Where to Find the Best Bets for Asian Food in Chinatown
"It’s a family affair at Bon Atchawaran’s Lamoon, where his wife Bia Hawang fires up Thai food and his cousin Jay Boonparsook plates Japanese cuisine. Order dishes such as coco tom yum with shrimp, soft tofu with mixed vegetables in a clear vegan broth, and a taro and chestnut crispy stick. For sushi rolls, find the “Take Me Out” with seared crab, eel, salmon, scallop, and tuna; the “Roar” with tuna, yellowtail salmon, scallop, and shrimp; “Luna mushroom” topped with spicy tuna, ikura, and crab meat with mango sauce; and the “Girl Gone Wild” with shrimp tempura wrapped with eel and eel sauce. The casual dining room is washed in grays and features big, comfortable chairs and a white baby grand piano. Also in Chinatown, Atchawaran’s brother Bank Atchawaran runs Lamaii, a lauded Thai restaurant also well worth visiting." - Janna Karel
