Our house rice, our house rule: there is no such thing as too much golden garlic.
★ Signature
$22
Where it comes from
This one is pure Narwhal. In recipe testing, our chef kept doubling the fried garlic on a beef fried rice just to see — and the plate kept coming back empty. The final version sears the beef hard, folds it through glossy egg rice, and finishes with a landslide of garlic fried to the exact second it turns gold and sweet. It never existed in Thailand. It could only have happened here — and we are a little proud of that.
Not sure how to judge a plate like this? Read our field guide to the best Thai food in Orange County — five signs of a real Thai kitchen, and what to order once you’re in one.