$$$ - expensive
Thai
Nearly all-Vegan Asian/Thai Cuisine!
Fresh Mint is a Thai Vegetarian restaurant in north Scottsdale that is nearly 100% Vegan. Appetizers run $6, Salads $8, Soups $6-$8, and entrees $10-14.
Appetizers include:
Imperial Rolls (deep-fried Spring rolls with tofu)
Fresh Summer Rolls (Veggies and tofu wrapped in rice paper)
Cucumber Rolls (Veggies and tofu rolled in thinly sliced cucumber)
Veggie Kabob (Eggplant, mushrooms, red bell peper, tofu, and zucchini covered in BBQ peanut sauce)
Salads:
Green Papaya (with Veggies, papaya, soy beef and tofu)
Fresh Mint (with Veggies, tofu, and fresh mint sauce)
Lotus (Veggies, lotus shoots, fresh mint lemon vinegar, peanuts)
Fresh Island Green (Organic spring mix, granny smith apples, pineapples, candied walnuts, cranberries, in a mint tangerine vinaigrette)
Soups
Vietnamese Sweet and Sour (with pineapple and tofu)
Spicy Lemongress (with tofu and noodles)
Five Spice Noodle Soup (with soy beef and tofu)
Fresh Garden Vegetable
Noodle Dishes
Pad Thai
Lemongrass Soy Beef (with vermicelli noodles)
Imperial Roll Noodles (Imperial Rolls served with rice noodles)
Stir Fried Noodles (rice noodles topped with Veggies and tofu)
Entrees (served with Veggies and either white or brown rice):
>Rainbow Wonder (Veggies wokked with mushrooms and sesame ginger garlic sauce)
>Fresh Mint Tomatoes (stuff tomates with Veggies, tofu, sesame giner sauce)
>Eggplant Basil (eggplant with tofu and basil in a mild spicy garlic sauce)
>Lemongrass Tofu (tofu, seaweed, bean curd rolled and seasoned in a tangy sweet red sesame ginger sauce)
>Curry Vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatees, and tofu in curry sauce served with your choice of noodles)
>Vegetable Fried Rice (with tofu)
>Soy Chicken Delight (with ginger and green onion)
>Lemongrass Curry (tofu or eggplant in a coconut curry sauce)
>Sesame Soybean (tofu, snow peas in a tangy sesame seed sauce)
>Spicy Ginger Soy Beef (snow peas, carrots, onion in a garlic sauce)
Vegan Chef's Specials
>Citrus Spare Ribs (with assorted Veggies)
>Black Pepper Steak (with Veggies and Potatoes)
>Curry Apple Tofu (with pine nuts, tofu in a tumeric curry sauce)
>Chow Mein (with mushrooms, tofu, in a brown sauce)
>Kung Pao Soy Chicken (with Veggies and peanuts)
>Hot Pot (with tofu and assorted Veggies)
>Soy Fish in Clay Pot (with pineapple, green onion, ginger and Thai chilies)
Mushroom Wonder (roasted mushrooms in a fresh mint sauce with assorted Veggies)
Located on the NW corner of Scottsdale Rd and Thunderbird in Scottsdale.
Added by Steve Carlson on May 21 08 (updated Jul 19 08)
Reviews
This place was great! I loved the food, the atmosphere, the staff, and yes..even the dishes, which were adorable! Sadly, we live nowhere near this place, but I am happy to make the drive out there again!
We got the black pepper steak and the hot pot (upon the server's recommendation). The steak was decent but advertised as coming with roasted potatoes -- instead we got several strings of green beans. The hot pot was bland bland bland. I asked for more dressing because I thought it simply needed more sauce but when it came, I realized that the problem WAS with the uninspired flavorings. I ended up taking the hot pot home and flavoring it myself. For $14 per entree, I expected both bigger portions and better quality food. After getting our food and water, the server never returned to our table. We had several questions for her which we had ask at the prep station. Also we had to refill our own drinks at the soda station which was awkward because we had thought the server would come around to refill our drinks. At these prices, we had assumed that at the very least, we would get a water refill.
Fresh Mint is a gem. Everything I've had here is wonderful! The service is top-notch and the restaurant is absolutely immaculate. I highly recommend this restaurant to all veg's out there; it's a wonderful addition to the veg restaurant scene in the valley!
I have eaten here twice and had the Soy Mongolian Beef, Soy Fish in a Clay Pot, and Kung Pao Soy Chicken. The food is good-my favorite was the Soy Fish. But in my opinion the prices are a little high. Probably because it is in Scottsdale. So I do recommend this restaurant, but it could be better. I would suggest larger portion sizes because if you are paying that much ($14 for an entree) they should be larger.
One nice touch is they give you a little stuffed animal at the end of the meal. Not sure why, but I received a little mermaid and an alien. Interesting. Good if you have children.