Thai Canteen Menu (Update 2025)
Thai Canteen, located in Davis, CA, offers a wide range of delicious Thai noodle dishes with various options for vegetarians and pescatarians. From crispy chicken skin to duck fried rice and grilled meatballs, the menu is filled with flavorful and authentic choices. Customers praise the Tomkha soup for its sweet, sour, and creamy taste, along with other dishes like crab fried rice and pad see ew. The dining space is described as casual and welcoming, perfect for enjoying meals with family or friends. While some caution about the spice levels varying based on the chef, overall, the food is highly praised for its flavors and affordability. The staff, including servers like Sam, are attentive and helpful, making dining experiences enjoyable. With options for outdoor seating, delivery, and takeout, Thai Canteen is a must-try spot for Thai food enthusiasts.
Davis's Favorite
Crispy chicken skin
Deep fry chicken skin serve with sweet chili sauce
Deep fry pork strip (Muu Todd)
Deep fry pork with lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves.
Duck fried rice
Thai fried rice with roasted duck, tomatoes, egg, onions, and sliced of cucumber.
Grilled meat balls
Grilled beef balls serve with Thai style spicy dipping sauce . 8 pcs
KANOM GUI CHAI "Chive cake"
Thai pan-fried chive cakes with house made fried garlic and ginger soy sauce.
Mama Pad Si Ew
Stir- fried instant noodle with Chinese broccoli , egg and sweet soy sauce. Gluten fee , Vegan , Vegetarian option available !!
Mama Pad Kee Mao
stir fried ramen noodles with bell peppers, basil, onions, green beans, baby corn and chili. choice of meat or tofu.
Pad ma kur-kai dow
Stir fried Chinese eggplant, bell peppers, basil, and choice of meat or tofu in mild spicy roasted chili sauce. Served with jasmine steamed rice and Thai fried egg.
Pineapple fried rice
Thai fried rice with pineapple, egg, cashew nuts, onions, sliced of cucumber and choice of meat or tofu.
Red Curry
Bamboo shoot, bell peppers, basil, and choice of meat or tofu in coconut red curry. Served with steamed jasmine rice.
Thai fried rice
Thai fried rice, choice of meat or tofu, tomatoes, egg, onions, and sliced of cucumber.
Moo Tod Fried Rice
Thai garlic fried rice with onions, eggs and tomatoes in a Thai soy sauce topped with lemongrass fried pork.
Khao Phat Gai Todd
Deep fried crispy chicken over fried rice serve with Thai style garlic sweet and sour sauce
26 Padthai
GF / VG / VRStir-fried rice stick noodle with egg, nuts, sprouts, and chives
30 Gai Satay
Grilled skewered marinated strips of chicken
Popular Items
Rice Plates
1 Crispy pork belly
Crispy house-cured pork belly stir-fried with Chinese broccoli.
2 Kao Nar Bpet
Grilled honey roasted duck over rice
3 Goong Gra-Tiem
Pan-fried prawns in Thai garlic pepper
4 Kang Kari
GF / VG / VRMild yellow curry of chicken, carrots, and potatoes
5 Panang Nuer
Beef in semi-spicy kaffir panang curry
6 Kao Pad Poo
Crab fried rice
7 Pad Gra Prow
GF / VG / VRStir-fried bell peppers, onions, chili and basil
8 Pad Khing
GF / VG / VRStir-fried peppers, mushroom, onions, and fresh ginger
9 Pad Priew Wan
GF / VG / VRSauted tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, green onions, and pineapples in sweet and sour sauce
10 Pad Med Mamuang
VR / Stir-fried cashew nuts, water chestnuts, onions and roasted chilies
11 Praramrong Song
VR / Choice of meat with curried peanut sauce served over steamed spinach
12 Kao Pad Kiow Wan
VR / Green curry fried rice
13 Kang Kiow Wan
VR / Eggplant, bell peppers and basil in green curry
22 Khanom Pak Gard (not noodle)
VG / VRPan-fried turnip cakes with egg, sprouts, and chives served with Sriracha sauce
23 Gkuay Dtiow Reur
Flank steak, beef stew and meat balls served with Chinese broccoli in mild spicy rice noodle soup
24 Giow Nahmmu Daeng
Soup of Thai pork wontons with roast pork**w/ egg noodle +$1**
27 Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles)
GF / VG Wide rice noodles stir-fried with bell peppers, green bean, basil, and mild spicy Thai chili.
28 Pad Si Ew
GF / VG / VRWide rice noodles stir-fried with Chinese broccoli and egg in Thai sweet soy sauce
25 Bamee Ped Yang
Noodle
Salad
14 Som Tum
GF / VG / VRGreen papaya string beans tomatoes peanuts tossed in garlic lime juice
16 Larb Gai
Minced chicken tossed with parched rice ginger chili lime juice
18 Nuer Namtok
Grilled sliced steak tossed with parched rice in kaffir, lemongrass, and chili lime juice
19 Larb Bpet
Salad of diced duck breast, cilantro, shallot, and parched rice with chili lime juice Cucumber Salad.
20 Tom Yum
VR / VGChicken, lemongrass, kaffir leaves, cilantro mushroom, and tomatoes in mild spicy and sour broth**to substitute for prawns +$2**
21 Tom Kha
Chicken, lemongrass, kaffir leaves, cilantro, mushroom in coconut milk broth
Soup
Snacks
29 Paupia
VR /Crispy vegetable egg rolls
31 Kieow Za
Pan-fried chicken & vegetable dumplings
32 Plamuk Tod
Salt and pepper golden calamari
33 Tao hoo tod
VG / VRFried tofu with sweet & sour sauce
34 Peurk Tod
VG / VRCrispy taro fries
35 Kao Phod Tod
VG / VRDeep fried sweetcorn patties
37 Tod man pla
Thai style fish cakes
38 Goong Ka Bok
Crispy shrimp rolls
Brown Rice
GF / VG / VR
peanut sauce
VR
steamed rice
GF / VG / VR
Steamed Vegetables
GF / VG / VR . Carrots, Broccoli, Cabbage and Green beans
Sticky Rice
GF / VG / VR
Thai fried egg
Roti
Extra
Dessert
Fried Banana
Banana wrapped in wonton skin and fry. Topped with honey and sesame seeds.
Fried Sesame Balls
Fried sesame balls with red bean filling (7) PCS
Mango sticky rice
Thai dessert made with sweet rice, fresh ripe mango and coconut milk. Our sticky rice is purple color made from butterfly pea flowers from Thailand .
Roti Sweet Milk
Pan-fried Indian bread topped with sweetened condensed milk and sugar.
Coca-Cola
Diet coke
Lemonade
Powerade
Regular iced tea
Sprite
Sweetened Green tea
Vitamilk Soy Milk
Vitamilk, Thai soy milk
Bottle Water
Cream Soda
Japanese cream soda! choice of mango or melon flavor
Green milk tea
Lemon Thai tea
Palms juice
Palms juice bottle 320ml.
S. pellegrino
Thai iced coffee
Thai iced tea
Happy Dad
Hard Seltzer ( ABV 5 % )
Beverage
Beer
Beerlao Btls 6Pk
Must be 21 to purchase
Singha Btls 6Pk
Enjoy the refreshing, exotic flavor of this Thai lager beer. Must be 21 to purchase
Beer Lao
Heineken Bottle
Heineken Btls 6 Pack (one pack limit per person/da
Lucky Buddha
Lucky Buddha Btls 6 Pack (one pack limit per perso
Sierra Nevada Bottle (Pale Ale)
Sierra Nevada Btls Pack (one pack limit per person
Singha Bottle
The refreshing, exotic flavor of this Thai lager beer