Four Essential Dishes at Bangkok 96 Street Food in Detroit | Eater Detroit

"Located in the Detroit Shipping Company food hall in Cass Corridor, Bangkok 96 Street Food is a lively stall where Vang prioritizes beautiful presentation and versatile, often vegan-friendly and gluten-free dishes, frequently dressing items with fresh cilantro, shredded carrots, and sprigs of basil while overseeing the small kitchen herself. The signature pad thai roll—sliced into bite-sized, sushi-like disks and topped with fresh herbs, peanuts, and a vegan sauce she spent six months perfecting—is offered with chicken, beef, or lentil tofu in a choice of wheat or rice wrapper (toasted until crispy) and accounts for roughly 80 percent of the stall’s revenue. Other standout items include candied beef—tiny slices of beef shoulder marinated with salt, pepper, garlic, chili, lemongrass, fish sauce, and tamari then deep-fried into slightly chewy, spicy morsels despite the misleading name; a Thai pizza on a rice or wheat wrapper layered with cheese, veggies, and Vang’s proprietary spice mix (a riff she developed after appearing on Food Network’s Clash of the Grandmas); and the 96 Grilled Chicken, thinly sliced, seasoned chicken breast grilled golden outside and tender inside that quickly rivaled the pad thai roll in popularity." - Brenna Houck