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Atlantans have come to count on sure staples at Thai eating places—comforting gadgets like pad Thai, panang curry, and basil hen. After working at Tamarind Seed and 26 Thai, Birdie Niyomkun needed her personal restaurant, a spot the place she could possibly be artistic and showcase her heritage. (Born and raised in Thailand, Niyomkun moved to the USA about 10 years in the past.) When Tipsy Thaiger opens in Roswell City Sq. in Could, Atlantans will have the ability to get these Thai staples for lunch, whereas additionally attempting Gab-Glaam (Thai bar meals) within the night.
“The dishes come from household recipes,” Niyomkun says. “I need folks to return collectively and order a bunch to get pleasure from. The dishes will complement one another.”
Gab-Glaam choices will embody papaya salad, grilled hen, and crying tiger beef brisket. The menu can even characteristic Gab-Kao (bigger dinner meals), equivalent to grilled entire fish with greens and rice and pork stomach kang hung lay (Northern-style curry made with tamarind, ginger, and red-curry powder). Along with the aforementioned Thai staples served at lunch, there will probably be boat noodles (rice noodles with braised-beef meatballs in a wealthy beef broth) as a tribute to Niyomkun’s father, who used to run a noodle store.
Because the identify suggests, Tipsy Thaiger will place an equal give attention to its bar program, with 10 craft cocktails infused with Thai flavors—suppose tamarind, lemongrass, jasmine tea, and pandan. Savory cocktails, together with one impressed by pad Thai, provide a novel spin. Search for a curated wine record with pure and low-intervention wines that pair nicely with Thai flavors. There will probably be a variety of varietals, from glowing wine and rose to orange, purple, white, and rice wine (sake). Native beers will come from the faucet whereas Thai beers are served in bottles.
“We would like this to be a spot the place folks come to wind down,” says Niyomkun, who partnered with Candi Lee and Phudith Pattharakositkul on the restaurant. “It’ll be heat, welcoming, and slightly playful. I feel it’ll be a great addition to the thriving meals scene in Roswell.”
Housed within the former Public Home area on the decrease degree of the 1854 constructing, Tipsy Thaiger will keep the character of the constructing (brick partitions) and add handmade items and materials from Thailand for adornment. “We would like it to really feel like a step again in time with outdated household images,” Niyomkun says. An open-air patio can be within the works.
Till it opens, Tipsy Thaiger will proceed to pop-up weekly at Variant Brewing and Correct Hop Taphouse.
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