HOT GRAINZ - Thai Street Food

Fantastic food! My friends say this is some of the most authentic Thai food you can get in the twin cities. Seating is very limited (they don't let you sit until your entire group is present and have paid for their order) and the building has its quirks (example - you need the bathroom code located on your meal receipt to open the lock). Decent amount of parking in the back and pretty close to public transit.

Quirks aside, the food is totally worth coming back for. Excited to try other items!

This place is a gem. We had Sour pork ribs, boat noodle soup, khao soi, spicy wontons. All so good. The kitchen and dining room are small, so food takes a while to come out when it's busy, but the quality is high. Looking forward to trying more of the menu

Thai papaya was good with a balance of sweet, sour, and spice. There were a few dry shrimps in there also, which I rarely find these days. Presentation and tasted like how I had it in many provinces in Thailand.

Kapow was also really good, not too oily, dry or sweet. Lots of other places I've been to had so much sauce/oil in the Kapow that you could barely taste the basil and it made all the rice soft and nasty.

I was craving fried bananas. I always bought this at the street markets in TH and they did not disappoint.

Overall food was good and totally hit my Thai cravings. Prices is higher than other shops, but it was worth paying as it reminded me and satiated my cravings.

Silly side note, I had a feeling this place was legit because they used the words "take away" versus "to-go/take-out." "Take-away" was commonly used in TH for take-out due to European/UK presences. Lol.

***update
Ordered the typical mama noodle salad you can find on Thai street food carts. Did not disappoint!

The food had good authentic flavors and the papaya salad was perfect with taste and spice level 😋👌 I’ll definitely be coming back!

I want to give 10 stars if I can
This place soooooooo AMAZING!

If you look for AUTHENTIC Thai food Im highly recommend this place.
I was born and raised in Thailand for 24 years and I just moved to the USA about 2 years ago. Also, I’m from another state where it is hard to find authentic Thai food. So I just came to visit my family who lives in MN and they take me to this place. First time I saw their menu I was like..finally I found a Thai restaurant that doesn't put pea, Bamboo or Bell pepper in their food. That moment I knew they make AUTHENTIC Thai food for sure! So I order mostly what I used to eat in Thailand and it turns out FLABBERGASTED! And they give you a lot of food. If you like spicy food, go for it!
I recommend at least ordering a full spoon of spices that will be perfect for the test but my family can't handle too much spice so I just ordered Tiny Bit spice and it was still amazing.