Thai Lao Restaurant Menu (2025 Update)
Welcome to Thai Lao Restaurant, located in Pearl City, Hawaii. This culinary gem offers a rich tapestry of flavors, showcasing both Thai and Lao cuisines. The menu features enticing specialty dishes like the Steam Fish With Lime Juice and Homemade Beef Jerky, perfect for those seeking an authentic taste experience. Vegetarians will delight in customizable options, as seen in rave reviews from guests who adored the Pineapple Curry and Pad Thai.
For stir-fry lovers, options like Rad Na and Pad Woon Sen stand out. Each dish bursts with flavor, crafted from fresh ingredients that ensure a memorable dining experience. The restaurant's inviting atmosphere complements its excellent service, making every visit enjoyable. Guests often remark on the generous portions that allow for sharing, fostering a warm communal dining experience. Come indulge in the vibrant meals at Thai Lao Restaurant—it's more than just food; it's a celebration of culture and hospitality.
Appetizers
Spring Rolls
Deep-fried. Served with fresh lettuce, cucumber, mint leaves, and a dipping sauce. Also available in vegetarian.
Summer Rolls
Fresh rolls. Fresh lettuce, noodle, bean sprout, mint leaves, and shrimp rolled in rice paper. Served with a peanut sauce. Also available with your choice of tofu or vegetables.
Satay
Thai BBQ sticks. Grilled marinated chicken kebabs served with a homemade peanut sauce. Also available fried tofu and fried eggplant served with homemade peanut sauce. Dishes sold separately, no combos.
Fried Chicken
Served with our sweet and sour sauce.
Fried Calamari
Crispy. Served with our sweet a sour dipping sauce.
Stuffed Chicken Wings
De-boned chicken stuffed with ground chicken. Served with a special sauce.
Sweet Crispy Noodle
Mee-krob. Crispy rice noodle drizzled with a sweet tangy sauce, bean sprout, kaffir lime leaves, pickled garlic, and onion with your topping choice of chicken, pork, or tofu.
Kung Tod
Whole shrimp wrapped in a lumpia wrapper and deep-fried.
Pla Tod Mun
Minced fish mixed with long bean and kaffir lime leaves. Served with our house special sauce.
Spicy Lemongrass Soup
Tom yum. Most famous soup, spicy tangy broth containing tomatoes, mushrooms, lemongrass, and traditional spices.
Thai Ginger Soup
Tom kha. Fresh Thai ginger, coconut broth mushroom. Onions, traditional herbs, and spices.
Tamarind Soup
Kang som. Tangy tamarind flavored broth containing prepared with your choice of mixed seafood, fish fillets, or shrimp.
Tofu Noodle Soup
Kang juud tofu. Minced pork, chicken, or tofu with long rice in a mild broth with garlic, and cilantro.
Fish Soup
Kang pla. Prepared with mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and white onions.
Soup
Salads
Green Papaya Salad
Shredded fresh green papaya, tomatoes, and lime dressing. Topped with crushed toasted peanuts. Also available Lao style.
Larb Salad
Traditional Lao and northern Thai dish. Ground beef, chicken with roasted rice, mint, parsley, lime juice, and onion, served with cilantro with your choice of chicken, beef, or pork.
Thai Beef Salad
Beef tossed with tomato, lime juice, chilies, mint, cucumber, cilantro, and onion.
Cucumber Salad
Freshly shredded cucumber, tomatoes, and lime dressing. Topped with crushed toasted peanuts. Also available in Lao style.
Eggplant Salad
Roasted eggplant, minced pork, shrimp, carrot, onion tossed with tomatoes, lime juice, and Thai spices.
Long Rice Salad
Glass noodles tossed with lettuce, carrot, cucumber, onion, tomato, cilantro, and spicy, and tangy dressing.
BBQ Beef Num Tok Salad
Grilled steak combined with cucumber, round onion, rice powder mint leaves, cilantro, fresh cabbage, cucumber, and a lime dressing.
Basil Shrimp Salad
Prepared with cucumber, fresh basil, parsley, onion,carrot, crushed peanut, and a spicy dressing.
House Chicken Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, celery, topped with crushed toasted peanuts, hard-boiled egg, and our homemade dressing.
Panang Curry
Famous Bangkok-style curry with kaffir lime leaves, red, and green bell pepper, fresh basil, and onion.
Yellow Curry
Prepared with potatoes, carrots, and white onion.
Green Curry
Prepared with eggplant and fresh basil.
Evil Jungle Curry
A wildly delicious red curry dish containing carrot, cabbage, and basil.
Red Curry
Prepared with bamboo shoots, red, and green bell peppers, lemongrass, and basil.
Massaman Curry
Prepared with potatoes, carrots, round onion, a touch of cinnamon, and peanuts.
Pineapple Curry
Prepared with pineapple, red, and green bell peppers, basil, and onion.
Curries
Stir-Fried
Basil Stir-Fried
Thai basil. Stir-fried Thai basil, spices, red, and green bell peppers, Thai chilies, and onions.
Pad Kra Pao
Holy basil. Prepared with choice of minced meat, stir-fried with long bean, holy basil, and chilies.
Mix Vegetable
Stir-fried bell peppers, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, long bean, mushroom, and onions.
Cashew Nut Stir-Fry
Cashews, bell peppers, and onions stir-fried in garlic sauce.
Pad Broccoli
Stir-fried broccoli, garlic, and oyster sauce.
Pad Eggplant
Stir-fried eggplant with oyster sauce, Thai basil, and yellow bean sauce.
Thai Garlic
Garlic stir-fried with red and green bell peppers and onions.
Thai Hot Spicy Stir-Fried
Pad ped. Thai hot spices sauteed with bell peppers, mushrooms, basil, and bamboo.
Ong Choi
Stir-fried morning glory with garlic and yellow bean sauce.
Pad Tao Jiew
Thai style bean paste stir-fried with garlic, bell pepper, celery, and onion.
Beef With Tomatoes
Beef sauteed with garlic sauce, tomatoes, and green onion.
Lemongrass Stir-Fry
Stir-fried lemongrass, bell peppers, onions, and curry powder.
Sauteed Ginger
Stir-fried with garlic, young ginger, red, and green bell peppers, mushrooms, long beans, and green onions.
Beef With Oyster Sauce
Beef sauteed with garlic, mushrooms, carrots, white, and green onion.
Pad Prik Pao
Stir-fried chili paste, garlic, baby corn, red, green bell pepper, and onions.
Pad Prik King
Thai chilies and spices sauteed with long bean and topped with chopped kaffir lime leaves.
Sweet And Sour Stir Fry
Stir-fried with tomatoes, bell pepper, onions, carrots, cucumber, and pineapple in a sweet, and sour sauce.
Pad Thai
Thin rice noodle, stir-fried with bean, tofu, egg, and topped with crushed peanut.
Pad Ki-Mao
Drunkard's noodle. Stir-fried chow fun noodle with Chinese broccoli, fresh basil, chilies, and spices.
Pad Se-Ew
Stir-fried chow fun noodle with Chinese broccoli.
Steven Lau Special
Stir-fried chow fun topped with a yellow curry sauce.
Rad Na
Stir-fried chow fun noodles with Chinese broccoli, yellow bean sauce, and gravy.
Pad Woon Sen
Stir-fried long rice noodle. Glass noodles stir-fried with mushrooms, baby corn, onions, and celery.
Gung Ob Woon Sen
Shrimp and thread casserole. Shrimp and glass noodles stir-fried in a creamy ginger sauce.
Noodles
Fried Rice
Fried Rice
Fried rice with tomatoes, green onions, and onions.
Tom Yum Fried Rice
Fried rice with tomatoes, onions, ginger, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and our tangy tom yum seasoning.
Pineapple Fried Rice
Fried rice with pineapple, tomatoes, green onions, and onions.
Basil Fried Rice
Stir-fried with basil, red, and green bell peppers, and a Thai chili sauce.
Green Curry Fried-Rice
Rice stir-fried with a green curry paste, green, and red bell peppers, onions, and basil leaves.
Crispy Fried Rice
Nam khao.
Deep-Fried Fish With Red Curry Sauce
Deep-fried fish with a red curry sauce with red and green bell peppers, cabbage, onions, and fresh Thai basil.
Lao Style Pho
Pad Chu Chee
Fried fish fillet cooked a spicy red curry sauce, and topped with shredded kaffir lime leaves.
Sai Oua
A pork sausage filled with traditional herbs and our secret spices.
Kao Poon
A curry noodle soup with house ingredients.
Kao Peak
Udon noodles, chicken, and blood are served in a chicken broth.
Homemade Lao Style Beef Stew
Beef Jerky
Homemade beef is jerky, deep-fried, and served on a bed of cabbage.
Steam Calamari With Lime Juice
Pla meuk mano. Calamari steamed with lime juice, chilies, lemongrass, and topped with cilantro.
Steam Fish With Lime Juice
Pla meuk mano. Fish steamed with lime juice, chilies, lemongrass, and topped with cilantro.
Khao Soi
Northern laos soup is traditionally made with garlic and soybean paste. Served with chow fun noodles topped with minced pork, ong choi, and napa cabbage.
Sukiyaki Soup
Glass noodle soup with ong choi and napa cabbage. Your choice of beef or seafood.
Steamed Fish With Soy Sauce
Chinese-style steamed fish with soy sauce, ginger, and cilantro.
Fish Fillet With Chili Sauce
A fish fillet prepared a bed of cabbage topped with sauce.
Sweet And Sour Fish
Shrimp with sweet and sour sauce combined with cucumber, pineapple, carrots, and round onion.
Fish Fillet With Ginger Sauce
A fish fillet prepared tossed with ginger sauce, prepared with young ginger, shiitake mushroom, and red, and green bell peppers.
Whole Snapper Fish
2 pounds snapper deep-fried served on a bed of cabbage and topped with fried garlic sauce.
Fish With Bean Sauce
Pla tao jiew. Deep-fried fish with yellow bean sauce with round onion, green, and red bell peppers, and celery.