Opening soon in the Pacific Beach space that last housed Tacos Mimi is Uncle Chai Thailand Street Food, a new kind of Thai eatery from an experienced restaurateur.
Chef Chai & Ally Butrlakorn operated multiple restaurants in the Palm Desert area before relocating to Thailand four years ago. Now the husband-and-wife team are living in San Diego and have taken over a restaurant space in the Dunaway Building in Pacific Beach to open Uncle Chai Thailand Street Food.
Uncle Chai's will serve a menu of authentic Isaan (northern Thailand) style Thai street food dishes like Gai Yang Isaan char-grilled half marinated chicken served with a spicy red chili sauce; Isaan Thai pork sausage served with fresh ginger, Thai chili, peanuts and fresh green cabbage; Jungle Curry with curry paste cooked in finger root jungle broth, and complimented by Thai basil, fresh vegetables and choice of chicken shrimp, fish, scallops or tofu; and steamed "sticky" rice Isaan-style served in a bamboo container.
Uncle Chai Thailand Street Food is expected to open as early as this February at 4508 Cass Street, Suite D, in San Diego's Pacific Beach.
