Bon Palay (CLOSED)

CUISINE - THAI

CENTRAL NJ |WEBSITE | CLOSED 

“Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right”— Jerry Garcia

Recently I met guy named Mike and his wife Palay. Mike, a chef from Nj and Palay is from Thailand.
They own a tiny but mighty Thai Restaurant in Manville, NJ called Bon Palay. It is unlike any other Thai food I’ve ever had. Their approach to Thai cuisine is considerate and respectful. Every ingredient is thoughtfully incorporated into dishes reflecting not just food from Thailand but from the specific village where Palay is from. I want you to experience what Thai food is suppose to taste like at Bon Palay. I want you to be prepared to wait with incredible patience for your food at Bon Palay as the kitchen is not a high volume, crank out endless orders of a Pad Thai, kind of kitchen. In fact, they don’t even have Pad Thai on the menu. The kitchen is small, the btu’s of the burners are too few, and the exhaust hood is the little engine that could, but sometimes can’t....but i want you to trust me and i want you to wait for it., make an evening out of it...you’ll thank me later. If youre going to go, call Lynn and I and we will meet you there and wait with you. The food is so good that it’s the only restaurant that I’m willing to wait days for the food and then happily tip 25 percent.

The food will change the way you think about Thai food and it will change your life.