Zaab Northeastern Thai Cuisine

• Cuisine(s): Thai
  Hours: Daily 11am-3pm, Sun-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-10:30pm
  Price: $$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
  Attire: Casual
  Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Vegetarian Friendly
• Serving: Dinner, Lunch
  Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: No Parking

Description

Though Zaab has all the sugary curries and generic Thai dishes we regularly devour, its strength is Isan (Northeast Thai) salads ? the menu lists three pages of them (including a long vegetarian section). Owner Kriengkrai Amornratanakosol tops satiny folds of roasted eggplant with just-cooked ground chicken, mint leaves, and a sweet-sour lime dressing. He tosses pungent bamboo shoots with chiles, onions, and toasted rice powder. ?Of course, you can find a half-dozen versions of larb, or chopped meat salad, and Zaab offers 10 variations on the region's most renowned dish, som tum (papaya salad).