Prik Hom

General Notes

Recently this restaurant has come up on my recommended list quite a bit -- apparently it was one of the 50 most recommended restaurants according to NYT. It did not disappoint. The food is excellent. Each dish is executed with precision, the flavors / combinations are so interesting, and you're bound to experience something that you haven't had before. Definitely worth giving it a try. The quality of food here is pretty similar to what you'd get at Nari, except a little cheaper and a little less bougie-feeling. This place is definitely more food-forward.

Dishes Tasted

• ★★★★ Smoked Young Coconut Ice Cream -- smoked with Thai old style candle, young rice sauce, sweet poached palm seed and fluffy sweet rice. Simple but so good, I've never quite had something like this before with the smokiness on the ice cream but it works really well!
• ★★★★ Branzino and Cabbage -- seasoned with fish sauce and dried fish. Branzino is cooked perfectly (perfectly crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, flavorful), and the cabbage is great too.
• ★★★☆ Beef Cheek Mussaman Curry -- less spicy curry with slow cooker 4h, beef cheek, Japanese sweet potato, crispy shallot. Overall beef + flavor of the curry is incredible; I only wish the curry were a bit less split.
• ★★★☆ Shrimp Gor Lae -- grilled with southern thai curry, toasted teenage coconut, pistachio, quail egg, and cocomut ajad. It tastes great (I appreciate that the body of the shrimp was de-shelled). I like the charred flavors. The curry feels a little too strong for me. It is a bit weird that there are ... 2 halves of quail eggs and 3 shrimp, not very conducive to sharing.
• ★★★★ Scallops and Lemongrass -- seared scallops, shredded lemongrass, chili jam, toasted teenage coconut with herbs and coconut cream dressing. Cooked perfectly, love the well-balanced tartness + sweetness of the sauce.