Blaine, Minnesota is the home of the National Sports Center Olympic training facility. Training the best competitors from sports like soccer, hockey, and track and field, seeing world-ranked athletes walking around town is just another day in Blaine. The town is home to the National Youth Golf Center, a course at the National Sports Center built specifically for youth and families. Located just a few minutes from Minneapolis and St. Paul, Blaine has several other 18-hole, public golf courses nearby including Chomonix Golf Course in Lino Lakes and the Brightwood Hills Golf Course, in New Brighton.
Taste of Thailand II
Located in nearby Fridley, Taste of Thailand II is the sister restaurant to the popular Taste of Thailand in St. Paul. The extensive menu offers more than 80 items, including Pram ram long song, pad Thai and monsoon curry, sticky rice with peanut sauce and special spring rolls. Housed in a former chain restaurant (the Country Kitchen), the establishment is unassuming and the dishes are simple but plentiful. Prices are reasonable and a lunch buffet is offered every day. Reservations are not needed and take-out is available.
Taste of Thailand II
7890 University Ave. Northeast
Fridley, MN 55432-2625
(763) 571-1188
Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine
Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine offers an eclectic menu with such unique items as crazy duck, paradise shrimp and insane chicken. Known for its rich and powerful curry sauces, meals at Lemon Grass Thai are large and served family-style so the best way to sample a variety of the menu items is to go with a group and sample several choices. House specials include Budda's Belly, spinach pasta on steamed vegetables and chicken topped with curry sauce, Bangkok Duel, whole shrimp and minced chicken with onions and cilantro and served spicy and Southern curried noodles, chicken with coconut milk curry and vegetables. Lemon Grass Thai offers lunch specials Monday through Friday with reduced prices and lunch portions of their dinner menu.
Lemon Grass Thai Cuisine
8600 Edinburgh Centre Drive North
Minneapolis, MN 55443-3736
(763) 494-8809
lemongrassthaicuisine.net
True Thai
Recognized by "Minnesota Monthly" magazine as one of the "105 great places to get it to go," True Thai is also a great place to sit and enjoy the extensive menu. Open for lunch and dinner, True Thai offers a unique menu with a variety of choices. Popular dishes include Thai Duck, slow roasted with a sweet and sour salty reduction sauce or Stir-fried noodles are served with a spicy Sukiyaki sauce which comes with chicken, beef or pork. Vegetarians will be pleased to find meatless dishes served with or mock duck. True Thai has a large selection of beers from traditional Thai brews to a variety craft brewed beers. The wine list is equally extensive offers something to accompany everything on the extensive menu. A lunch buffet is offered weekdays and dinner is served until 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends.
True Thai
2627 East Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
(612) 375-9942
truethairestaurant.com
About The Author
Tom Nari teaches screenwriting and journalism in Southern California. With a degree in creative writing from Loyola University, Nari has worked as a consultant to the motion picture industry as well as several non-profit organizations dedicated to the betterment of children through aquatics. Nari has written extensively for GolfLink, Trails and eHow.
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