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3309 Dallas Parkway Plano, TX 75093

972-608-1883

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Best fusion foray
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Cuisine(s): Asian Fusion

Hours: Sun 4pm-10pm, Mon-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri 11am-11pm, Sat 4pm-11pm

Price: $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Attire: Casual

Features: Business Dining, Catering, Delivery, Kid Friendly, Private Party, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly, Wheelchair Accessible
Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

The third link in Vinnie Varasin's trio of Asian culinary amusement parks is the best yet: stylish, crisp and ever so tasty.

2000 | Best fusion foray

There's a curvaceous bar with a top made of stained concrete. The sector containing the bar is separated from the dining area by a screen made of chain mail, which kind of makes you wonder what the staff does with the cutlery when the barflies get riled. Chow Thai Pacific Rim also has a natty little entrance chamber, a kind of acclimation zone to help your body transition from the stylized asphalt strip-mall wasteland into this fusion fashion. Chow Thai Pacific Rim is a mishmash of Asian... More »

Big Death

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, January 02, 2003

In August, Voltaire closed. And that pretty much sums up the Dallas restaurant complexion for 2002. Voltaire's death rattle served as a worn metaphor, a symbol of what was expected to happen but didn't--the big bang that rattled the windows and ag... More »
Slam dunk

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, May 25, 2000

At first glance, Chow Thai Pacific Rim is far too exotic for the flat, concrete Plano landscape. But there it is, parked in a strip mall off the Tollway with a Signature Kroger (I think this means they sell caviar in a full range of Day-Glo colors... More »

Dinner Menu

Starters

$13.00

The Monsoon Platter
one piece of each of the first four appetizers

$7.00

Saigon Spring Rolls
crispy spring rolls filled with tiger shrimp, taro and vegetables, with our vietnamese-style chili-lime dipping sauce

$10.00

Tuna Tartare With Taro Chips
diced sashimi-grade tuna mixed with avocado, wakame seaweed, scallions and togarashi, served with housemade taro chips

$11.00

Southeast Asian Crabcakes
australian crabmeat with diced jicama, red bell peppers and scallions, served with a cilantro-lime sauce

$9.00

Lemongrass Beef Skewers
grilled lemongrass marinated beef tenderloin skewers, with julienned green papaya, cilantro, chopped peanuts and a spicy peanut sauce

$9.00

Pork Confit Mu Shu Tacos
slow-cooked pork confit with a shiitake-jicama slaw and scallion mu shu pancakes

$9.00

Unagi Terrine
marinated and broiled eel layered with avocado and sushi rice, served with a soy syrup and wasabi oil

$9.00

Thai-style Calamari
succulent and crunchy fresh calamari with a thai sweet chili dipping sauce

$7.00

Zucchini-scallion Crepes
mung bean crepes with diced zucchini, scallions and red onions, with a spicy soy dipping sauce

$7.00

Taro-mushroom Pierogi
housemade taro-chinese mushroom pierogi with caramelized fennel and shiitakes and a wasabi sour cream

Cup $3.00
Bowl $5.00

Coconut-curry Soup
coconut-green curry soup with sweet potatoes, butternut squash and shiitakes

Entrees
Served With A House Salad

$25.00

Miso-teriyaki Salmon
faroe islands atlantic salmon sauteed with snap peas, zucchini and red bell peppers, glazed with a miso-teriyaki sauce

$28.00

Seared Big Eye Tuna
beautiful big eye tuna lightly seared, served with a ginger-miso sauce, wasabi oil, julienned jicama salad and crispy sushi rice

$27.00

Flash Seared Hamachi Fillet
sashimi-grade yellowtail thinly sliced and seared with sesame oil, served with soba noodles, watercress-daikon salad and a soy ginger vinaigrette

$27.00

Quinoa-crusted Scallops
pan-seared jumbo scallops with kohlrabi, fennel, edamame beans, served with coconut-jasmine rice and a carrot-lemongrass sauce

$28.00

Japanese-style Sablefish
rich sablefish marinated in miso and sake, pan roasted with a soy-tamarind sauce and served over sautéed nappa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and korean vermicelli noodles

$18.00

Thai Basil Pesto Fettuccini
housemade fettuccini pasta tossed with seasonal vegetables, thai basil pesto and a chinese black bean sauce

$18.00

Grilled Lemongrass Chicken
lemongrass-marinated miller ranch all-natural breast of chicken with grilled vegetables, served with a chili-lime dressing and scallion oil

$28.00

Five-spice Duck
pan-seared duck breast and duck confit risotto with a chinese 5-spice reduction sauce and shanghai bok choy

$25.00

Pan Roasted Pork Loin Chops
tender pork loin chops crusted with panko and togarashi, with grilled seasonal vegetables, lentils and a shallot soy-mustard sauce

$25.00

Korean Marinated Ribeye
thin slices of grilled certified angus ribeye, with sesame crispy rice, sauteed julienned vegetables, jicama kim chi, quail egg and korean chili sauce

$29.00

Wasabi-peppercorn Tenderloin
creekstone farms all-natural tenderloin with a wasabi-peppercorn sauce, bok choy, asparagus and a yukon gold potato-parsnip puree

Desserts

$8.00

Warm Chocolate Cake
bittersweet chocolate cake with our toasted coconut-kahlúa ice cream and sake-macerated cherries

$8.00

Chocolate-passionfruit Mousse
rick milk chocolate mousse with a passionfruit sabayon and fresh fruit

$8.00

Creme Brulee Tasting
three miniature variations of creme brulee

$8.00

Almond Panna Cotta
cool and silky almond panna cotta infused with amaretto, served with a blueberry-vanilla reduction

$3.50

Housemade Ice Creams And Sorbets
ask your server for our featured flavors

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Chow Thai Pacific Rim - CLOSED

3309 Dallas Parkway Plano, TX 75093

972-608-1883

Description

2000 | Best fusion foray

Big Death

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, January 02, 2003

Slam dunk

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, May 25, 2000

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