What to eat and drink this week
- Facebook: Fo Thai
- Fo Thai’s slow-cooked baby back ribs are half-price during happy hour.
Happy Hour and small plates could be the best way to discover if you’re going to be a regular at a new place. You get to sample a lot of what they have to offer without the concern of buyer’s remorse. In that vein, Fo Thai (4331 W. 119th St., Leawood) has launched a new cocktail menu, happy-hour specials and Thursday small-plates deals.
Fo Thai now serves more than 20 kinds of martinis and a collection of intriguing cocktails — the Elder 1 ($8) being the top contender for a new spring drink. It’s green tea vodka, elderflower liquor, Pimm’s, berry juice, lime juice and mint. The Asian fusion restaurant has also launched a series of daily drink specials — mojitos are $4 today, and signature martinis, regularly $10, are $5 on Thursdays.
Happy hour is from 4 to 6 p.m. every day and from 9 p.m. to close Sunday through Thursday. All appetizers are half-price (the tempura rock shrimp should be ordered), and there are three $5 bar menu items — chicken curry balls, Thai chicken and Thai basil margherita pizza. On Thursdays, there are smaller versions of menu standards, including pork pot stickers ($5), an oven-roasted chicken breast with Thai eggplant in a coconut curry sauce ($11), and Peking duck breast in a massaman curry sauce ($15).
