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415 Brannan (at Third St.) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-369-0007

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Cuisine(s): Thai

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

Price: $$, $$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa

Features: Delivery, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Meters, Street

Description

Excellent Thai food served in an unusually pleasant, stylish, and airy setting, decorated with Thai art. Some surprising dishes are offered among the more expected offerings. The place does especially well with the grill: Calamari skewers and grilled pork carry the smoky smack of great barbecue. Fresh vegetable dishes include several spicy tofu dishes, pea shoots stir-fried with garlic, and mushrooms in lemongrass sauce. In addition to the good food, there's a thoughtful wine list, including sparkling wines, wine cocktails, nonalcoholic cocktails, and dessert wines.

Monkey Business

By Meredith Brody | Wed, July 16, 2003

Some names are genius: Koh Samui & The Monkey pleased me from the first time I saw it, for a number of reasons. I had no idea what it meant, but it was fun to say (no matter how you pronounce Koh Samui, and I think it came out differently every ti... More »

Dinner

Starter

$9.00

Bags Of Gold
rice-paper sacks of minced chicken and shrimp, tied with banana leaf, fried to a medium crisp

$9.00

Fresh Spring Roll
with shrimp, mint leaf, lettuce, tofu, carrot, noodle and bean sprouts

$9.00

Emperor Steamed Dumpling
mixed pork, shrimp with pickled ginger ponsu sauce

$9.00

Fresh Garden Noodle Roll
noodle folded with chicken, shrimp, and spice served with spicy chili lime fish sauce

$8.00

Crispy Imperial Rolls
stuffed with ground pork, wood-ear fungus, taro and vegetables. topped with fresh carrot

$12.00

Pork Spare Ribs
marinated in ginger, coriander, molasses and whiskey. served with cucumber salad

$8.00

Fried Calamari
tempura-battered and served with sweet and sour sauce

$8.00

Prawns
wrapped in crispy rice paper served with sweet and sour sauce

$9.00

Thai Fish Cakes
prepared from ground, curried fish mixed with spices and red curry to give them some heat

$8.00

Vegetarian Samosa
filled with red yam, carrot, corn, wood-ear fungus and jicama. served with cucumber salad

$7.00

Fried Sweet Corn Fritters
crispy and slightly spicy. served with cucumber salad

$10.00

Scallop Satay
grilled scallops wrapped in apple and bacon, served with cilantro & chili lime sauce

$8.00

Chicken Satay
marinated in spices. served with peanut sauce and cucumber salad

$8.00

Beef Satay
marinated in spices. served with peanut sauce and cucumber salad

$6.00

Tofu Satay
with peanut sauce and cucumber salad

$6.00

Stuffed Mushrooms
with a sweet and sour peanut sauce

Soup

$6.00

Tom Kha Gai Soup
with chicken, mushroom and coconut milk, flavored with lemongrass, galangal and kaffir leaf

$7.00

Tom Yum Kung Soup
with prawns and mushroom, flavored with lemongrass and kaffir leaf

$16.00

Tom Yum Pla
steamed sea bass, mushroom, tomatoes, flavored with lemongrass and kaffir leaf*

Salad

$12.00

Sirloin Salad
grilled sirloin beef mixed with lime juice, thai herbs, chili flakes and red onion*

$16.00

Samer Delight
grilled salmon and eggplant, topped with shrimp, and chili lime dressing* (a new signature dish)

$9.00

Grilled Lemongrass Scallop Salad
with lemongrass, red onion spicy lime dressing

$10.00

Yam Talay
steamed squid, prawns, scallops and fish ball with lemongrass and other herbs. mixed with hot & sour dressing*

$10.00

Salmon Chardonnay Salad
grilled crushed salmon tossed with lime juice, chili flakes, chardonnay, parched rice and mint*

$9.00

Grilled Eggplant Salad
with prawns tossed in chili lime juice

$9.00

Green Papaya Salad
shredded green papaya, prawn, cherry tomatoes and ground peanuts. tossed in spicy lime juice*

$9.00

Mango Salad
juicy mango tossed in spicy lime juice with prawns, ground dried shrimp and fresh onions*

$8.00

Larb Gai
minced chicken tossed with lime juice, chili flakes, parched rice and mint. served in a bell pepper with lettuce on the side

$8.00

Grapefruit Salad
grapefruit, apple, grapes, jicama and shredded coconut, tossed in spicy lime juice*

Mieng Kum
Mieng Kum Is A Favorite Thai Self-made Snack. Each Mieng Kum Platter Comes With Spinach Leaves (the Wrap), Along With Portions Of Roasted Peanuts, Roasted Coconut, Fresh Lime, Ginger, Onion, And Fresh Chopped Thai Chili Peppers.

$8.00

Chicken Mieng Kum

$7.00

Tofu Mieng Kum

Main Course - Monkey's Wok Dish

$22.00

Whole Snapper
sauteed with roasted chili sauce, baby corn, onion, dried chili, bell pepper, and mushroom

$18.00

Crispy Catfish
spiced catfish panko breaded and fried to a golden brown served over mango salad

$18.00

Fire Cracker
sizzling hot plate of mixed seafood, bell, onion, carrot, green bean and spicy peanut sauce

$18.00

Andaman Sea
steamed ginger, sea bass sauteed with shitake mushrooms and bell pepper in ginger sauce

$16.00

Crispy Soft Shell Crab
topped with garlic and pepper. served with cucumber vinaigrette dressing

$14.00

Jurassic Prawn
sauteed with black pepper and garlic. served on a bed of asparagus

$13.00

Garlic Pepper Scallops
on the bed of sauteed napa cabbage

$14.00

Prawn & Cashew Nuts
prawns sauteed with cashew nuts, broccoli, baby corn, onion, garlic and dried thai chilies*

$13.00

Beef Mango
flank beef stir fried with fresh mango, bell pepper, carrot, ginger, black pepper and chili garlic sauce

$13.00

Belly Basil
stir-fried pork with it's crispy rind and basil leaves

$13.00

Young Pepper Pork
sauteed pork loin, young pepper, kaffir lime leaf, rhizome, and coconut with red curry sauce**

$12.00

Southern Kur-kling
sauteed ground roasted chicken stir fried with thai herb**

$12.00

Basil Gai
white meat ground chicken wok fried with fresh basil, green beans and chili garlic sauce*

Main Course - Monkey's Curries

$18.00

Emerald Curry
prawns, scallops, basil, green beans, bell pepper and young coconut in spicy green curry

$18.00

Madame Sea Bass
simmered in green curry with green beans, bell pepper, fresh basil and eggplant*

$13.00

Panang Salmon
steamed salmon with broccoli, topped with white sesame seeds and panang curry sauce

$13.00

Crushed Sesame Scallops
with bok choy and topped with sesame seeds in yellow curry sauce

$16.00

Mango Catfish
crispy catfish simmered in red curry with mango, bell pepper and fresh basil

$18.00

Miracle Duck
sonoma duck in red curry with tomato, pineapple, bell pepper and fresh basil*

$13.00

Southern Curry
beef stew simmered with kaffir lime leaf in panang curry*

$14.00

Jungle Curry
beef flank with green beans, zucchini, bamboo shoots, bell pepper and fresh basil in green curry*

$14.00

Wild Chicken Curry
sliced chicken with bamboo shoots, baby corn, bell pepper, mushroom, basil

$16.00

Aromatic Pumpkin Curry
chicken, bell pepper in red curry sauce served in pumpkin*

Main Course - From The Grill

$15.00

Grilled Bangkok B.b.q. Chicken
chicken served with papaya salad, sweet chili sauce and sticky rice on the side

$15.00

Sri~ra~char Grilled Pork
served with mango salad, sweet chili sauce and sticky rice on the side

$20.00

Grilled Lamb To Die For
marinated lamb, mixed vegetables in white wine & garlic sauce, and sticky rice

$15.00

Spicy Crispy Chicken Fried Rice
panko breaded chicken breast with thai fried rice and sweet sauce

$18.00

Grilled Smokey Catfish
dressed in soy sauce, garlic, ginger and served with steamed asparagus

$22.00

Asian Beef
beef sirloin served with pineapple salad and spicy thai sauce and sticky rice on the side

Main Course - Noodle
(tofu $10, Chicken $12, Beef $12, Shrimp $15, Seafood $16)

Traditional Bangkok Pad Thai
rice noodle sauteed with bean sprouts, scallions, eggs, ground peanuts and lime

Koh Tao Noodle
flat rice noodle tossed in peanut sauce, spinach and topped with crunchy cucumber and sesame seeds

$18.00

Sea Bass Mor Din
steamed sea bass sauteed with glass noodle, shitake mushroom, broccoli and carrots

$16.00

Green Salmon
steamed salmon served over green moreheiya noodles, sauteed with broccoli and egg*

$15.00

Kee Mao Scallop
an seared scallops sauteed with basil, red bell peppers, tomatoes and fresh thai chilies and served over squid ink noodles*

Main Course - Buddha's Delights
(vegetarian Dishes Are Cooked With Soy Sauce Instead Of Fish Sauce)

$9.00

Spicy Tofu
with zucchini, onion, carrot, bell pepper and fresh basil in chili garlic sauce

$8.00

Crispy Tofu
with peanut sauce topped with crispy basil

$9.00

Lemongrass Tofu
sauteed with onion in chili garlic sauce

$9.00

Eggplant Tofu
sauteed with bell pepper, fresh basil in chili and garlic sauce*

$12.00

Royal Curry
with fresh tofu, grilled zucchini, mushroom, broccoli, bell pepper, carrots (choice of green curry, red curry or yellow curry sauce)

$8.00

Spicy Green Beans
sauteed with red curry paste. topped with crushed peanuts

$8.00

Pad Normai Farang
steamed asparagus with oyster sauce

$8.00

Pad Pak Reum
stir-fried mixed vegetables

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415 Brannan (at Third St.) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-369-0007

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Monkey Business

By Meredith Brody | Wed, July 16, 2003

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