• Salt Lake City is home to several Thai restaurants recognized for culinary excellence.antelope island sunset image by Robert Freese from Fotolia.com
  
  When in Salt Lake City, Utah, to meet with business clients or entertain friends or family members, take them out to an authentic Thai restaurant recognized for being one of the best in the area. If you can't go out, bring the party to your guests complete with food, drink and breathtaking fruit displays to dress up the dinner table in true Thai style. Afterward, visit one of Salt Lake City's numerous attractions, such as Wheeler Historic Farm, the Capitol Theatre or the Cathedral of the Madeleine.
  
  

Thai Siam

• Thai Siam received "Salt Lake Magazine's" nod for best lunch specials in October 2009. The casual restaurant's lunch combinations include a choice of two entrees such as chicken and broccoli stir fry; tofu and vegetable stir fry; green, red or yellow curried chicken and vegetables; and barbecue chicken or pork with either spicy and sour soup, coconut soup or spicy roasted pork soup. Additional menu items include appetizers such as spring rolls, chicken Satay and tempura-fried vegetables; fish dishes such as deep-fried salmon served with Thai sauce and steamed sea bass served with Thai ginger sauce; and duck dishes such as ginger-honey duck and duck cooked with vegetables in red curry sauce. Thai Siam also serves numerous Thai-style noodle and rice dishes, salads and desserts such as custard served with sweet sticky rice, fried bananas and Thai-style ice cream.
  
  Thai Siam
  1435 S. State St.
  Salt Lake City, UT 84115
  801-474-3322
  thaisiam.net
  
  

Sawadee Thai Restaurant

• Sawadee Thai Restaurant was named 2008 best Thai restaurant in Salt Lake City by "Salt Lake City Weekly." The upscale yet casual restaurant offers dinner menu selections such as steamed mixed vegetables with tofu, stir-fried pork, chicken or beef with Thai chilies, green shrimp curry, shrimp fried jasmine rice with vegetables and clear soup with chopped pork and Napa cabbage. Lunch menu items include fried tofu, deep fried calamari served with sweet and sour sauce, grilled pork tenderloin and chicken stir fried with Thai-style sweet black sauce, egg and broccoli. Sawadee Thai Restaurant also presents a vegetarian menu that includes rice, noodle and curry dishes that feature tofu and vegetables such as potatoes, onions, bamboo shoots, carrots and mushrooms.
  
  Sawadee Thai Restaurant
  754 E. South Temple St.
  Salt Lake City, UT 84102
  801-328-8424
  sawadee1.com
  
  

Thai Lotus Cafe

• Thai Lotus Cafe received "Salt Lake City Weekly's" choice for best fruit carvings. The casual restaurant offers appetizers such as crispy coconut shrimp, vegetarian curry puffs, steamed soy beans and seafood selections such as Panang curry with salmon, spicy scallops in red curry paste and fried halibut served in a black pepper and garlic sauce. Additional menu items include beef noodle soup, stir-fried chicken with wide noodles, Thai-style fried rice and steamed mixed seafood salad. Thai Lotus Cafe also offers weekday lunch specials that include Thai basil chicken, tofu and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce, and sweet and sour chicken.
  
  Thai Lotus Cafe
  212 E. 500 South
  Salt Lake City, UT 84111
  801-328-4401
  thailotuscafe.com