Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine
This Thai restaurant is a short drive from private country clubs such as the Oakwood Golf Club and Mayfield Sand Ridge Club. Lemon Grass serves dinner seven days a week and has a lunch menu on weekdays. A variety of soups are available such as vegetarian tofu, chicken coconut, or wonton soup. The restaurant serves Pad Thai with stir-fried rice noodles or bean thread noodles. Curry dishes are offered with rice and a choice of several meats, seafood, or tofu. Duck may be ordered and paired with a variety of curries. Lemon Grass advertises specialty dishes such as chicken cashew and beef macadamia nut. Most entrees cost less than $15 as of 2009. For dessert, Lemon Grass makes its own coconut ice cream.
Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine
2179 Lee Road
Cleveland, OH 44118
(216) 321-0210
www.lemongrasscleveland.com/
Ty Fun Thai Bistro
Ty Fun operates near downtown Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood. The restaurant is open for lunch on weekdays and dinner daily. The Ty Fun Thai Bistro contains a full bar with wine and beer selections. Several chicken dishes are available, including the Kai Ma Mung, a sautéed chicken breast with chili pasta, pineapple and cashews. The Gang Phed Ped Yang is one of four roasted duck dishes and includes coconut milk and red curry flavors. Ty Fun also serves fish entrees such as a grilled Salmon or fried Red Snapper. The menu offers many entrees with tofu substitutions for vegetarians.
Ty Fun Thai Bistro
815 Jefferson Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 664-1000
www.tyfunthaibistro.com/
Mint Café
The Mint Café on Coventry Road opens for dinner seven days a week and serves lunch every day except Sunday. The Oakwood Club and Mayfield Sand Ridge Club are a short drive from the Mint Café. The restaurant has a casual dress code and accepts reservations. Customers may dine-in or order takeout. The beverage menu contains bubble tea---a cold tea drink mixed with tapioca balls---in a variety of fruit and tea flavors. The Pad Thai entrée contains chicken, shrimp, egg, bean spouts, scallions and peanuts. The restaurant offers some grilled meals for dinner, like a rib-eye steak in a spicy sauce. Vegetarians may choose from a meatless menu; the Tofu Tamarind uses pineapple, snow peas, and baby corn stir-fried with tofu.
Mint Café
1791 Coventry Road
Cleveland, OH 44118
(216) 320-9915
www.mintcafecoventry.com/
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Matt Becht is a freelance filmmaker from Cleveland, Ohio. Becht’s college curriculum included courses in English composition, creative writing, and scriptwriting. He began writing professionally in 2009, and has been published in eHow, Trails.com, Travels.com and Golflink.com. Becht holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.
