Beat the Summer Heat With Cool Thai Classics

A 90-degree afternoon in San Jose isn’t the moment most people reach for a steaming bowl of curry. It’s also not a reason to skip Thai food altogether — Thai cuisine has one of the deepest benches of cold, bright, refreshing dishes of any cuisine, and Siam Thai Cuisine’s menu has the real, standing-menu proof: […]
Thai Food on the San Jose/Cupertino Border

South De Anza Boulevard doesn’t feel like a border when you’re driving it. There’s no obvious line, no sign announcing you’ve left one city and entered another — just a continuous stretch of offices, apartments, and small retail centers that happens to straddle the boundary between San Jose and Cupertino. Siam Thai Cuisine sits on […]
Thai Lunch Near De Anza Boulevard’s Office Corridor

If you work anywhere along South De Anza Boulevard in San Jose, you already know the lunch problem: there’s no shortage of fast-casual chains, but actual variety is harder to find within a quick walk or short drive of your desk. Siam Thai Cuisine sits right in the middle of this corridor at 1080 S […]
What Is Panang Curry?

Walk into almost any Thai restaurant and you’ll find a curry section with at least four or five names on it — red, green, yellow, Massaman, and Panang among the most common. If you’ve never ordered Panang before, here’s the short version: it’s the curry for people who want big, rich flavor without the sharp […]
Siam Thai Cuisine: De Anza Boulevard’s Thai Kitchen Since 1992

There’s a particular kind of trust that only comes from sticking around. Siam Thai Cuisine has been serving Thai food from the same stretch of South De Anza Boulevard in San Jose since 1992 — more than three decades in one location, which in restaurant years is closer to a landmark than a business. If […]