Bangkok 96 Street Food
Thai restaurant · Midtown ·
Candied beef, pad thai roll, Thai pizza, and grilled chicken
Candied beef, pad thai roll, Thai pizza, and grilled chicken
"Gluten-free dishes are plentiful at chef Genevieve Vang’s Southeast Asian street food stall at Detroit Shipping Company. Choose from options like tempura jumbo shrimp, refreshing papaya salad, and candied beef with sticky rice for a flavorful meal without wheat." - Eater Staff
"Genevieve Vang worked in Wayne County’s first Thai restaurant, Bangkok Tiger, before opening Bangkok 96 in Dearborn Heights in 1996, and the Bangkok 96 Street Food stall at the Detroit Shipping Company in 2018. The abbreviated menu starts with palate-cleansing fresh spring rolls and includes candied beef and pad thai roll, customers’ go-to dish." - Monica Williams
"An independently owned restaurant operating within the food hall whose workers benefited from community support during the pandemic, receiving nearly $2,000 in donations from a staff fundraiser intended to aid employees." - Brenna Houck
"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
"A street-food stall specializing in Southeast Asian comfort dishes, noted for candied beef with sticky rice and tangy papaya salad that deliver punchy, authentic flavors." - Brenna Houck