Thailand doesn't really do quiet salads — this one arrives with char-grilled rib-eye and a dressing that bites back.
$18
Where it comes from
Yam means to toss or mix, and the yam family is Thailand's answer to the salad course: the dressing — lime, fish sauce, chili, a breath of sugar — matters more than any leaf. Yam nuea yang, the grilled-beef yam, is what Thai cooks crave when a salad needs to eat like a meal. We slice rib-eye warm off the grill over cool greens, radish, green onion and mint, so every forkful runs hot and cold at once.
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.
