Now available at Basil Rice. A variety of rice soups to keep you warm throughout the winter. Our rice soup comes with mushroom, ginger, scallion, and your favorite meat. Basil Rice - Thai Food Brookline | Asian Food Brookline #basilricethaifoodbrooklineasianfoodbrookline

That is a question that you may be asked when you order a main course at an Asian or a Thai restaurant. Most people know that brown rice is rich in vitamins, anti-oxidants and fiber, but many prefer white rice to brown rice due to various reasons. Maybe brown rice tastes a bit different from white rice, or maybe brown rice is not as soft as white rice. Just to make it clear, I am talking about cooked rice here. If you would like to cook brown rice at home, there is a little

Do you know that mango sticky rice is one of the most popular desserts in Thailand? If you have a chance to visit Thailand, try the original mango sticky rice. It is so popular that there are shops that open 24/7 selling just mango sticky rice in a beach city of Pattaya, located just east of Bangkok. Typically, sweet sticky rice goes well with 2 types of mangoes, Nam Dok Mai and Ok Rong. These mangoes taste much different from those available in the US. The price for a whole

The title of this blog describes the nature of many Asian dishes in the US. They somewhat resemble the original but they taste and look a bit different. Pad Thai, for example, looks and tastes quite a bit different from the original Pad Thai in Thailand. Pad Thai dishes in Thailand are usually made with shrimp, and look a bit pinkish. The food portion is not very much as it is not uncommon for Thai people to have multiple dishes during a meal. Here in the US, you can have Pad

Thai Food normally comes on a plate. At Basil Rice, we have fine-tuned the wrap version of our rice dishes, so people can enjoy our food on the go. The wrap version is reasonable priced, and in fact has more ingredients than it normally does with the rice version. The time to cook a wrap is actually about the same as that of a rice version. We cook to order and add lettuce, cucumber, tomato, and onions. Basil Rice's wrap is surely tasty and somewhat healthy too. Check out our

Do you know that Thailand's Massaman Curry was named #1 in the CNN Travel World's 50 best foods a few years ago? There I said it, and you should really try it. You may wanna know what's in it. At Basil Rice, our Massaman curry has curry powder, coconut milk, boiled potato dices, onion, peanuts, and some house spices.

A bowl of hot noodle soup, anyone? It surely will warm you up. We have 4 types of noodle soups at Basil Rice: beef, chicken, pork wonton, and tofu for vegetarians. Other than the meat, they also have different type of soup, and different ingredients. We hope that you can come by and try the noodle soup during this winter season. Stay warm! #thaifoodbrooklinefrontslider

"This dessert dish is pretty good" - That's what our customers usually told us when they first tried it. You should try this dish anywhere when you have a chance. It is a simple dish - sweet sticky rice, with ripe mango, coconut milk, and sesame seeds. The two major ingredients are obviously sticky rice and mango. This dish will taste the best when you have the right mango and properly cooked sticky rice. It tastes even better when you have it just after a spicy main course.

This is no ordinary orange chicken! This is Basil Rice's original orange chicken. We put house-special orange sauce and fresh orange dices on crispy marinated chicken. Adding freshly cooked broccoli crowns on the side, the dish is another healthy and delicious recipe that we proudly like you to try. #thaifoodbrooklinefrontslider

What is it exactly? An Asian burrito? Whatever you call it, it is a Thai food in a flour wrap. You will probably like it if you like spicy food. And we have a duck basil wrap too! In fact, at Basil rice we have a wrap version for our main courses menu items (except fried rice/noodles and noodle soup which is impossible to wrap). We are one of very few (if any) Asian restaurants that do Asian wraps. Vegetables inside the wraps include sliced cucumber, sliced carrot, chopped to