First taste: Bangkok Chef Manoa

Affordable Thai eats in Manoa

By Mari Taketa
Special to Metromix

It’s true: Bangkok Chef is no longer confined to that sweaty green garage on Nuuanu Avenue. It’s expanded to a second location in spanking new quarters in Manoa — which means air conditioning, more tables and most important, a full-on parking lot!

So how does Bangkok Chef-Manoa compare with Bangkok Chef-Nuuanu, food-wise? That’s the real question. The Manoa location may be only two months old, but the buzz has been all over the place, from can’t tell the difference, to a step down.

Another challenge for Metromix! No prob (cracking our knuckles) — we are veterans of take-out from that green garage. We’ll find the answer. We prime our taste buds and off we trek, on a mission into Manoa Valley…

Bangkok Chef
2955 E. Manoa Road
808-988-0212
Hours: 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday