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Serves meat, vegan options available. Family-run Thai restaurant that can make several dishes vegan upon request, including several noodle dishes and rice dishes. Vegan items are not marked on the menu. Be sure to specify no egg, no fish sauce, no oyster sauce, no shrimp paste, and no honey - staff will accommodate. Limited options nearby. Open Tue-Sat 11:00am-8:00pm. Closed Sun & Mon.
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104 S Main Ave, Aztec, New Mexico, USA, 87410
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Added by m@earthville on 02 Jul 2023
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First Review by m@earthville
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Points +10392
Best vegan options in Aztec, but bring your own containers - Edit
Tuanjai Thai Noodle is a charming little eatery in "downtown" Aztec and, considering the paucity of plant-based options in the area, it's probably the best bet for most herbivores passing through. While not quite as vegan-friendly as Boon’s Family Thai in nearby Farmington, it can put plants in your belly and satisfy the tongue on the way.
Read moreTuanjai is minimally vegan-friendly just by virtue of being a Thai restaurant: the menu doesn’t clearly mark vegan options, but quite a few items can be prepared vegan by subtraction (ordering without meat, egg, fish sauce, oyster sauce, shrimp paste, and honey).
The pad kee mao (drunken noodles), for example can be veganized on request, and they’re satisfyingly tasty — though, as is common in many small-town Thai places, they aren't made with the customary thick-and-chewy rice noodles, but even with the substitute rice noodles here it's satisfying enough if one isn’t too fussy about authenticity or texture.
Before ordering a curry, best to ask if they have shrimp paste or fish sauce pre-mixed into the curry paste. If anyone gets a convincingly definitive answer, please post.
One thing that could be improved is offering brown rice as an option for those who prefer healthier carbs.
Another big improvement we wish they would make is ecological: they currently serve food in styrofoam containers and with plastic utensils, even for those dining in, so, until that changes, the only ecologically responsible way to eat here is to bring one's own reusable containers. Hopefully, if enough people politely raise the issue, they might switch to more eco-friendly containers.
Updated from previous review on 2023-07-02
Pros: Best variety of plant-based options in town
Cons: Serves meat, Ecological disaster of styrofoam and plastic
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