A Napadol named Samui — the new Southeast Asian restaurant in Fort Greene near the Brooklyn Navy Yard — after a lush island in Thailand, her homeland. I was invited to there to sample their fare.

The 109-seat restaurant is beautiful to look at – no surprise as A has a design background. The restaurant, which opened late this summer, is still working out some kinks. I exchanged the watery pickled pepper martini for their piquant chili margarita. I’d highly recommend the latter.

Unless they change the name to veggie roll, I suggest they add more seafood to the rice paper wrapped shrimp roll. Tasty though. The black potato fritters could pass for latkes; instead of applesauce or sour cream, these come with a diced vinegary cucumber relish. The turmeric chicken wings are fine with their sweet chili peanut dip.

The dishes to order include the refreshing papaya salad with roasted peanuts and the tender short rib sweet maksmum curry.  A pleasant ending is the poached pear and vanilla ice cream in a pandan sauce  (a custard-like sauce made from a Southeast Asian tropical plant).

 

Samui
Fort Greene
15 Vanderbilt Avenue (Flushing Avenue),
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
917-909-1032
samuibrooklyn.com

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