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June 5,
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Dining
A true Thai experience
Nan’s Thai Fine Dining offers wonderful service, cuisine
By Sherry Lewis
If you are looking for a true
Thai experience, Nan’s Thai
Fine Dining in Atlanta is the
perfect place. From start to finish, the Niyomkul family offers
a spectacular dining opportunity.
The family is the heart and
soul of the restaurant, and their
passion for exceptional service
and delicious food won my
heart during a recent lunch.
Charlie, his wife, Nan, along
with their son and daughter,
bring the true Thai experience
to Atlanta.
“We wanted to build a place,
a restaurant where we could
give back to the very any friends
and family members who have
supported us through this
great journey over the many
years,” the family states. “It was
always our dream to be able
to service such people with
the fresh ingredients we sought
out, with the bright flavors we
spent time perfecting, with the
colors and intoxicating smells
we built from one generation
to the next.”
Chef Nan, born in Bangkok,
first took to the passion of
cooking by working alongside her mother who was a
street food vendor in Thailand,
where she secured the authenticity of Thai cuisine. Arriving
in New York at the age of 19,
she steadfastly began working
in fine dining and hotel establishments and over the years
formalized her technique.
Having
charmed
the
American palate with her
first restaurant, Tamarind in
Manhattan, she relocated her
family to Atlanta where she
continues to please the dining
community with two restaurants, Nan Thai Fine Dining
and Tamarind Thai Cuisine
in Atlanta’s Colony Square. In
addition to serving such high
profile events as The Miss
Universe Dinner and The
Masters Champion’s Dinner
she has also been the recipient of many awards and accolades. Chef Nan truly puts a
uniquely warm and prestigious
touch on Thai cuisine.
From the moment my friends
and I walked into the restaurant, we were treated like family. We were warmly greeted by
Jeancy and Chris who walked
us through the menu, giving us
a little bit of history about the
dining selections. For starters,
Chris suggested Nan’s Tasting
Tree, which was a beautiful
selection of a variety of the
appetizers. It was art. It was
food. It was delicious from start
to finish. The most appealing
item was the Chau Moung. The beautifully pastel colored
steamed tea rose dumplings
married a caramelized palm
sugar, minced chicken, ground
peanuts, and pickled radish. Some of my other favor-
CHEF NAN
TOM YUM TALAY SOUP
Tom Yum Talay soup is a seafood medley simmered with a lemongrass broth, shiitake and straw mushrooms.
It’s a great start to your meal at Nan’s Thai Fine Dining.
ites in the tasting tree included Satay Kai, grilled chicken
bamboo skewers served with
peanut sauce and cucumber
salad; Poh Pia Thod, crispy
vegetable rice paper rolls with
roasted chili tamarind sauce;
Pla Muk Thod, crispy calamari
with three flavored chili sauce;
and Kung Thod, stuffed fried
shrimps with tamarind sauce.
Next, we tried the Tom Kha
Kung soup. Imagine shrimp in
silky coconut galangal soup
with young coconut meat,
shiitake and straw mushrooms, and the Tom Yum Talay
soup. It’s a seafood medley
simmered with a lemongrass
broth, shiitake and straw mushrooms, and it was absolutely
fabulous.
We had several entrees and
passed them around the table
so everyone could get a bite
of each tandelizing flavor. The
pan-roasted Chilean sea bass,
or Pla Sahm Rod, was served
with three flavored chili sauce,
fried okra and eggplants. While
I’d never tried lamb chops,
Chris highly recommended
this dish so we gave it a try.
She was right. The Geah Yang,
Thai-Style BBQ lamb chops
with green papaya salad and
sticky rice, seemed to melt in
my mouth.
Another favorite was the
Siam Ruby, which included
pan seared sea scallops with
traditional Thai red curry,
pumpkin, green beans and
pineapple fried rice. We also
tried the Gang Panang Talay. It
was a melody of shrimp, scallops and mussels in panang
GREAT START
For a great start to your meal, try Nan’s Tasting Tree, a
beautiful selection of a variety of appetizers. A favorite
on the plate is the the Chau Moung (front left). The
beautifully pastel colored steamed tea rose dumplings
are made with a caramelized palm sugar, minced chicken, ground peanuts, and pickled radish. Chef Nan stands in front
of Nan’s Thai Fine Dining,
located at 1350 Spring
Street NW, Atlanta.
PAN SEARED SCALLOPS
Siam Ruby includes pan seared sea scallops with traditional Thai red curry, pumpkin, green beans and pineapple fried rice.
curry.
Chef Nan’s style and expertise shined in every part of
the meal, including dessert.
Options included the Wild
Lemongrass Caramel Custard,
a Thai Tea or Green Tea Cream
Brulee, Green Tea, Thai Coffee,
or Coconut Ice cream, and
last buy certainly not least,
Homemade Pineapple Sorbet
with Pineapple Chutney.
Nan’s Thai Fine Dining is
the perfect place for a special
lunch or dinner and experi-
ence Thai cuisine at its finest. The restaurant is located
at 1350 Spring Street NW. For
more information, visit http://
www.nanfinedining.com.