Pho Thai Lao Kitchen Menu (Update 2025)
Pho Thai Lao Kitchen is a Laotian-Thai restaurant in Maywood, NJ, offering a diverse menu with vegan and vegetarian options. The cozy ambiance, friendly staff, and authentic dishes make this place a hidden gem worth visiting. Customers praise the flavorful Pad See Ew, Green Curry, and Lao Crepe. The appetizers, such as Fried Tofu and Grilled Pork Skewers, are a hit among diners. The Tom Yum soup and Mango Coconut sticky Rice are also highly recommended. The restaurant's commitment to accommodating dietary preferences and providing a warm dining experience sets it apart. Whether you're a fan of Thai or Lao cuisine, Pho Thai Lao Kitchen promises an unforgettable culinary journey. Make sure to check out their lunch specials and daily specials for unique and delicious meals.
Lunch Special
Pad Thai (Lunch)
Stirred fried rice noodles with egg, tofu, and beansprouts in homemade pad thai sauce. Served with fried spring rolls and Salad on the side.
Pad Kee Maow (Drunken Noodles) (Lunch)
Stir-fried broad rice noodles with seasoning vegetables in homemade drunken noodles sauce. Served with fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Pad See Ew (Lunch)
Stir-fried broad rice noodles with seasoning vegetables in homemade pad see ew sauce. Served with fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Thai Fried Rice (Lunch)
Stir-fried jasmine rice with seasoning vegetables in homemade sauce. Served with fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Green Curry (Lunch)
Homemade green curry with seasoning vegetables. Served with jasmine rice and fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Red Curry (Lunch)
Homemade red curry with seasoning vegetables. Served with jasmine rice and fried spring rolls and and salad on the side.
Massaman Curry (Lunch)
Homemade massaman curry sauce with potato, carrots, peanuts, and cabbage. Served with jasmine rice and fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Basil Sauce (Lunch)
Stir-fried seasoning vegetables in homemade Thai basil sauce. Served with jasmine rice and fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Garlic Sauce (Lunch)
Stir-fried seasoning vegetables in homemade garlic sauce. Served with jasmine rice and fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Ginger Sauce (Lunch)
Stir-fried seasoning vegetables in homemade ginger sauce. Served with jasmine rice and fried spring rolls and salad on the side.
Lao Crepe ( 1 piece )
Rice flour crepe with chicken, beansprout and topped with scallion - cilantro mixed and fried garlic. Served with sauce topped with crushed peanuts.
Fried Tofu
Crispy tofu served with house sauce topped with scallion - cilantro mixed, topped with crushed peanuts.
Thai Spring Rolls
Fried vegetarian spring rolls served with house sauce topped with scallion - cilantro mixed and crushed peanuts.
Steamed Vegetables Dumpling
Steamed vegetarian dumpling served with thai sweet soy sauce topped with scallion - cilantro mixed and crushed fried garlic.
Thai Chicken and Shrimp Dumpling
Steamed chicken and shrimp wrapped with dumpling skin served with thai sweet soy sauce topped with scallion - cilantro mixed and crushed fried garlic.
Fried Curry Puff
Fried vegetable curry puffs served iwith homemade house sauce.
Lao Fresh Rolls (2 pieces)
Soft rice paper with vermicelli rice noodles, shrimp, scallion-cilantro mixed and lettuce. Served with house sauce topped with crushed peanuts.
Lao Chicken Wing Pieces
Fried chicken wing pieces sprinkled with fried garlic and served with house sauce topped with scallion - cilantro mixed.
Grilled Chicken Satay
Served with peanut sauce and house sauce
Grilled Pork Skewers (Moo Ping)
Served with house sauce.
Chive Pancake (Kui Chai)
Serve with sweet soy sauce
Fried Duck Spring Rolls
Served with house sauce
Fried Coconut Shrimp
Fried Breaded Coconut Shrimp served with homemade sweet chili sauce. Topped with peanut and scallion-cilantro mixed.
Edamame
Steamed Japanese green beans
Koong Kra Bork ( Fried Shrimp Roll )
Fried Shrimp Roll, served with house sauce.
Avocado Sumer Roll (Vegetarian)
Avocado, Rice noodles, vegetables wrapped with the rice wrapped, Served with homemade peanut sauce.
Appetizer
Appetizer Soup
Tom Yum Koong (Small Size)
Hot and sour soup. Spicy lemongrass shrimp soup with napa cabbage topped with scallion-cilantro mixed and sprinkled with lime leaves.
Tom Kha Gai Thai Style (Small size)
Thai coconut milk soup. Chicken soup with coconut milk, napa cabbage topped with scallion-cilantro mixed and sprinkled with lime leaves.
Tom Kha Gai Lao Style (Small size)
Chicken in thai herbs soup with, napa cabbage topped with scallion-cilantro mixed and sprinkled with lime leaves.
Chicken Wonton Soup (Thai Dumpling Soup)
Thai chicken dumpling soup, cabbage, carrots, onion, scallion-cilantro mixed and fried garlic.
House Salad
Mixed vegetables served with peanut sauce
Mango Salad with Butterfly Shrimp (Yum ma moeng)
Fresh green mango, red onion, scallion, cilantro, chili lime garlic sauce
Som Tum Thai Style
Thai papaya salad with shredded green papaya with tomatoes, peanut, string bean, chili lime garlic sauce. served with sticky rice and cabbage.
Som Tum Lao
Lao papaya salad with anchovy sauce. Shredded green papaya with tomatoes, lime, garlic and chili peppers with special homemade lao sauce. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Som Tum Poo
Lao papaya salad with salted crab and anchovy sauce. Shredded green papaya with hard-shell crab anchovy sauce, tomatoes, lime, garlic, chili, peppers and special special homemade lao sauce. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Yum Woon Sen Lao Style
Lao glass noodles salad. Clear bean thread noodles with shrimp, chicken and seasonal mixed vegetables in homemade fresh lime garlic sauce topped with scallion-cilantro mixed.
Salad & Lao Menu
Noodles Soup Thai-Lao Style
Pho Soup (Lao Style)
Pho homemade broth with fried garlic, rice noodle, beansprout,napa cabbage and scallion-cilantro mixed and fried garlic.
Tom Yum Pho (Lao Style)
Hot and sour lemongrass broth soup with rice noodle, lime leave, beansprout, mushroom, napa cabbage and scallion-cilantro mixed.
Sukiyaki Soup
Clear bean thread noodles in a homemade style broth with seasonal mixed vegetable.
Pad Thai Noodle
Sauteed rice noodle with tofu, beansprouts, scallion and egg. Served with peanuts and lime wedge.
Pad Khee Mao Noodle
Spicy drunken noodles. Sauted broad rice noodle with basil, sauce and seasonal mixed vegetables.
Pad See Ew Noodle
Sauteed broad ice noodle with seasonal mixed vegetables in brown house sauce.
Lad Nah Noodle
Sauteed broad ice noodle with brown gravy sauce, seasonal mixed vegetables and topped with scallion-cilantro and fried garlic.
Noodle Dishes
Sauteed
Garlic Sauce (Pad Kratiem)
Sauteed seasonal mixed vegetable in garlic sauce topped with fried garlic. Served with jasmine rice.
Thai Basil Sauce (Pad Kraprow)
Sauteed seasonal mixed vegetable in homemade chili sauce, basil and garlic. Served with jasmine rice.
Ginger Sauce (Pad Khing)
Sauteed seasonal mixed vegetable in fresh ginger sauce. Served with jasmine rice.
Green Curry
Spicy homemade thai green curry with coconut milk, basil and seasonal mixed vegetable. Served with jasmine rice.
Red Curry
Spicy homemade thai red curry with coconut milk, basil and seasonal mixed vegetable. Served with jasmine rice.
Massaman Curry
Potato, Onion, Cabbage, Carrots
Thai Avocado Curry
Sliced avocado, potato, Seasonal mixed vegetables, in Thai avocado curry
Curry
Fried Rice
Thai Fried Rice
Stir-fried thai jasmine rice with eggs, seasonal mixed vegetable, in a light brown sauce.
Basil Fried Rice
Stir-fried thai jasmine rice with eggs, basil and seasonal mixed vegetable in a light brown sauce.
Pineapple Fried Rice
Stir-fried thai jasmine rice with eggs, pineapple and seasonal mixed vegetable in a light brown sauce.
Crabmeat Fried Rice
Stir-fried thai jasmine rice with eggs, real crabmeat and seasonal mixed vegetable in a light brown sauce.
Larb Gai (Lao Minced Chicken sala)
Chicken. Larb is a distinctive kind of lao salad which minced meat with special homemade Lao sauce, lime, rice powder, galangal and scallion-cilantro mixed. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Larb Moo (Lao Minced Pork Salad)
Pork. Larb is a distinctive kind of lao salad which minced meat with special homemade Lao sauce, lime, rice powder, galangal and scallion-cilantro mixed. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Larb Tofu (Vegetarain Minced tofu salad)
Larb is a distinctive kind of lao salad which minced meat with special homemade Lao sauce, lime, rice powder, galangal and scallion-cilantro mixed. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Larb Nuer ( Lao Minced Beef Salad)
Beef and tripe. Larb is a distinctive kind of lao salad which minced meat with special homemade Lao sauce, lime, rice powder, galangal and scallion-cilantro mixed. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Larb Pla (Lao Minced Fish Salad)
Fish. Larb is a distinctive kind of lao salad which minced meat with special homemade Lao sauce, lime, rice powder, galangal and scallion-cilantro mixed. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Larb Hoi (Sliced Conch Salad)
Conch. Larb is a distinctive kind of lao salad which minced meat with special homemade Lao sauce, lime, rice powder, galangal and scallion-cilantro mixed. Served with cabbage and sticky rice.
Esan - Lao Menu (Served with Rice or Sticky Rice)
Meat and Poultry
Grilled Pork Chop With Garlic Sauce
Grilled Pork Chop with stir fried mixed vegetables in fresh garlic sauce
Grilled Pork Chop With Pineapple Fried Rice
Grilled pork chop with over pineapple fried rice. egg, onion, Chinese broccoli, carrots, cabbage, string bean.
Nam Khao (Crispy Fried Rice)
Crispy fried rice with fermented pork sausage, lime juice with Lao seasonings, garlic, scallion cilantro mixed. Served with lettuce and house sauce.
Esan Sausage ( Fermented Pork Sausage Lao Style)
Fermented. Ground pork, garlic, onion, lime leave, lemongrass, topped with scallion-cilantro mixed and fresh ginger. Served with sticky rice.
Yum Moo (Lao Pork Salad)
Cooked slice pork with onion, cabbage, napa cabbage, tomatoes, scallion- cilantro mixed, lime juice in lao seasonings. Served with Jasmine rice.
Yum Nuer (Lao Beef Salad)
Cooked slice beef with onion, cabbage, napa cabbage, tomatoes, scallion- cilantro mixed, lime juice in lao seasonings. Served with Jasmine rice.
Esan Sausage Basil Fried Rice
Stir-fried fermented pork sausage cooked with jasmine rice, egg, basil, seasonal mixed vegetable in a light homemade brown sauce.
Flog legs with Garlic Sauce
Stir fried flog leg with mixed vegetables in fresh garlic sauce.
Duck Basil Sauce
Sauted mixed seasonal veggie in basil sauce with sliced duck
Duck Tamarind Sauce
Steamed mixed vegetables and slice roasted duck with tamarind sauce.
Seafood Long Song
Sauteed seafood with seasonal mixed vegetable in garlic sauce topped with fried garlic. Served with jasmine rice.
Seafood Basil Sauce
Sauteed seafood with seasonal mixed vegetable in basil sauce topped with fried garlic. Served with jasmine rice.
Soft Shell Crab Green Curry
Fried soft shell crab, seasonal mixed vegetable in green curry sauce. Served with jasmine rice.
Green Papaya Pad Thai with Shrimp.
Sauteed shredded green papaya with tofu, beansprout and egg. Served with peanut and lime wedge.
Seafood Dishes
Fish Dishes
Salmon Green Curry
Fried fillet salmon, seasonal mixed vegetable in green curry sauce. Served with jasmine rice.
Salmon Lad Prik
Fried fillet salmon, shredded cabbage, scallion-cilantro mixed in homemade spicy sweet chili sauce. Served with jasmine rice.
Salmon Basil Sauce
Fried fillet salmon, with seasonal mixed vegetable in basil sauce topped with fried garlic. Served with jasmine rice.
Fried whole Red Snapper Ginger (1 lbs size)
(1 lbs size) Fried whole red snapper with ginger sauce; fresh ginger, seasonal mixed veggies and light brown sauce.
Fried whole Red Snapper Lad Prik (1 lbs size)
Fried whole red snapper with sweet chili sauce sauce; fresh dried garlic, seasonal mixed veggies.
Fried whole Red Snapper Garlic (1 lbs size)
Fried whole red snapper with garlic sauce; fresh garlic, seasonal mixed veggies and light brown sauce.
Fried whole Red Snapper Green Curry (1 lbs size)
Fried whole red snapper with green curry sauce; fresh green coconut milk curry, seasonal mixed veggies.
Fried whole Red Snapper Red Curry (1 lbs size)
Fried whole red snapper with red curry sauce; fresh green coconut milk curry, seasonal mixed veggies.
Special Lao Soup
Homemade broth Laotian style with bean sprout, seasonal mixed vegetable.
Salmon Head Soup
Salmon head cooked in lao homemade broth. Served with jasmine rice.
Special Soup
Desserts
Mango with Coconut Sticky Rice
Sweet mango served with coconut sticky rice topped with coconut sauce.
Fried Banana Wraps
Banana rolled in spring roll pastry and deep fried, topped with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle.
Pumpkin Custard
Thai homemade pumpkin custard.
Khanom Khrok Our Signature Dessert
Rice flour mini pancakes with creamy coconut center and palm sugar, topped with chive. Made on a special hot cast-iron pan.
Thai Ice Tea
Homemade Thai Ice Tea; an orange colored drink made from Thai tea leave, milk and sugar. (Size 16 or 32 once)
Thai Ice Coffee
Homemade Thai Traditional Coffee; Thai ice coffee mixed with milk and sugar. (Size 16 or 32 once)
Coconut Water
Homemade Thai coconut water with coconut meat. (Size 16 or 32 once)
Lychee Juice
Homemade Thai lychee juice with Fresh Lychee Fruit. (Size 16 or 32 once)
Soda
Bottled Water
Perfect Purified. Empowered Drinking Water.
Thai Ice Green Tea
A green color drink made from thai green tea leave, milk and sugar.
Lemonade
Berry Hibiscus Drink
Drinks
Side Order
White Rice
Steamed Sticky Rice
Brown Rice
Steamed Rice Noodles
Homemade Peanut Sauce (Small Size)
Homemade "Pho Thai Lao Special Peanut sauce" (Size 8 once)
LAO Hot Sauce (Homemade Spicy Sauce)
Pho Thai Lao special homemade fresh Thai chili hot sauce. We use special seasonal Thai chili mixed with our special sauce; perfectly spicy for spicy lover. (5 once)
LAO Hot Sauce (5 oz)
Pho Thai Lao special homemade fresh Thai chili hot sauce. We use special seasonal Thai chili mixed with our special sauce; perfectly spicy for spicy lover. (5 once)