ลาก่อน is Thai for "goodbye". As of tomorrow, that is what we will be saying to Martin and Crystal, owners of Narin Thai on Park Rd. After thirty-plus years of excellent food, excellent service and excellent prices, they are retiring. Narin is the quintessential Mom & Pop business. Martin cooks and Crystal handles the front. That's it--just the two of them for lunch and dinner six days a week for more than thirty years.
I can try to tally the number of Spicy Basil Chicken and Yellow Curry Prawn dishes I have had. Thirty years is 1,500+ weeks--with weekly ordering, it's probably about 2,000 Spicy Basil Chickens, since I ordered two at a time. I generally called ahead to see if the fantastic brown rice was available that day and if not; Crystal would whip it up for me.
ขอบคุณ Crystal and Martin--Thank you. Truly a "Best of Burlingame" business.
Thank you for honoring Crystal and Martin❤️. I am going to especially miss their green curry chicken. Happy trails and enjoy retirement, Martin and “Celeste”!
Posted by: Cathy Baylock | March 03, 2024 at 04:15 PM
They'll be missed!
Posted by: Lori Marsal | March 03, 2024 at 06:29 PM
Oh no. We ping ponged between Narin and Chicken Chicken! on Saturday nights.
Posted by: MV | March 05, 2024 at 07:40 PM
Ah, Chicken Chicken! One of the good parts about writing the history of B'game a week at a time is you can go back easily:
https://www.burlingamevoice.com/2005/11/fire-at-chicken-chicken.html
Our spam control was not as good back then so ignore the "sexy woman" post. Pretty sure the Chicken was more satisfying.
Posted by: Joe | March 06, 2024 at 09:38 PM