Thai Restaurants in Rockville, Maryland.
Rockville is a city in Maryland located about 22 miles from both Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia. Rockville is home to Dogwood Park, King Farm Park, Twinbrook Recreational Center, farmers' markets, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery and RedGate Golf Course, appealing to many tastes. While participating in some of these activities, you are likely to build up an appetite. Many Thai restaurants in Rockville, Maryland offer a spicy and flavorful meals.
Benjarong
Benjarong is off of Rt. 355 in the Wintergreen Plaza shopping center. Benjarong means five colors and also refers to the porcelain serve-ware the restaurant uses, which is painted in the classical Thai design using five-color patterns. Benjarong depicts the decor of a sophisticated Thai home with its traditional motif of Thai artwork and warm earth tones throughout its interiors. Its cuisine complements its decor with a focus on authentically prepared dishes.
On the menu, you can identify whether the dish is spicy (indicated by one chili pepper) or very spicy (notated by two chili peppers). Among the chef specialties include crisy duck basil (fried duck with chili pepper sauce and crispy basil leaves), goong prik thai dum (prawns sauteed with garlic, chili sauce and peppercorns) and pla tod gra pow (crispy flounder with chili and basil). Benjarong serves appetizers, soups, including the traditional Thai tom yum soup (hot and sour lemongrass soup), salad, curries, entrees with chicken, pork, beef, duck or seafood selections, noodles, fried rice and dessert. It also has vegetarian options. Benjarong is open seven days a week for both lunch and dinner.
Benjarong Thai Restaurant
Wintergreen Plaza
885 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
301-424-5533
benjarongthairestaurant.com
Thai Farm
Thai Farm is in Rockville in the King Farm Community at the intersection of Redland Blvd. and Piccard Drive. Thai Farm has contemporary decor with pendant lighting at the bar, light sconces on the wall and light green painted walls. It has both table and booth seating as well as the option to sit at the bar. Among the menu offerings, you will find spring rolls and satays, larb gai (minched chicken with thai spices and lime juice), pad tau kaek (fried green beans with a spicy sauce), penang curry (your choice of meat or vegetable in a coconut and peanut curry sauce with basil), pad thai (rice noodles with bean sprouts, scallions, ground peanut, egg and dried red tofu) and for dessert, stick rice with mango and crispy fried banana. It also has specialty Thai drinks such as Thai iced tea. Thai Farm is open seven days a week, Monday through Saturday for both lunch and dinner, and Sunday for dinner only, opening at 4 p.m.
Thai Farm
800 King Farm Blvd.
Suite 125
Rockvile, MD 20850
301-258-8829
thaifarmrestaurant.com
Tara Thai
Tara Thai is a chain restaurant with many locations, including Rockville off of Rt. 355. It has an underwater decor with tropical fish and blue water on the walls. The unique decor is supposed to be representative of the quality of dishes it serves, using the finest ingredients. On the menu is hoi obb (steamed mussels with lemongrass and basil), mee krob (sweet, crispy noodles with minced pork, shrimp and bean sprouts), wonton soup, cashew chicken, siamese beef (sliced beef sauteed in high heat in sesame oil), goong phuket (grilled tiger shrimp with crabmeat and chicken sauce), a whole rock fish, green curry and rama tofu (tofu served with watercress and broccoli topped with peanut sauce). For dessert Tara Thai serves lychee ice cream, stick rice pudding and coconut custard pie. Tara Thai is open seven days a week for both lunch and dinner and has delivery and catering services.
Tara Thai
12071 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
301-231-9899
tarathaiexpress.com
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