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by | May 7, 2024 · 3:06 pm

Malai Kitchen Features Tequila Cocktails for the Month of May

Malai Kitchen, the Thai and Vietnamese restaurant with four DFW locations, is offering specialty tequila drinks for the month of May with a feature cocktail each week! 

The first week in May (beginning Friday, May 3) will feature a Watermelon Rose Margarita – Casamigos, Grand Marnier, watermelon juice, rose simple syrup, lemon and mint. Beginning May 10 Malai will offer a Lychee Guava Mezcal Cooler made with mezcal, lychee syrup, guava juice, lime and garnished with an edible flower. The week of May 17 the Blood Orange Tequila Old Fashioned will be available. This cocktail is made with añejo tequila, Grand Marnier, blood orange simple syrup, angostura and whiskey bitters. The last week in May starting May 24 will feature a Mezcal Mule – mezcal, agave, passion fruit puree, lime and cucumber topped with ginger beer. 

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by | January 29, 2024 · 1:02 pm

Malai Kitchen Celebrates 13th Anniversary of First Location in West Village

Malai Kitchen, the beloved Thai and Vietnamese dining destination that has become a staple in the Dallas culinary scene, is celebrating the 13th anniversary of its first location in West Village.

Founded in January 2011 by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo, Yasmin and Braden Wages, Malai Kitchen made its mark with the opening of its original location in Uptown/West Village. Over the years, Yasmin and Braden have expanded their footprint, with additional locations in Southlake, Fort Worth’s The Shops at Clearfork, and Preston Center.

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by | December 29, 2023 · 11:00 am

Craving Seafood? So Are We!

seafood-tower-pappasby Steven Doyle

There is no doubt that the people at Crave enjoy great seafood, and what a marvelous time of year to enjoy delicious creatures from the sea. The New Year is a perfect time to indulge in the ocean’s best as the waters are cold are an amazing climate for all that we love most. From briny oysters to sweet crabs of all sorts and so much more.

With a great craving today for seafood we wish to reminisce over nine great dishes we have had recently that involved seafood. Indulge us. Continue reading →

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by | August 24, 2023 · 12:44 pm

Malai Kitchen Builds Custom Noodle Machine and Ships to Texas

Malai Kitchen goes through plenty of noodles each day. Currently, Malai Kitchen produces 200-300 pounds of fresh noodles daily, including a special Pho noodle and wide-flat rice noodles used in signature dishes at all four locations.

The dishes are amazing, and the owners, Jasmin and Braden Wages are always improving their dishes to offer the most amazing dishes such as their assorted dishes under their Wok Fired Noodle menu which includes offerings such as their fabulous Pad Thai, Pad Kee Mow with it’s wide, drunken noodles and Pad See Ew, the ever popular Chicken and Broccoli Noodles. With four locations that is plenty of noodles.

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by | October 10, 2022 · 3:19 pm

Malai Kitchen to Host Annual Bia Hoi This Saturday, October 15

Malai Kitchen, the husband-and-wife owned restaurant offering a modern take on Thai and Vietnamese cuisine will host their annual Bia Hoi sidewalk pop-up restaurant on Saturday, October 15 from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. (or until they run out) at their West Village location at 3699 McKinney Ave, #319, Dallas, TX 75204. 

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by | June 20, 2022 · 9:17 am

2022 Hot List Of The Best Wings in Dallas

1a wingby Steven Doyle

Wings are definitely the perennial fiery bar snack that can be shared by the basket, or devoured solo for a quick meal taken with a very cold beer or a soothing pinot noir. Dallas has their share of very good examples, and much more that are flat on flavor. The latter are of the frozen and pre-sauced variety; an abomination unto mankind. However, done well the wing can be spirited, imaginative, and definitely make you yearn for more.

A perfect wing has a delicate balance of tender white meat that oozes its own juices with a fine balance of sauce and very little decor. A bit of crudité and side of house-made blue cheese dressing is perfect. Some have elevated this combination, others take on an interesting ethnic twist. Let’s explore the better examples in the Dallas area.  Continue reading →

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by | August 3, 2021 · 1:36 pm

Malai Kitchen to Open Fourth Location in Preston Center this Fall

Malai Kitchen, a staple in the Dallas dining scene, will open a fourth location this Fall inside Preston Center Shopping Center at 6130 Luther Lane, Dallas, TX 75225 (former Bartaco space).

Yasmin and Braden Wages, the husband-and-wife team who own and operate Malai Kitchen restaurants offer a modern take on Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. Malai Kitchen is well known for its lively yet casually refined atmosphere which showcases creatively designed dishes inspired by traditional Southeast Asian cuisine.

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by | February 26, 2021 · 10:28 am

Malai Kitchen, a Bruncher’s Paradise

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Patio season is officially full on after the devastatingly hot and dry summer. The pooches are leading their sexy owners by the string past the cabanas that are playing soothing street music as cars bustle by to find a spot of their very own.

This is high season for brunch and none is sexier than the digs at Malai Kitchen, the fresh-faced Thai-Vietnamese  kitchen in the West Village compound off McKinney.

There you will find the restaurant prodigies and husband and wife team of Yasmin and Braden Wages busily running about tending to details. Details that we found amazing during our happy brunch time at Malai this past weekend.     Continue reading →

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