Restaurant reviews: 2011 Archives

Sen Yai Sen Lek (Minneapolis, MN)

  • Bruce Schneier
  • The Mix
  • January/Februrary 2011

Sen Yai Sen Lek is the sort of restaurant where people become “regulars.” You find yourself heading down there a couple of times a month because you’ve got that craving for pad see iew gai. We’ve noticed on our visits a surprising amount of convivial chatting between the front house staff and the customers.

That pad see iew gai is perfect Thai comfort food, a better dish than the pad Thai, which too many of us default to when ordering in a Thai restaurant. The Chinese broccoli, marinated chicken, and wide rice noodles in sweet soy sauce is so good that some of the regulars never order anything else…

Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.