, Orchard-12 Plaza, Farmington Hills, (248) 553-4220.Tropical and tradi- tional Thai dishes are served from the over-50 items of freshly prepared lunch and dinner dishes, including vegetarian and children favorites. Open seven days a week for dine in and carry-out. Desert Sands, 29222 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, (248) 855-1122. Middle-E.astern dining is featured by Hassan Bazzi, former maitre d' at the Original Sheik in downtown Detroit Daily specials at lunch and dinner. Full menu carryout with catering available. Complete liquor service. Intelligent Chicken, 32431 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills, (248) 855-4455.The wide variety of spe- cialty items are together with a complete menu of charbroiled or rotisserie chicken for both dining in the 40-seater area and carry-out, seven days a week. Soups, chili, salads and side dishes are homemade.Also homemade are the popular cookies and brownies. . Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, 31005 Orchard lake Road, Farmington Hills, (248) 626-5020. One magazine said that there was no place like it in the country. The Guinness Book of Records has featured its accomplishments. Lunch and snacks are available with table Bee Yang of Bangkok Sala in Farmington Hills DINING GUIDE on page 94