When I was in high school, there was this restaurant in a small shopping complex, that I used to walk by every day. Not knowing what sort of food they served there, I was always enchanted with the name, Bangkok Cuisine.

Jump forward 12 years and it’s now called Amarin Thai. And I love their food, simply because they offer an extensive vegetarian menu and the food is good.

On a recent visit. I ordered the Veggie Fresh rolls, the House Special Vegetarian Friend rice and the Son-In-Law Tofu.

The rolls are those rice paper sheets, wrapped around fresh cucumbers, bean sprouts, carrots, marinated *meat*, with a peanut sauce to dip them in. Usually I love them, but on this visit, the rice papers were not so soft. The fried rice and the tofu more then made up for this small mis-step.

The rice was your typical fried rice; peas, carrots, etc, but this had chunks of pineapple and cashews. The whole concoction was then stuffed into a halved pineapple (I guess this is where the pineapple chunks come from) and steamed in the oven, wrapped in foil. When it comes out, it’s the sticky, amazing stuff. Pair that with the tofu; fried chunks of tofu, covered with a Thai version of sweet and spicy sauce and I was satisfied.

A few beers and plates later, I took my left-overs and wound my way home.

Amarin Thai
5205 Prospect Rd. #110
San Jose, CA

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