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469 Sixth Ave. New York, NY 10011

212-675-4295

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Critics'
Pick
Best Use of Duck
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): New American, Thai

Hours: Daily 11:30am-3pm, Sun 5pm-10pm, Mon-Thu 5:30pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-11:30pm

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

Features: Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Recommended

Parking: Meters, Street

Description

While chef Harold Dieterle"s first Village restaurant added Southeast Asian touches to what was basically a bistro menu, Kin Shop goes whole hog when it comes to adapting and transforming Thai food, and most of the dishes easily hit their mark. Mainstream larb is effortlessly evoked with a ground-duck version of the tart and fiery salad, while squid-ink soup plays with the cuisine, creating a liquid black monster that will stain your insides while also beguiling your taste buds (the squid rings come stuffed with brisket, in an almost science-chef move). Curries form the core of the menu, and best of all is the sour-rabbit-leg, which comes wrapped in a banana leaf. The premises are quiet and pale green.

2011 | Best Use of Duck

You'll encounter many spicy mouthfuls at Harold Dieterle's modern Thai restaurant, Kin Shop, but one of the hottest--not to mention yummiest--dishes on the menu is the spicy duck laab appetizer. The Top Chef winner cooks ground duck leg and breast meat with chiles, lemongrass, and fish sauce, before tossing the whole shebang with chopped long beans and fresh basil, mint, and cilantro, sprinkling the bounty with toasted rice powder and pickled red onions. He then spoons it all into... More »
2011 | Best Newfangled Thai

You'll encounter many spicy mouthfuls at Harold Dieterle's modern Thai restaurant Kin Shop. One of our favorites, though, is the duck laab, which the Top Chef winner makes by cooking ground duck leg and breast meat with chiles, lemongrass, and fish sauce, before tossing the whole shebang with chopped long beans and fresh basil, mint and cilantro, sprinkling the bounty with toasted rice powder and pickled red onions. Keep the flames burning with other winning dishes, like snapper in green... More »

Kin Shop--Harold Dieterle's Second Restaurant Goes Thai

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, December 08, 2010

The most annoying aspect of Top Chef is the underlying implication that the show is creating the great chefs of the future. In my experience, the reality is quite different. Most meals I've eaten at restaurants helmed by former contestants have be... More »

Main Menu

Salads & Soups

$13.00

Spicy Duck Laab Salad
toasted rice, ground chili & romaine hearts

$15.00

Miang Of Montauk Fluke
lychees, betel leaves, chili jam & fried garlic

$10.00

Bibb Salad
brussel sprouts, pumpkin seeds & lady apple-szechuan peppercorn vinaigrette

$13.00

Fried Pork & Crispy Oyster Salad
celery, peanuts, mint & chili-lime vinaigrette

$12.00

Steamed Pork Meatball Soup
crispy garlic, bok choy shoots & black soy sauce

$10.00

Squid Ink & Hot Sesame Oil Soup
squid, ground brisket & snake beans

$9.00

Garam Masala & Tomato Soup
tofu, mung beans & holy basil

Vegetables

$9.00

Stir Fry Of Aquatic Vegetables
water spinach, water chestnuts & watercress

$12.00

Fried Brussells Sprouts & Chinese Sausage
persimmon nam prik & fermented apple vinegar

$8.00

Preserved Siamese Watercress & Mustard Greens

Noodles & Curries

$25.00

Stir Fried Rice Flakes
rock shrimp, cauliflower, sawtooth herb & fried garlic

$24.00

Northern Thai Style Curry Noodle
braised brisket, cucumber, peanuts, fresh herbs

$19.00

Simmered Rice Noodles And Stir Fried Beans
duck egg, salted beans, tofu, coconut, sator beans & shallots

$22.00

Massaman Braised Goat
fried shallots, purple yams, mustard greens & toasted coconut

$28.00

Red Roasted Duck Breast
crispy roti, green mango, fresh herbs & tamarind water

$23.00

Jungle: Golden Snapper & Cuttlefish
bok choy, pickled green peppercorns & crab paste

$19.00

Sour Yellow: Roasted King Oyster Mushroom
bamboo shoots, garbanzo beans & turnips

Rice & Condiments

$3.00

Jasmine Rice

$3.00

Chili Jam

$3.00

Cucumber Relish

$3.00

Persimmon Nam Prik

$3.00

Coriander Nam Prik

$5.00

Crispy Roti

$8.00

Tasting Of Condiments 8

House Specialties

$4.00

Grilled Prawns
fresh lime & phuket style black pepper sauce, per pc.

$15.00

Roasted Bone Marrow
crisp taro root, radish greens, roti & yellow bean sauce

$16.00

Grilled Octopus Salad
green papaya, fresh herbs, radishes& thai chili cashew vinaigrette

$26.00

Pan Seared Trigger Fish
fresh bamboo shoots, oyster mushrooms & gang som curry

$27.00

Dry Aged Braised Beef 109 Ribs
boiled peanuts, baby spinach & panang curry

$27.00

Steamed Sticky Rice
fish sauce, coconut milk & pandanus

Desserts

$8.00

Root Beer Float
galangal ice cream

$3.00

Thai Iced Tea
ice cream

$3.00

Galangal
ice cream

$3.00

Thai Coffee-chocolate
ice cream

$3.00

Calamansi
sorbef

$3.00

Mango
sorbet

$3.00

Lychee
sorbef

$9.00

Roasted Pineapple Financier
passion fruit sauce & coconut sorbet

$9.00

Coconut Cream Cake
kaffir lime syrup & toasted coconut

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Kin Shop

469 Sixth Ave. New York, NY 10011

212-675-4295

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2011 | Best Use of Duck

2011 | Best Newfangled Thai

Kin Shop--Harold Dieterle's Second Restaurant Goes Thai

By Robert Sietsema | Wed, December 08, 2010

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