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Southeast Asia

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Amazing Thailand hosts Songkran Festival

    Last Friday marked the start of Songkran, a three-day festival celebrating the Thai New Year. Minneapolis locals kicked off the holiday a little early on Thursday night at Amazing Thailand in Uptown, with traditional dance demonstrations, a display of elaborate fruit carvings, all-night happy hour, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Top 5 ways to celebrate National Peanut Butter Day

    At this point, anyone with a computer and a random craving could declare any day on the calendar to be National Pizza Day, or National Rhubarb Day, and social media being what it is, the world would believe it in a matter of hours. But when we learned that today is National Peanut Butter Day, we th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Best of Hot Dish: February 6 -February 10, 2012

    This week at the Hot Dish the stories were extra hot to warm the coldest of days. Here are a few of the week's top reports. ​~We know many of you want to get your lovin' on for Valentine's Day; here's our picks for the most romantic restaurants for you and your snookums.~We also know tha ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    February 8, 2012

    Krungthep Thai is the real deal

    Eat Street spot wins with authenticity

  • Arts

    February 1, 2012
  • Calendar

    January 18, 2012
  • Calendar

    November 16, 2011

    JOY: A Holiday Cabaret

    History Theatre

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Chrysanthemum juice at Bangkok Thai: Drink of the week

    Flower-kissed.Chrysanthemum juice $2 Bangkok Thai 315 University Ave. W., St. Paul 651.224.4300 In an usual mosaic-covered building on University Avenue, some of the most mind-blowingly delicious and authentic Thai food is served. This place falls into that "hole-in-the-wall" category. The menu is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2011

    1968 Exhibit Opening Party

    Flower-kissed.Chrysanthemum juice $2 Bangkok Thai 315 University Ave. W., St. Paul 651.224.4300 In an usual mosaic-covered building on University Avenue, some of the most mind-blowingly delicious and authentic Thai food is served. This place falls into that "hole-in-the-wall" category. The menu is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2011

    The 1968 Exhibit

    Flower-kissed.Chrysanthemum juice $2 Bangkok Thai 315 University Ave. W., St. Paul 651.224.4300 In an usual mosaic-covered building on University Avenue, some of the most mind-blowingly delicious and authentic Thai food is served. This place falls into that "hole-in-the-wall" category. The menu is ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2011

    Dengue Fever

    Flower-kissed.Chrysanthemum juice $2 Bangkok Thai 315 University Ave. W., St. Paul 651.224.4300 In an usual mosaic-covered building on University Avenue, some of the most mind-blowingly delicious and authentic Thai food is served. This place falls into that "hole-in-the-wall" category. The menu is ... More >>

  • Movies

    May 25, 2011

    Hangover II: Didn't we already see this movie?

    Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis star in dude comedy

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Bogus sex trafficking studies are bad, actual sex trafficking is worse: Comment Of The Day

    Click here for junk science​We took note yesterday that the Star Tribune ran with a story about child sex trafficking that relied on statistics we've proven to be thoroughly debunked. We didn't hear back from the reporter who penned the story, Bob von Sternberg, or Patricia Lopez, the paper's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    University Avenue's best Asian restaurants

    Restaurants worth fighting LRT construction.​This week's Dish review dubbed On's Thai Kitchen on University at Snelling in St. Paul as a restaurant worth enduring the hassle of LRT construction (Work is now being done between Emerald and Hamline, with the 'dozers moving on to the rest of Universit ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    March 23, 2011

    Naviya's and On's Thai spice up the Twin Cities

    Two new Thai restaurants in Linden Hills and St. Paul

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Indochin now open on Grand Avenue

    Indochin arrives on Grand Avenue.​Last month, sisters Ha Tu and Thu Nguyen, owners of the Que Nha restaurant at 849 University Avenue in St. Paul, opened a new restaurant, Indochin, at the nearby location of 1702 Grand Avenue. The Asian American Press reports that the Indochin menu will initi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    The Melting Pot celebrates boobs this Week in Food

    Tschadi & ZehntnerEat this. ​We're all over the board this week, from pasta to Asian wine pairings to roaches and rodents to fondue for boobs. It's a lot to take on, but we know you're up to the challenge of this Week in Food. Monday 10/25 Get your eatin' pants on--it's World Pasta Day. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Sen Yai Sen Lek vs. Taste of Thailand: Who has the best pad thai?

    A.J. OlmscheidA taste of Taste of Thailand's pad thai​This week Food Fight went for another top takeout dish, pad thai. Between our two competitors, Taste of Thailand and Sen Yai Sen Lek, we found that while the main ingredients are fairly uniform--a heaping pile of noodles, a sprinkling of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    The best thing I ate this week

    Crowning a new banh mi king!​The best thing to come out of France's colonization of Vietnam is, arguably, the banh mi. The pitch-perfect sandwich marries a pillowy, delicately crusted baguette with meat (often pork) or mock meat, pickled and fresh veggies (carrots, cucumber, and usually cilant ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Ronnie's Kids

    Today, “amnesty” is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Chef Shack debuts at 5th and Hennepin

    Donuts for breakfast, tacos for lunch​The smell of Indian-spiced mini-doughnuts in the steaming core of downtown Minneapolis is not a trick: The Chef Shack has set up shop at the corner of Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue and is offering its trademark doughnuts, tacos, Arnie Palmers, and even ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2010

    Bill Squire

    Donuts for breakfast, tacos for lunch​The smell of Indian-spiced mini-doughnuts in the steaming core of downtown Minneapolis is not a trick: The Chef Shack has set up shop at the corner of Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue and is offering its trademark doughnuts, tacos, Arnie Palmers, and even ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    1964

    Donuts for breakfast, tacos for lunch​The smell of Indian-spiced mini-doughnuts in the steaming core of downtown Minneapolis is not a trick: The Chef Shack has set up shop at the corner of Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue and is offering its trademark doughnuts, tacos, Arnie Palmers, and even ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2010

    Jana Laiz

    Donuts for breakfast, tacos for lunch​The smell of Indian-spiced mini-doughnuts in the steaming core of downtown Minneapolis is not a trick: The Chef Shack has set up shop at the corner of Fifth Street and Hennepin Avenue and is offering its trademark doughnuts, tacos, Arnie Palmers, and even ... More >>

  • Restaurants

    January 27, 2010

    Subo does Southeast Asian with a French flair

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Kite Festival

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2009

    Fall Arts Tour

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2009

    Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2009

    Japandroids

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    The Mrs. Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa Pageant

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2009

    Paper Toy and Pop-Out Show

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2009

    Hmong Stories: Yesterday & Tomorrow

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2009

    Water

    Chef Neil Guillen applies four-star techniques to Filipino foods

  • Restaurants

    January 28, 2009

    Roat Osha replaces Uptown Thai staple Sawatdee

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Chino crosses a new line

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    American Democracy in Dissent

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Peace Crimes: The Minnesota Eight vs. the War

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Calendar

    January 23, 2008

    Michael Carina: Far From Home

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Calendar

    September 26, 2007

    Rattawut Lapcharoensap

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Calendar

    August 22, 2007

    100 Faces of War

    Name translates to "food for a king"—so is it?

  • Restaurants

    March 29, 2006

    March Madness

    Eat Street Malaysian Restaurant Peninsula is a perfect antidote to late-winter blahs

  • Restaurants

    May 5, 2004

    The Seventh Dimension

    Mai Village boasts the best part of Vietnam's food, art, and architecture, and its long meals with family

  • Restaurants

    September 3, 2003

    Rijsttafel Ramblings

    Dear Dara answers questions, both asked and unasked, about the foods you seek

  • Restaurants

    April 23, 2003

    True Thai Story

    A decade in the making, an Asian gem that's neither dumbed down nor sugared up

  • Restaurants

    January 10, 2001

    Lucky Numbers

    A decade in the making, an Asian gem that's neither dumbed down nor sugared up

  • Restaurants

    January 19, 2000

    Hey, Beer Woman!

    A decade in the making, an Asian gem that's neither dumbed down nor sugared up

  • Restaurants

    February 3, 1999

    Great Noodles, Hold the Poetry

    A decade in the making, an Asian gem that's neither dumbed down nor sugared up

  • Feature

    October 16, 1996

    Foreign Affairs

    Bill Clinton's Indonesian connection brought him campaign cash in exchange for influence--and continued inaction on the country's notorious human rights abuses.

  • Restaurants

    September 18, 1996

    Spice of Life

    Bill Clinton's Indonesian connection brought him campaign cash in exchange for influence--and continued inaction on the country's notorious human rights abuses.

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