Chatayee Thai - City Center Thai Restaurant with Vegan Thai Menu

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Chatayee Thai debuted a vegan menu several years ago for a Vegan Food Week and it proved so popular they kept it and it often outsells their regular menu.  

The appetizers at Chatayee outperform their entrees.  We have enjoyed:

Massaman & Roti - vegetables in a soupy coconut peanut broth with puffy roti

Thung Tong - a fried beggar's purse filled with pumpkin, potato, and taro

Autumn Rolls - Fat fried spring rolls with root vegetables, cabbage, mushroom

Tod Mun Puk - roasted vegetable red curry corn fritters

I like their pad thai and the kang rawang hed (mushroom rawang curry)

I find their signature curries to be little thin and not very punchy.  Certainly a weaker part of their menu.  

Since we have good Thai options in DC, I'm not sure people would travel to Philly and then go to a Thai restaurant, but if you are faced with the dreaded vegan/veg/meat eater problem, Chatayee is a good choice. 

One note, their "outdoor" seating is basically tables out on the sidewalk next to a bus stop, so not great.