Coolinary 2024: Good Catch Thai Urban Bistro
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — You may be familiar with the restaurant Pomelo on Magazine Street. this is their new sister restaurant located in the CBD serving up some of those classic Thai flavors.
It is such a hit, Aom Srisuk and her husband Frankie Weinberg decided to open another restaurant.
Good Catch Thai Urban Bistro is its sister restaurant located in the Central Business District on Gravier Street.
Srisuk is the brains and brawn behind the restaurant. She’s the chef and curated the menu. For Good Catch’s first year doing Coolinary, she said she wanted to take guests on a tasting tour of Thailand.
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So, she formed four different sets, each representing parts of Thailand, for the customer to choose from.
“First [set is] northern set including herbal sausage called sai oua in Thai,” explained Srisuk. “We will do the Thai tomato dip with minced pork. And then the noodle curry called khao soi with the short ribs.”
The second set is Northeastern Thailand. Srisuk said it includes the following: “tum taad, which is the platter of papaya salad including papaya salad, boiled egg, pork rinds, chicken wings and the sticky rice. The other traditional dish is larb. Larb is minced pork salad served with fresh vegetable. Then next is tom zaap. Tom zaap is spicy soup served with seabass.”
The next set being offered is the central part of Thailand, which is capital style, and the style many Americans may be more familiar with. She’s serving tawn mund, which is fish cake, as well as seared gulf shrimp on top of pineapple fried rice and then green curry with seared scallops.
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“The last [set] one is the southern,” said the chef. “Including hat yai fried chicken, next [dish] one is the stir fry dish called pork kua kling. It’s a stir fry minced pork with the herbal spice. The last one is the yellow curry noodle. It’s a mix of fresh vegetable noodle and we use the jumbo lump crab with the yellow curry.”
All sets come with your choice of dessert: strawberry cheesecake, mango sticky rice or Thai pumpkin custard.
“If you want to know what authentic thai food is, right here, this is where you’re going to come,” said Weinberg.
“I love to represent our culture,” said Srisuk. “I mean by the way I talk, the way I introduce our country, I cook, and now I have a chance to be in New Orleans. I try to be as authentic as I can.”
So, if you want to go to Thailand but don’t want to get on a plane, head out to Good Catch. They’re Coolinary lunch is $28. If you want the “set” menu, like mentioned above, it’s available for dinner for $38.
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