The shophouse is perhaps the most significant and iconic architectural style throughout Southeast Asia. Lining the narrow streets in the older quarters of such cities as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Hanoi, these atmospheric colonial buildings typically house hard-working entrepreneurial families upstairs who run bustling restaurants and markets on the ground floor.
These shops serve Asia's version of fast food - their tiny kitchens turning out fresh rice and noodle bowls laced with spicy sauces, marinated meats, and a flurry of herbs and vegetables in an astonishing array of different combinations. Remarkably light and well-balanced, it is the type of food you can eat everyday.
Food culture in Southeast Asia shows that food can be served lightning-quick, and it can be delicious, stylish, natural, nutritious, and affordable. So often here stateside we think of fast food as being based on lowest common-denominator tastes, cheap commodity ingredients, and soulless plastic environments. We don't believe it has to be this way.
Our recipes are are inspired by the flavor-forward and assertively-spiced cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Chilis, garlic, shallots, lemongrass, and galangal are just a handful of the ingredients that you'll find throughout ShopHouse dishes.
We serve meats that are raised responsibly, without the use of antibiotics or added hormones.