Spicy Kee Mao with tofu; crispy spring rolls at Chao Baan in St Louis

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Serves meat, vegan options available. As of March, 2022, one of HappyCow's Ambassadors has confirmed with the owner what all the vegan choices are. Crispy spring rolls, cucumber salad, grilled eggplant and laap tofu. Items that are vegan with modifications are all curries with tofu or no protein, spicy kee mao with tofu or no protein, pad Thai with tofu or no protein (plus omit egg), BKK fried rice with tofu or no protein (plus omit egg). Open Mon 4:00pm-9:00pm, Wed-Thu 4:00pm-9:00pm, Fri-Sat 4:00pm-10:00pm, Sun 4:00pm-9:00pm. Closed Tue.

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4 Reviews

First Review by Tigra220

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chelszam

Points +129

Vegan
22 Jul 2024

Great food!

If you’re looking for some good vegan Thai options, this is a good place to go. Their vegan options are clearly marked and the staff were very friendly and willing to work with you to veganize other options, if possible! We got the cucumber salad and the pad Thai (no egg, with fried tofu). It was very good, I highly recommend this place

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-22

Pros: Food, Atmosphere, Staff were friendly

Avatar shebazzle

shebazzle

Points +468

Vegan
14 Jul 2023

Tasty! Great flavor.

Not a ton of options but ordered spicy and it came flavorful and good portions.

Omni family enjoyed as well.

I may addicted to cucumber salad.

Pros: Quick pickup, Great flavors

Cons: NEED MOAR OPTIONS

Avatar MikeSwiston

MikeSwiston

Points +190

Vegetarian
21 Mar 2022

Very good, service a little slow

My family ate here in January. The food was very good, with a lot of veg options. The space is large and open. Our one complaint was that service was slow, apparently due to the large number of to-go orders - the staff needs to make sure dine-in orders get served in a reasonable time.

Pros: Variety of veg choices, Good food, Nice space

Cons: Slow dine-in service

Avatar Tigra220

Tigra220

Points +10644

Vegan
12 Mar 2022

Nice Flavors

Our server, as well as every other employee we encountered, was very pleasant and helpful.

KEE MAO - Spicy noodles ordered with tofu well done and Chinese broccoli (sans tomatoes) at spice level hot. The flavor was excellent! However, there was zero spice in this dish. Before ordering I asked our server about the spice levels and he said that "hot" was their highest level. I inquired about any Thai hot options. He said they did not offer them, but indicated that their "hot" was comparable to Thai hot 1. (It most certainly was not.) If you know me, you know I take my spice seriously and I most certainly judge ethnic restaurants when they don't deliver. Nonetheless, this was a deliciously flavorful vegan-friendly option and I would order it again. Excellent portion; enough for a full meal the next day.

PANANG CURRY - ordered hot with tofu well done. Again, not spicy but it excelled in flavor execution. I also felt that there wasn't enough curry for the price. I may omit the tofu next time to test how much curry we're really getting with this dish.

I've spoken with the owner to confirm all of their vegan options:
Crispy spring rolls
cucumber salad
Curries - all of the curries are vegan when ordered with tofu or no protein
Spicy Kee Mao with tofu or no protein
Pad Thai with tofu or no protein (omit the egg)
BKK Fried Rice with tofu or no protein (omit the egg)
Grilled Eggplant
Laap Tofu

I inquired about the Thai Fried Rice because that's one of my favs, but was informed that it is made with fish sauce and shrimp paste. He told me that while you may definitely omit these things, it will leave the dish flavorless/bland. No one wants that. I appreciated his honesty and focused on the aforementioned items.

I would definitely return here, but I challenge Chao Baan to expand both their vegan and spice level options.

Spicy Kee Mao with tofu; crispy spring rolls at Chao Baan in St Louis

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