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A mint-green Thai brunch cafe in Berkeley where the food leans toward Chiang Mai, not the usual pad thai circuit. The kitchen draws from northern Thailand and neighboring Laos, so flavors run sour and spicy rather than sweet. The New York Times called out the khanom krok specifically, and the Chronicle put it among the Bay Area's top 100 restaurants. The room is small and greenhouse-warm, the kind of place where nobody's trying to impress you.
Seven honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- The New York Times Khanom Krok · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Eater Restaurant Where We'd Want to Be Regulars
- Los Angeles Times The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Thai restaurants in the SF Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best brunch restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle #46 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Berkeley restaurants
One number, weighted & current 86
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Sai ua San Francisco Chronicle
- Nam prik ong San Francisco Chronicle
- Tom khanoon San Francisco Chronicle
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