Hat yai fried hen served at Farmhouse Kitchen Thai Delicacies.
Image by Tiffany P. on YelpFarmhouse Kitchen, the Bay Spot Thai cafe regarded for its festively decorated dining rooms and vibrant blue rice served with the well-liked hat yai fried rooster, is opening a new place in Berkeley. According to Berkeleyside, the area mini-chain strategies to open up in the former Dara Thai Lao Cuisine area at 1549 Shattuck Ave., just a number of doors down from Chez Panisse.
This will be Farmhouse Kitchen’s fifth site — the cafe has places in San Francisco, Oakland, Portland and, as of very last fall, Menlo Park. The owners, chef Kasem “Pop” Saengsawang and Iing Chatterjee, also have a spinoff restaurant identified as Daughter Thai in Oakland’s Montclair Village, a fast-everyday iteration referred to as Farmhouse Categorical in San Leandro and San Francisco, and an Instagram-worthy brunch spot in the Tenderloin referred to as Son and Yard that opened in early 2020.
Saengsawang and Chatterjee purchased the Shattuck Avenue house back again in June 2019. However, an in depth renovation challenge as nicely as the pandemic pushed back their opening for months, Berkeleyside documented.
Last but not least, however, the Berkeley site is close to the finish line, with strategies to open up by the conclusion of 2021. Count on a rooftop out of doors dining region and all your standard Farmhouse favorites, from lobster pad Thai to crab fried rice to a cocktail edition of a Thai iced tea served in a pleasurable pineapple-shaped cup.
