Kao Thai
Kao Thai
A signature Thai soup, the broth is flavored with lemongrass, mushrooms, tomatoes and your choice of chicken, shrimp, tofu or vegetables.
This delicious soup, like tom yum, is made with the same ingredients but lightly sweetened up with coconut milk.
Pork and chicken. Simple yet appetizing, our wontons are made with ground pork and chicken that are then brought to a boll in our homemade chicken broth with napa cabbage.
A good complement to any meal, this light chicken broth soup is prepared with mixed vegetables and soft tofu.
3 pieces. A classic starter, our crispy vegetable rolls are filled with celery, carrots, cabbage and cellophane noodles and are served with sweet and sour sauce. Vegetarian.
2 pieces. A healthier alternative to spring rolls, summer rolls are made with lettuce, carrot, sweet basil and shrimp or tofu rolled in a fresh rice wrapper and served with sweet and sour sauce and crusted peanuts.
2 pieces. Chicken. A crispy Thai style curry puff pastry filled with potatoes, yellow curry power and onions served with sweet and sour sauce.
4 pieces. Imitation crab. Special crispy crab meat roll with smooth cream cheese served with sweet and sour sauce.
Yellow chicken curry made with potatoes and carrots served with grilled roti bread for dipping.
4 skewers. Skewered chicken marinated with aromatic yellow curry powder and grilled to perfection served with peanut sauce.
A generous helping of crispy fried tofu served with sweet and sour dipping sauce and crusted peanuts. Vegetarian.
3 pieces. Crispy tiger shrimp wrapper in spring roll wrappers and stuffed with celery, carrot and cabbage and served with sweet and sour sauce.
Spicy chicken salad. Larb gai is made with minced chicken tossed with fresh lime juice, red onion, chili powder, and spring onion and topped with fresh mint. Spicy.
Thinly sliced grilled New York sirloin steak tossed with spicy chili lime juice and red onion and topped with fresh mint leaves. Spicy.
Shredded green papaya salad with green beans and tomatoes tossed in spicy chili lime juice dressing topped with peanuts. Spicy.
Thai style steamed dumpling made with chicken, shrimp and crab (4 pieces)
Spicy deep-fried fish cakes, blended with red curry paste and kaffir-lime leaves, served with a cucumbers sauce and crushed peanuts.
Spicy glass noodle salad with ground chicken, shrimp and lime juice dressing.
Shredded green papaya salad with green beans, tomatoes, shrimp and scallops tossed in spicy chili lime juice dressing topped with peanuts. Spicy.
Shrimp, scallops, squid and mussels simmered in a Thai spicy basil sauce with onions and red peppers topped with crispy Thai basil leaves.
Crispy fried salmon filet with panang curry or spicy Thai basil sauce served with a generous portion of steamed broccoli. Spicy.
Grilled slices of New York sirloin steak marinated Thai style topped with sesame seeds served over a bed of steamed mixed vegetables.
Fresh crispy catfish filet stir-fried with red curry paste and kaffir lime leaves, served with green beans, bamboo, eggplant and bell pepper. Spicy.
Fresh crispy tilapia fillet served over a bed of steamed mixed vegetables with Thai style chili sauce on top. Spicy.
Lightly battered, crispy fried and topped with yellow curry or chili basil sauce.
Golden pumpkin stir-fried with egg, green onion and bell pepper with choice of meat.
Crispy fried Chicken with spicy garlic and basil sauce. Spicy.
Steamed cellophane noodles with shrimp or seafood and mixed vegetables in the hot pot.
Breaded Shrimp & mixed vegetables topped with stir-fried egg in yellow curry sauce.
Breaded Shrimp & mixed vegetables topped with a garlic-pepper sauce.
Boneless fried duck with ginger sauce and mixed vegetables.
Pumpkin, bellpepper, basil, and your choice of meat in the spicy Thai red curry.
Roasted duck in the famous Thai red curry with tomatoes, pineapple.
A spicy Thai red curry made with red curry paste, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans, eggplant, and basil. Spicy.
A delicious yellow curry cooked with yellow curry powder, potato, and carrots and topped with fried onions. Spicy.
A tasty Thai green curry made with green curry paste, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans, eggplant, and basil. Spicy.
A Thai comfort food, this curry dish is made with your choice of meat simmered in a savory curried peanut sauce with coconut milk and aromatic kaffir lime leaves served with a side of steamed broccoli. Spicy.
"Jungle curry" is flavored by lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, young peppercorn, rhizome, and red curry. This wild dish served with your choice of protein will be filled with bamboo shoots, eggplant, green beans, and straw mushrooms. Spicy.
A delicious sweet & spicy combination, our mango curry is prepared with sweet mango and your choice of meat in red curry and coconut milk, then complimented with bell peppers. Spicy.
Chicken in the massaman curry sauce with potatoes, carrots, and peanuts.
This famous spicy chili basil dish is prepared with a choice of meat and is cooked with green beans, bell peppers, onions, and garlic. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat stir-fried with fresh ginger, white onion and spring onion in a light black bean sauce.
A flavorful dish. Pad prik khing is a spicy Thai string bean dish that is made by cooking string beans and your choice of meat in a special red chili sauce with kaffir lime leaves. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat stir-fried in a sweet and tangy sauce with tomatoes, red and green peppers, onion, cucumber, baby corn, mushrooms and spring onion.
White meat chicken stir-fried with cashew nuts, bell peppers, white onion and spring onion in a brown sauce.
Served with choice of meat cooked in a yellow curry peanut sauce and served with steamed broccoli.
Served with choice of meat sauteed with a generous helping of eggplant, bell peppers, onions, garlic and basil in a spicy chili soybean sauce. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat, bamboo shoots and bell peppers stir-fried in a spicy basil sauce. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat stir-fried in light brown oyster sauce served with steamed broccoli.
A non-spicy dish. Sesame chicken is made with boneless white meat chicken pieces crispy fried, covered in sweet and sour sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds, served with steamed broccoli.
This dish is cooked with mixed seasonal vegetables in a light brown garlic sauce.
Grilled pork skewers marinated with fresh Thai herbs and coconut milk served with a traditional spicy dipping sauce and sticky rice.
A favorite Thai dish, this vegetarian stir-fried thin rice noodle dish is made with fried tofu, mixed vegetables and is served with bean sprouts, a slice of lemon and ground peanuts on the side.
A spicy and flavorful Thai noodle dish is made with stir-fried, wide, flat rice noodles and fried tofu, mixed vegetables and cooked in a chili garlic sauce with sweet basil leaves and features bell peppers, tomato and broccoli. Spicy.
A spicy and flavorful Thai noodle dish, this dish is made with stir-fried lo mein noodles, a chili garlic sauce, sweet basil leaves, bell peppers, tomato, broccoli, fried tofu, and mixed vegetables. Spicy.
Perfect with white jasmine rice, this dish is cooked with mixed seasonal vegetables and fried tofu in a light brown garlic sauce. This dish can also be made spicy.
Thai style fried rice with fried tofu and vegetables including, but not limited to tomatoes, peas, carrots, green onion and white onion.
Thai style fried rice with pineapple chunks, fried tofu, cashew nuts and vegetables including, but not limited to, tomatoes, onion, spring onion, peas, and carrots.
Mixed vegetables and fried tofu with red curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans and eggplants.
Mixed vegetables and fried tofu with green curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans and eggplants.
Mix vegetable and fried tofu in savory curried peanut sauce with coconut milk and aromatic kaffir lime leaves.
Mix vegetables and fried tofu with sweet mango, bell pepper in red curry.
"Jungle curry" is flavored by lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, young peppercorn, rhizome, and red curry. This wild dish served with mixed vegetable and fried tofu will be filled with bamboo shoots, eggplant, green beans, and straw mushrooms. Spicy.
A favorite Thai dish, this stir-fried thin rice noodle dish is made with your choice of meat, egg and red bean curd and is served with bean sprouts, a slice of lemon and ground peanuts on the side.
This sweeter Thai noodle dish is made by stir-frying rice noodles, egg and your choice of meat in Thai soy sauce and served with steamed broccoli.
A spicy and flavorful Thai noodle dish, this dish is made with stir-fried wide, flat rice noodles, a chili garlic sauce, sweet basil leaves, bell peppers, tomato, broccoli and your choice of meat. Spicy.
Our spin on traditional Thai drunken noodles, this dish is made by stir-frying lo mein noodles in a chili garlic sauce with sweet basil leaves, bell peppers, tomato, broccoli and your choice of meat. Spicy.
Thai style fried rice with tomatoes, peas, carrots, green onion, white onion, egg and your choice of meat.
Spicy Thai style fried rice stir-fried with a chili basil sauce and your choice of meat with onion, bell peppers, peas, and carrots. Spicy.
Thai style fried rice with pineapple chunks, tomatoes, peas, carrots, cashew nuts, onion, spring onion, egg and your choice of meat.
Thai style fried rice with tomatoes, peas, carrots, green onion, white onion, egg and lump crab meat.
A delicious yellow curry cooked with yellow curry powder, potato, and carrots, topped with fried onions. Spicy.
A tasty Thai green curry made with green paste, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans eggplant and basil. Spicy.
A Thai comfort food, this curry dish is made with your choice of meat simmered in a savory curried peanut sauce with coconut milk and aromatic kaffir lime leaves served with a side of steamed broccoli. Spicy.
"Jungle curry" is flavored by lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, young peppercorn, rhizome, and red curry. This wild dish served with your choice of protein will be filled with bamboo shoots, eggplant, green beans, and straw mushrooms. Spicy.
A delicious sweet & spicy combination, our mango curry is prepared with sweet mango and your choice of meat in red curry and coconut milk, then complimented with bell peppers. Spicy.
A spicy Thai red curry made with red curry paste, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans, eggplant, and basil. Spicy.
This famous spicy chili basil dish is prepared with a choice of meat and is cooked with green beans, bell peppers, onions, and garlic. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat stir-fried with fresh ginger, white onion and spring onion in a light black bean sauce.
A flavorful dish, pad prik khing is a spicy Thai string bean dish that is made by cooking string beans and your choice of meat in a special red chili sauce with kaffir lime leaves. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat stir-fried in a sweet and tangy sauce with tomatoes, red and green peppers, onion, cucumber, baby corn, mushrooms, and spring onion.
White meat chicken stir-fried with cashew nuts, bell peppers, white onion and spring onion in a brown sauce.
Served with choice of meat cooked in a yellow curry peanut sauce and served with steamed broccoli.
Served with choice of meat sauteed with a generous helping of eggplant, bell peppers, onions, garlic and basil in a spicy chili soybean sauce. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat, bamboo shoots and bell peppers stir-fried in a spicy basil sauce. Spicy.
Served with choice of meat stir-fried in light brown oyster sauce served with steamed broccoli.
A non-spicy dish. Sesame chicken is made with boneless white meat chicken pieces crispy fried, covered in sweet and sour sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds, served with steamed broccoli.
This dish is cooked with mixed seasonal vegetables in a light brown garlic sauce.
Grilled pork skewers marinated with fresh Thai herbs and coconut milk served with a traditional spicy dipping sauce and sticky rice.
A favorite Thai dish, this vegetarian stir-fried thin rice noodle dish is made with fried tofu, mixed vegetables and is served with bean sprouts, a slice of lemon and ground peanuts on the side.
A spicy and flavorful Thai noodle dish is made with stir-fried, wide, flat rice noodles and fried tofu, mixed vegetables and cooked in a chili garlic sauce with sweet basil leaves and features bell peppers, tomato and broccoli. Spicy.
A spicy and flavorful Thai noodle dish, this dish is made with stir-fried lo mein noodles, a chili garlic sauce, sweet basil leaves, bell peppers, tomato, broccoli, fried tofu, and mixed vegetables. Spicy.
Perfect with white jasmine rice, this dish is cooked with mixed seasonal vegetables and fried tofu in a light brown garlic sauce. This dish can also be made spicy.
Thai style fried rice with fried tofu and vegetables including, but not limited to tomatoes, peas, carrots, green onion and white onion.
Thai style fried rice with pineapple chunks, fried tofu, cashew nuts and vegetables including, but not limited to, tomatoes, onion, spring onion, peas and carrots.
Mixed vegetables and fried tofu with red curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans, and eggplants.
Mixed vegetables and fried tofu with green curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, bell peppers, green beans and eggplants.
Mix vegetable and fried tofu in savory curried peanut sauce with coconut milk and aromatic kaffir lime leaves.
Mix vegetables and fried tofu with sweet mango, bell pepper in red curry.
A favorite Thai dish, this stir-fried thin rice noodle dish is made with your choice of meat, egg and red bean curd and is served with bean sprouts, a slice of lemon and ground peanuts on the side.
This sweeter Thai noodle dish is made by stir-frying rice noodles, egg and your choice of meat in Thai soy sauce, served with steamed broccoli.
A spicy and flavorful Thai noodle dish, this dish is made with stir-fried wide, flat rice noodles, a chili garlic sauce, sweet basil leaves, bell peppers, tomato, broccoli and your choice of meat. Spicy.
Our spin on traditional Thai drunken noodles, this dish is made by stir-frying lo mein noodles in a chili garlic sauce with sweet basil leaves, bell peppers, tomato, broccoli and your choice of meat. Spicy.
Thai style fried rice with tomatoes, peas, carrots, green onion, white onion, egg and your choice of meat.
Spicy Thai style fried rice stir-fried with a chili basil sauce and your choice of meat with onion, bell peppers, peas and carrots. Spicy.
Thai style fried rice with tomatoes, peas, carrots, green onion, white onion, egg and lump crab meat.
The side order of Roti bread.
Sweet mangos served with steamed sticky rice drizzled with coconut milk and lightly sprinkled with crispy yellow beans.
Bananas delicately wrapped in spring roll wrappers, fried to a golden brown and topped with sweet honey.
Thai-style crepe. We're bringing a Thai street cart dessert to you and dressing it up a bit. Roti bread, egg and condensed milk. Delicious. Hard to find.
36. Thai Spicy Bamboo Dinner 53. Dragon Noodles Dinner 5. Golden Spring Roll 7. Curry Puffs
41. Pad Thai Jae Dinner
Lychee sake-tini
Thai Iced Tea-- so yummy!
the interior of the restaurant
Mens Bathroom
Menu
Crab rolls.
Drunken Noodles with a refreshing Singha beer
Crispy Crab Rolls
7. Curry Puffs
Curry puff Chicken
Crab spring rolls
Massaman Curry Chicken $17 takeout
29. Pad Kaprow Dinner with Chicken
8. Crispy Crab Rolls
Kao Thai Fall Specials
8. Crispy Crab Rolls
Inside
53. Dragon Noodles Dinner
10. Satay Chicken
burritos and wraps, food
Chicken Thai style fried rice carryout
Ginger Duck
Kwame S.
Aug 31, 2023
I stopped by Kao Thai for lunch, and I thought the food was pretty decent. I have to admit that I stopped by the restaurant because it was right across the street from the bus stop. It was not the best Thai food, but it wasn't the worst. For my lunch, I went with the Crispy Crab Roll and Drunken Noodles with beef. The portion sizes of the dishes were great, and I thought the pricing was in line with other restaurants in the area. My food arrived to the table very hot, which is an A+ in my book. Overall, I thought my dishes were tasty; however, the beef (IMO) was a bit tougher than what I have experienced in other Thai restaurants. While my service was pretty efficient, I found my waitress/server to be a bit cold (bordering on rude). Who knows, maybe it's just her personality. First, I felt like I was being rushed to order. Ok, I could (somewhat) understand this IF the restaurant was busy/crowded, but there were only two other customers in the restaurant. *Perhaps, the restaurant was overwhelmed with a lot of take out/delivery orders.* Second, the restaurant uses handheld payment terminals, which is not a problem. However, the waitress seemed hesitant in letting me hold the device to ensure that I was being charged the correct amount. Since the food was not terrible, I'm more than willing to give Kao another shot. Perhaps, the waitress was having a bad day.
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Kristen H.
Oct 17, 2023
This is one of my new favorite Thai places in Silver Spring. I have a sensitive gut and onion and garlic can be a problem for me. So it was great to see that this restaurant has options to make many of their dishes in the jae style (which avoids these vegetables). Not to mention that their Panang curry was out of this world! So glad to find a place that I can eat at without worry that is also delicious. I want to go back a few more times before I commit to giving this place five stars, but I might be able to get there!
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Zack B.
Oct 15, 2023
Honestly, really wanna do this review to hopefully bring the average back up. It's a shame the couple of bad reviews brought this place down (regardless if it was from take-out or dine in orders) because that's gonna make people hesitant. Here's the thing, those reviews are valid. That said, if you want good, flavorful Thai food--be it before a show at the Fillmore or honestly if you're in the area--check out Kao. Alright, so food wise we ordered the Curry Puffs chicken, Crispy Crab Rolls, Dragon Noodles (with chicken) and Panang Curry (Jae style). First off, my partner has some sensitivities to garlic and onion, so the Jae style, which was completely new to us, was great to see and really didn't take anything away from her Panang Curry. Getting the currys Jae style does mean you'll get tofu though, as a heads up. We loved her curry, both agreeing the base was some of the best we've had and was so flavorful. The Dragon Noodles, an in house riff on Drunken Noodles, were super good too and not too spicy. They say on the menu they serve all their dishes medium spicy. I'm a bit of a baby with spice and the level they serve it at was perfect for me and consistent throughout. But if you're sensitive to that, there is a "mild" and a "no spice" option. You can also order things spicier, so i'm not sure why people had issues with the spice level. The curry puffs were also great and we enjoyed the Crispy Crab Rolls effectively being spring rolls.Everything was flavorful and delicious. Very good portion sizes too.We ended our meal with the lovely and indulgent Roti Sai Kai. Highly recommend it.Service was prompt, kind and nice. Vibes were warm and nice.My only real nitpick is that we were put at a table between a group of 5 and a group of 4 so that made things a bit loud during our dinner. As we left, i noticed the other two parties of two who'd come in after us were at the front of the same room or in the much quieter front room, which was mostly empty. Just a bit odd, that's all. I could still hear my partner well, but it seemed like the noise level by us made it hard for the male server we had to hear us. *shrugs*We'll be back for sure.
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Kenneth K.
Aug 1, 2022
I have picked up from Sweeteria next door that my wife and I loved which some of the Kao Thai staff started, so we have been intending to try this place. I am so glad that my wife and I finally came here a couple of weeks ago before a comedy performance across the street at the Black Box Theater. To eat we started off with the Roti Kanai with Yellow Curry Chicken. We then had Mango Curry Beef and Ginger Duck for our main course. We then we're still hungry despite the big portions so we ordered Drunken Noodles with Beef. The drink selection was good but they were out of some stuff such as Singha so we had a Plumtini, Kirin Ichiban, and Sapporo. We were still hungry for dessert so we ordered the Fried Banana with Ice Cream. The atmosphere and service were great as well. It is one the couple top Thai restaurants in a neighborhood of several of them including Amina a couple doors down, Thai at Silver Spring a block east upstairs in the mall as well as Charm, Lamoon, and Kook Kai's Thai Noodles (which changed their name a couple times) closer to our apartment south of the mall. We look forward to returning and trying out new dishes as well as our favorites we ordered.
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Peedee B.
Feb 9, 2024
Seafood pad Thai fried rice tastes delicious!! You must try this out! The spring rolls are also delicious!
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Donyiel C.
May 6, 2022
*Updated Review*Still a solid thai choice in Silver Spring! Did dine in a few days ago before a concert at the Fillmore. Was my first time. I'm so used to take-out. Sitting down in the restaurant was a welcomed change! Got my usual drunken noodles with chicken extra spicy. Also did a glass of wine. Service was great!
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Maria L.
Aug 27, 2022
This spot may not look super extravagant, but don't let that fool you. Flavors are still delicious. My friend and I enjoyed the chicken satay with some sauce on it beside the peanut sauce on the side and these cute lil mini crab egg rolls in a basket!I loved my steamed tofu and veggie panang curry dish. This has a lighter taste not heavy. Sauce is wonderful. If I weren't going on a bunch of other errands, I would have kept the sauce to use at home!Also, the Thai iced tea is delightful. :)This is a great spot that is right next to the Fillmore so you can enjoy your show right after you eat well!! It's also a quick walk from the metro!
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Dana C.
Nov 11, 2023
Very Poor quality food. Watery gravy. Food had no taste. Paid extra for shrimp and they gave 3 shrimp with tofu mixed in. Probably worst Thai food I've had. They really need to improve the quality as the prices are not cheap.
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Victoria N.
Nov 18, 2021
Stumbled upon this place after a movie screening preview was overbooked! I am honestly glad that I was able to find this restaurant. I had ordered mango curry, and it was one of the best curries I have ever had! I was stunned to see that combination of something that I'd think would be more of a savory dish mixed with a fruit. This combination is something that I'd definitely love to learn how to cook myself.When I took my first bite, there was a burst of mango flavor that quickly went away and just became a regular sweeter curry. That burst of mango flavor was my highlight of the meal. There were bell peppers, chicken, coconut milk, and a bowl of rice (on the side) as part of the dish. It was flavorful. Not spicy but was satisfying. It wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing food visually since it was all a mainly yellow-brown-orange color; however, the taste is 5/5.My +1 had their Pad Kaprow -- spiciest level. It wasn't that spicy and the flavors were a little lacking. It needed more salt or something that could provide that boost in flavor. The vegetables in the dish were crunchy but very bland. Probably would not order this again.Overall, I highly recommend ordering the mango curry.
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Russell J.
Jun 19, 2022
We stopped in on a Saturday evening before a show at the Fillmore next door. Was greeted and seated promptly. Ordered the Drunken Noodles and Spicy Tilapia. All were great!
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