November 30, 2009 Food+Drink » A La Carte

Tasty Thai now open on King Street 

A challenger to Basil's downtown dominance?

by Caroline Eubanks

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Tasty Thai opened Nov. 7 in the former Little Thai Too and Fuzed spot, but don't expect this to be just another temporary King Street fixture. Tasty Thai is brought to you by the people of Taste of Thai in West Ashley, which was a Critic's Pick for Best Fried Rice in last year's Best of Charleston issue.

The chef-owned restaurant, run by Arun Maneejan, has a sushi bar in the front, an open food preparation setup where diners can watch their meal being prepared, and a full bar with beer, wine, liquor, and of course, sake. Maneejan chose to include sushi in the Thai menu because people who like one tend to like the other. The restaurant scooped up sushi chef David deGuia, who previously set up the sushi menus for Wasabi, Tsunami, and Bambu.

They expect to give other Thai spots like Basil a run for their money with cheap prices and heaping portions. The restaurant uses only local vendors and will feature local artists from Kulture Klash in the restaurant. They will also deliver anywhere downtown, in addition to West Ashley and Mt. Pleasant through Charleston Restaurant Runners.

Tasty Thai will host a grand opening party this Friday at 10 p.m. with music by DJs Dances with White Girls, JeffyET, CMNDer, and MACHETE.

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Stopped by recently and started with the stuffed shrimp. I always forego that sweet sauce in favor of the chile sauce and the out of this world fish sauce with green Thai chilis. Followed that with yellowtail sushi and California roll. Both fresh and well presented. My entree was the basil chicken. Tasty and satisfying. Although, I've never seen chicken minced so fine. It looked like it was pre-chewed. I'll be back.

Posted by guy on December 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM | Report this comment

Stopped by recently and started with the stuffed shrimp. I always forego that sweet sauce in favor of the chili sauce and the out of this world fish sauce with green Thai chilis. Followed that with yellowtail sushi and California roll. Both fresh and well presented. My entree was the basil chicken. Tasty and satisfying. Although, I've never seen chicken minced so fine. It looked like it was pre-chewed. I'll be back.

Posted by guy on December 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM | Report this comment

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