Bulan

This is the Bulan on Santa Monica in Silverlake, although they do have a location on Melrose. Serving vegetarian and vegan thai food, Bulan actually manages to offer a fairly accurate version of genuine Thai food.

Visits: 3

Andrew Says: I had eaten once at their Melrose location and been underwhelmed, however the Santa Monica spot has been very impressive. On my first visit I had the Pad Thai with 'chicken', which was quite tasty. The food presentation is very clean and precise, and it comes out so quickly that you'd swear the cook was psychic. I gambled on my second visit and tried the Prig Khing Fried Rice, which is fried rice with chili paste, basil, green beans, and 'pepper steak'. While the pepper steak was a tad rubbery, this dish was delicious. The perfect combination of spicy chili and smooth basil, I cleaned my plate and was tempted to order another to take home (but this time with 'chicken'). For dessert we had Banana rolls with coconut ice cream. The ice cream was great, with real chunks of meaty coconut, but the banana rolls were still frozen in the center, which was a letdown.

OVERALL: 4/5

VEG FRIENDLY: Extremely so. Everything is vegetarian, and (almost) anything can be made vegan.

DOG FRIENDLY: There is a bowl of water outside on the patio.

COST: Dinner for two with tea and dessert, $35