{"id":15619,"date":"2012-11-14T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommybites.com\/newyork\/?p=15619"},"modified":"2012-11-13T19:55:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T00:55:16","slug":"trendy-thai-at-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommybites.com\/newyork\/trendy-thai-at-glow\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendy Thai at Glow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thai food has become as ever-present in the dinner decision making ladder as Chinese and pizza, yet Bay Ridge hasn\u2019t really had its share of Thai food restaurants \u2013 until Glow opened. Bay Ridge has had long standing Thai restaurants – Bangkok Thai and My Thai – but it has been in desperate need of a new and trendy Thai food restaurant. \u201cThe Lower East side meets Bay Ridge\u201d reads the website – and that\u2019s exactly what this spot is.<\/p>\n

When I first walked into this dimly-lit, swanky little eatery with my daughter in her stroller, I thought, \u201cOK, I\u2019ll go in and if they give me one of those looks, I\u2019ll pretend I just came in for a menu.” (It\u2019s that look I\u2019ve talked about before – the \u201cShe isn\u2019t going to come in here with a baby and that big stroller, is she?!\u201d look.) Well, I was certainly glad I didn\u2019t turn around.<\/p>\n

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\nGoing out for dinner early at 5 pm allowed my husband and me a choice of seats because the restaurant isn\u2019t very large. As it was a beautiful night, we chose a table by the open windows, which my 14-month-old loved, as she could wave to everyone outside. In fact, it\u2019s stated on Glow\u2019s website that much of the interior was done by the owners. They built the bar and installed all the recessed lighting.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve eaten here twice and the staff was more than welcoming and friendly both times. The waitresses were very attentive and there are even reviews on Yelp.com where the owner, Anthony, jumps in to help out and converse with the patrons. Anthony\u2019s wife, Suwanna Amatmontri, is the chef, who “learned to cook while growing up in Thailand,” states a Daily News write up on the restaurant.<\/p>\n

The menu has many familiar Thai restaurant dishes (spring rolls, Pad Thai, curry dishes) and many Thai specialties. Glow owners assert that their super spicy jungle curry and black bean seaweed ice cream are unique outside of Thailand. They get their vegetables fresh daily from Brooklyn or Manhattan\u2019s Chinatown, where the vegetables are shipped from a Chinese farmer upstate. The chef also dries her own chilies, ferments her own fish sauce and stuffs her own thai pork sausage. I\u2019m sure you won\u2019t find that at any other Thai restaurant.<\/p>\n

By far, my favorite item on the menu so far are the curry puffs. Crispy on the outside, soft and flavorful on the inside, and made perfect with the cucumber relish dipping sauce. We also got the spring rolls, which I didn\u2019t enjoy as much – not as flavorful and a little greasy.<\/p>\n

We ordered fresh mussels in lemongrass broth, the special that evening, which was very interesting and tasteful. My husband ordered the Beef Red Curry which was very spicy and he enjoyed it very much. My eyes started watering just looking at it, but he loved it.<\/p>\n

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The Daily News voted Glow\u2019s pad thai one of the best in NYC on September 16,2012. So, feeling like an old favorite, I had the chicken pad thai, which was delicious and well balanced. The protein choices for noodle dishes and curries is quite extensive:<\/p>\n