Kungfu Plaza Wishes Andy Luck
Written by Alan Wong
There is plenty of buzz surrounding the opening of Pok Pok in New York City, which is the Thai restaurant owned by James Beard Award-winning chef Andy Ricker. New York seems excited. It started in Portland a few years ago when Ricker decided to bring a taste of Southeast Asia (North and Northeast Thailand) to Portland. The creations he made were surprisingly good for a non-Thai native, but maybe not surprising for someone who has studied the cuisine for 20 years in Thailand. It’s not uncommon for him to invest as much as one full year learning a single dish. And this is very likely the reason The New York Times called Ricker the ambassador for Thai food in the United States. “It might...
A Taste for Thai
Written by Alan Wong
When KungFu Restaurant was founded in 1973 on 3rd and Fremont street in downtown Las Vegas, we had enough seats for 25 guests and a takeout counter. Back then Las Vegas was very different. Everyone who came to Vegas visited Downtown, Nixon was in office, Bruce Lee became the first Asian starring in a lead Motion Picture production film “Enter the Dragon”, and people thought Thai was something you wore around your neck. But Chinese? Almost everyone knew China, and that to enjoy Chinese cuisine meant you had to eat rice with chopsticks. Thanks to Bruce everyone started to practice “Kung Fu” thinking it was some kind of an ancient warrior dance. Little does the average person realize that “Kung Fu” – or “Gong...
Top 10 Most Wanted
Written by Alan Wong
After many years of customer feedback, countless orders, and accumulated reputation from diners, we are proud to present the Top 10 most ordered dishes from the Las Vegas KungFu Plaza menu. This list includes both Authentic Thai food dishes and Chinese food dishes, representing the most sought after of Asian Cuisines by diners from around the world, as well as in Las Vegas. Top 10 Most Ordered Dishes Mongolian Beef Our most popular and the most ordered Chinese culinary dish is cooked using our specially-made Mongolian Sauce that is made from scratch using sesame seeds, peanuts, premium Chinese hoisin sauce, among many other seasonings, which is then added during the cooking process to USDA certified Angus or Choice Beef, white onions, Chili sauce, bell...
To Your Good Fortune
Written by Alan Wong
Check your fortune cookie for the “lucky phrase” shown below and get a 10% Off Coupon good on your next order or visit to KungFu Plaza Restaurant!
Lucky Fortune phrase is:
A pleasant surprise is in store for you.
To receive your 10% off coupon, please present the fortune bearing the phrase above to the cashier or waitress.
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Great Las Vegas Asian Food
Written by Alan Wong
Kung Fu Plaza’s Las Vegas restaurant menus have over 800 Thai food and Chinese food dishes to choose from during your endeavor to find food in Las Vegas. Whether its our famous Mongolian Beef, to the Thai food staple, Pad Thai, our Thai Master Chef will WOW you every time. Our Las Vegas Thai and Las Vegas Chinese Appetizer selection will make life a little difficult due to the depth of its choices, from the simple Thai Spring Egg Rolls, our Chinese Crab Rangoon, to the Thai Stuffed Chicken Wings, and Thai style Fried Fish Cakes, to the Spicy Thai Beef Salad, Thai Chicken Satae’, or Thai Beef Jerky. We hand roll our own Spring Egg-Rolls fresh daily, and they are never frozen. All...