Cheap Eats 2018: Elephant Jumps
Fried watercress salad, banana-blossom salad, and pork stew at Elephant Jumps. Photo by Scott Suchman
We’d be happy with a plate of pad see ew—even takeout staples like those soy-sauced noodles are done better here—but the kitchen’s showstoppers are on the side of the menu labeled “serious authentic Thai cooking.” That’s where you’ll find a smoky stir-fry of Chinese broccoli and marinated beef, a bright and spicy banana-blossom salad, and perhaps best of all, almost ethereally crunchy fried shrimp with tamarind. Also good: Fried-watercress salad; fried whole fish with green mango; sticky rice with custard.
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