Saturday, Aug. 3 is a date to remember, and not just because it’s MY birthday. I’ll get to this in a moment.
Mai Kungkran Meyers, owner and namesake of Mai’s Thai (1411 E. 10th Street in Jeffersonville) is a beloved Southern Indiana legend, and I speak for many in expressing appreciation that she chose to bring her culinary skills to the Right Bank of the Ohio at a time when global flavor options around here were few in number.
In 2021, F&D’s editor-in-chief Marty Rosen provided testimony as to why Mai’s Thai matters.
Letter from the Editor: Mai’s Thai is 20 years old, and there’ll be a party
Here’s an excerpt:
I’ve written about Mai’s many times over the years — as have, I think, all of the food writers in the Louisville area. When Mai opened in Jeffersonville, our F&D colleague Susan Reigler reviewed the restaurant for The Courier-Journal. She said of an order of Pad Khing that its hint of ginger was “as delicate as a butterfly’s wing. It fluttered through the light-bodied sauce draping the...Read more
