Kittichai
60 Thompson Street
New York, NY 10012
212.219.2000
www.kittichairestaurant.com

The Scene
Orchids abound. They’re submerged in cylindrical glass vases in the small bar area; in the dining room, they climb up teak posts surrounding a bottom-lit pool. Jewel-toned raw-silk curtains and teak lattice, used to break up the boxy space, add further intrigue. Service in the dining room is well-tuned and well-versed in the nuances of the menu.

The Food
Chef Ian Chalermkittichai brings New York what it has long been missing: truly excellent Thai food. Flavors are sharp, bright and clearly defined; the chef’s skill is particularly obvious in familiar dishes like Thai beef salad, which rings of lime and hot chili on the palate, and a perfectly calibrated, addictive green curry bearing incredibly tender short ribs. The sea bass, marinated in a sweet-salty bean paste, is Chalermkittichai’s answer to Nobu’s black cod, and it’s equally stellar. The kaffir lime tart is a fitting denouement. - Citysearch

On the first day of my return from Hong Kong on April 7th which is my mom’s birthday, we went to Kittichai to celebrate. I was kinda skeptical going there since some of my friend’s weren’t a big fan of this spot but my bro seems to like it so I gave it a try. The atmosphere was great, very pretty especially the pool in the center with floating lit candles and water lilies. It was a comfortable dining area and even the bathroom was interesting, the restaurant in general is very mysterious and intriguing. Overall the food was decent, we ordered a lot of appetizers and entrees to share. I felt that the dessert definitely has room to grow, didn’t really like it. We ordered a lot of dishes and the menu seemed to have changed so I’ll try my best to remember what we ate…

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March 28, 2008 - Hong Kong, Waiting for the bus…

This may be the shortest post of my travel entries haha, didn’t snap up that many pics that day. After lunch with B, we headed to visit my friend Tricia at her dad’s place. She prepared some barbecue for dinner and we all just chilled and watched Jay Chou’s concert haha. It is fun times just hanging out and chit chatting with people you like, ain’t need to be out and about all the time to have fun.

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March 27, 2008 - Hong Kong, 8Five2 Shop @ Causeway Bay (dead beat by the time I got there, the humidity has got to me!)

Met up with the boys (YM, Masa and Shawn) to do a bit of visitation of the big guns in Hong Kong, Chris & Linton @ GarageWorks and Brian @ 8Five2 Shop. The GarageWorks office at Chai Wan is pretty dope, once you enter there’s racks and racks of toys - dope toys! After the tour of the toy house, we headed back to Causeway Bay to hit up Brian’s shop - Brian is one of the funniest people I’ve met in HK. “Sea Urchin…UGHHHH!” inside joke hahah, omg he is mad funny and he must be watching too much of The Wire haha. 8Five2 Shop is a dope spot, check out the store. Then we the four of us headed down to Mongkok to look for some DVDs, afterwards headed over to Langham place to find a spot to eat dinner. Since Ajisen Ramen has been haunting me (I see that restaurant everywhere), I’ve made the decision for everyone to eat there. The ramen was pretty good, then off to home - I was mad beat that day b/c it was super humid!!!

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March 26, 2008 - Hong Kong, Jardin House

A few days ago, went to Central to run a few errands for my parents then met up with B’s friend Masa to shop around Causeway Bay. I pretty much know my way around Hong Kong, with a few exceptions of some local shopping places. After shopping around and copping 3 pairs of shoes (yes again, didn’t get a chance to snap pictures yet) we met up with Masa’s gf, Edith, my new friend - we all was feeling for some Korean BBQ so Edith brought us to Sorabol Korean Restaurant @ Lee Theatre Plaza. The food was really good, after dinner we went to have dessert at Lucky Dessert - that basically concluded my day.

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March 24, 2008 - Hong Kong, Central

Finally made my way through to Central, it’s where all the name brand stuff is located. I tend not to shop there that much as I can get all those brands in NYC. Checked out a few shops and chilled around for a bit, then off to Causeway Bay again for dinner - to be exact back to city’super!

P.S. I didn’t pack so much, so I’m running out of clothes to wear - YIKES! You’ll be seeing similar outfits soon haha!

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March 23, 2008 - Hong Kong

On my 20th day in Hong Kong, B and I met up with Melody to shop (again) and eat. She took us to a few places to try some new food and to chill out, lots of food in this post (don’t get hungry!). Didn’t buy much that day and didn’t get a chance to snap up what I bought but you’ll soon be able to see it when I rock it out. Passed by McDonald’s and spotted the Red Bean Pie (US version of the Apple Pie), damn I had to have one - that ish was MAD GOOD!!! Unlike the Apple Pie that’s baked in the US, they fry the skin! Drooling, I’m going to eat some more of these before I leave HK! I’m going to cut it short and let the pics speak for itself…
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March 22, 2008 - Hong Kong Shopping Mall

It was raining cats and dogs this past Saturday so I decided to go to chill with a friend and met her at a mall near her and to stay in there to keep dry. Ate lunch at Yummy, a Japanese restaurant, the food was pretty good there. Then on to shopping for my babies, bought them a ton of Japanese snacks which I can’t get in NYC - I always get them a ton of ish when I’m in HK! Yup, I spoil them like crazy! Another cute thing to do in HK is to “turn eggs (capsules)”, you choose which kind of “eggs/capsules” you like, pay, turn and you get a a mystery toy inside the “egg/capsule”! B and I got quite a few, check out the pics after the jump…

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