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  • Thai Essence Restaurant

Thai Essence Restaurant

(973) 542-0128
  • 231 Franklin Ave, Nutley, NJ 07110
  • Thai
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  • Menu
  • Special Appetizers
    • Sampler Platter Trio $27.5

      Chicken Sate, Chicken Curry Putts and Thai Spring rolls.

    • Steamed Mussels $13.2

      With Lemongrass, garlic, lime leave and Basil.

    • Yum Grilled Spicy Scallop $16.5

      Grilled Scallops tossed in chili lime sauce, lemongrass, gralic and red onion.

    • Crispy Duck Salad $16.5

      Roasted duck tossed with julienne apple, carrots, mushrooms, red onions, chili paste, lime juice, ground peanuts and Thai condiments.

  • Special Entrée
    • Salt and pepper Shrimp Garlic $27.45

      Jumbo shrimp in aromatic spices with roasted garlic and scallions.

    • Ruby Tuna $28.55

      Pan seared Tuna served with teriyaki ginger sauce

    • Crispy Pan Fried Salmon $28.55

      With light caramel sauce and truffle oil on a bed of sautéed spinach.

    • Shrimp Rama (GF) $27.45

      Grilled jumbo shrimps served with sautéed spinach topped with roasted peanuts fried shallots and peanuts sauce.

    • Saucy Jumbo Shrimp $28.55

      Served with herbs, chopped scallops and garlic sauce

    • Sizzling Salmon (Grilled) $28.55

      with minced shrimps, scallops, shallots and garlic. Served with sautéed spinach

  • Dinner Appetizers
    • Crab Meat Pancake $11

      Stuffed crab meat and taro topped with avocado salad and peach dipped sauce.

    • Chicken Satay $13.2

      Marinated chicken on skewer with coconut milk, turmeric curry and Thai herbs. Served with peanut sauce and cucumber salad.

    • Fried Calamari $12.65

    • Dim Sim $11

      Steamed shrimp and fresh crabmeat ravioli served with Worcestershire dipped sauce.

    • Chicken Dumplings $9.9

      Steamed chicken dumpings served with house garlic-soy dipping

    • Vegetable Thai Spring Rolls $9.35

      Served with sweet plum sauce.

    • Chicken Curry Puff $10.45

      Thai pastry stuffed with grounded chicken, sweet potatoes, carrots and onion, served with cucumber salad.

    • Fresh Basil Rolls (GF) $8.8

      With carrots, shiitake mushroom, romaine lettuce, Thai basil and mints wrapped in thin rice paper served with homemade Hoi sin sauce.

    • Seared Tuna Sashimi (GF) $16.5

      With mustard ginger and salad vinaigrette medley.

  • Dinner Soups
    • Mushroom (GF) $7.7

      Comnimation of mushroom in a clear broth soup.

    • Fresh Crabmeat Soup $9.35

      With mushrooms.

    • Ravioli Soup $8.8

      Shrimp and crab meat ravioli in clear broth soup with mixed vegetable

    • Tom Kha Gai (GF) $8.25

      Chicken coconut soup with fresh kaffir, lime leaf and gaiangal

    • Tom Yum Koong (GF) $8.25

      Spicy and sour shrimp soup with mushroom and lemon grass.

    • Soup de Jour $7.7

  • Dinner Salad
    • Papaya Salad (GF) $13.2

      With shrimp, tomato, string bean, fresh garlic, lime juice and Thai condiments.

    • Spicy Beef Salad $16.5

      Sliced charcoal broiled steak with cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, lime juice, mint, fresh chili, and Thai herbs.

    • Thai Essence Salad (GF) $7.7

      With lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, bean curd and chips served with Thai peanut dressing.

    • Squid Salad $13.2

      Tossed with lime juice, lemongrass, fresh garlic, Thai chili paste, tomatoes, and Thai condiments.

    • Mixed Green Salad (GF) $9.35

      Simple green mixed salad with house balsamic or peanuts dressing.

  • Curry
    • Red Curry (GF) $18.65

      Coconut milk, red curry paste, bamboo, mixed vegetables and basil

    • Massaman Curry (GF) $18.65

      With red potatoes, avocodo, red onion, peanuts and coconut milk.

    • Green Curry $18.65

      Coconut milk, green curry paste, bamboo, mix vegetables and basil

    • Jungle Curry $18.65

  • Grilled
    • Grilled Beef $23.65

      Grilled orders are served with sticky rice wrap in banana leaves and grilled vegetables.

    • Grilled Lemongrass Chicken $22.55

    • Grilled Salmon $29.15

      Grilled orders are served with sticky rice wrap in banana leaves and grilled vegetables.

    • Grilled Jumbo Shrimp $28.05

      Grilled orders are served with sticky rice wrap in banana leaves and grilled vegetables.

    • Grilled Squid $28.05

      Grilled orders are served with sticky rice wrap in banana leaves and grilled vegetables.

  • Duck
    • Duck Honey $32.45

      Roasted half boneless duck topped with our honey ginger sauce and Asian greens.

    • Essence Duck Curry $32.45

    • Duck Tamarind $32.45

  • Sauteed
    • Gra Pao (Basil) $17.55

    • Cashew Nuts $17.55

      Sautéed with cashew nuts, chili paste, onion, mushrooms, and broccoli.

    • Pad Khing (Ginger) $17.55

  • Noodles
    • Pad Thai (GF) $17.55

      A famous Thai street food stir-fry rice noodle with egg, scallion, beansprout, bean curd and roasted groung peanut.

    • Drunken Noodle $17.55

      Stir-fry flat rice noodle with chili, onion, mixed vegetables and basil.

    • Pad See Ew $17.55

      Stir-fry flat noodles with black soy sauce, egg and Asian broccoli.

    • Lad Na $17.55

      Pan fried flat noodles with Chinese broccoli in brown gravy sauce.

  • Seafood
    • Crystal Shrimp Pineapple $28.05

      Crispy pan fried jumbo shrimp the bed of sauteed spinach topped with sauteed garlic, shallots and fresh pineapple

    • Pla Rad Prik (Fish in Thai Chili Sauce) $35.75

      Crispy fried red snapper (whole or fillet) topped with three flavors of tamarind chili sauce served with Asian greens.

    • Fish Falling in Love $39.05

      Deep-fried whole or fillet of red snapper topped with saute sweet and sour sauce, fresh ginger and mixed vegetable

    • Grilled Tuna $29.15

      With roasted gralic, chili sauce, mushrooms, green peppercorn and thai basil

    • Essence Salmon Curry $29.15

      Grilled salmon with green curry, basil and mixed vegetables.

    • Fried Squid Curry $28.05

      Crispy fried squid topped with green coconut curry and mixed vegetables.

  • Rice Dishes
    • Drunken Fried Rice $19.75

      Spicy fried rice with chicken and shrimp, egg, onion, red bell pepper and basil.

    • Fried Rice $17.55

      with egg, onion and mix vegetables

    • Essence Fried Rice $19.75

      With mixed seafood fresh pineapple, egg, onion, and mixed vegetables.

    • Vegetable Fried Rice $17.55

      with egg, onion = and mixed vegetables.

    • Crab Meat Fried Rice $19.75

      with egg and mixed vegetables

  • Kids Mains
    • French Fries $6.6

    • Vegetable Tempura $7.7

    • Chicken Fingers with French fries $11

    • Hot Dogs with French fries $11

    • Kid Chicken noodle Soup $6.6

  • Sides
    • Steamed vegetables $5.5

    • Brown Rice $3.3

    • Jasmine Rice $3.3

    • Sticky Rice $4.4

    • Steamed Noodles $5.5

  • Drinks
    • Thai Iced Tea $4.95

    • Soft Drinks $3.85

    • Thai Iced Coffee $4.95

    • Juices $3.85

    • Bottle Water $4.4

    • Unsweetened Iced Tea $3.85

    • Coconut Water $5.5

  • Desserts
    • Sweet Mango with Coconut Sticky Rice $9.9

    • Creme brûlée $9.9

  • Special Appetizers
    • Sampler Platter Trio $27.5

      Chicken satay, chicken curry puffs, and thai spring roll

    • Steamed Mussels $13.2

      With Lemongrass, garlic, lime leave and Basil.

    • Crispy duck Salad $16.5

      Roasted duck tossed with julienne apple, carrots, mushrooms, red onions, chilli paste, lime juice, ground peanuts and Thai condiments.

  • Special Entrée
    • Crispy Pan Fried Salmon $16.5

      With light caramel sauce and truffle oil on a bed of sautéed spinach.

    • Duck Honey $16.5

      Roasted half boneless duck tapped with our honey ginger sauce and Asian greens.

    • Grilled Lemongrass Chicken $15.4

      Served with papaya salad and toasted sticky rice.

    • Essence Salmon Curry (GF) $16.5

      Grilled salmon with green curry, basil and mix vegetables.

    • Essence Duck Curry $16.5

      Roasted half boneless duck tapped with our honey ginger sauce and Asian greens.

    • Crab meat fried rice $16.5

      With egg, onion and mixed vegetables.

  • Appetizers
    • Vegetable Thai Spring Rolls $9.35

      Served with sweet plum sauce.

    • Chicken Curry Puff $10.45

      Thai pastry stuffed with grounded chicken, sweet potatoes, carrots and onion. Served with cucumber salad.

    • Chicken Dumpling $9.9

      Steamed chicken dumpings served with house garlic-soy dipping.

    • Fried Calamari $12.65

      Served with Thai sweet and sour sauce

    • Fresh Basil Rolls (GF) $8.8

      With carrots, shiitake mushroom, romaine lettuce, Thai basil and mints wrapped in thin rice paper served with homemade Hoi sin sauce.

    • Chicken Satay $13.2

      Marinated chicken on skewer with coconut milk, tumeric curry and Thai herbs. Seved with peanut sauce and cucumber salad.

    • Crab Meat Pancake $11

      Stuffed carb meat and taro topped with avocado salad and peach dipping sauce.

    • Dim Sim $9.9

      Steamed shrimp and fresh crabmeat ravioli served with worcestershire dipping sauce

    • Seared Tuna Sashimi (GF) $16.5

      With mustard ginger and salad vinaigrette medley.

  • Salad
    • Squid Salad $13.2

      Tossed with lime juice, lemongrass, fresh garlic, Thai chili paste, tomatoes, and Thai condiments.

    • Papaya Salad (GF) $13.2

      With shrimp, tomato, string bean, fresh garlic, lime juice and Thai condiments.

    • Thai Essence Salad (GF) $7.7

      With lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, bean curd and chips served with Thai peanut dressing.

    • Mixed Green Salad (GF) $9.35

      Simple green mixed salad with house balsamic or peanuts dressing.

    • Spicy Beef Salad $14.3

      Sliced charcoal broiled steak with lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, scallions, lime juice, mint, fresh chili, and Thai herbs.

  • Soups
    • Fresh Crabmeat Soup $9.35

      With mushroom.

    • Mushroom (GF) $7.7

      Comnimation of mushroom in a clear broth soup.

    • Tom Kha Gai $7.7

    • Tom Yum Koong (GF) $8.25

      Spicy and sour shrimp soup with mushroom and lemon grass.

    • Ravioli Soup $8.8

      Shrimp and crab meat ravioli in clear broth soup with mixed vegetable

    • Soup de Jour $7.7

  • Entrée
    • Fried Rice $14.25

      Choice of Beef, Chicken, or shrimp with mixed vegetables.

    • Red Curry (GF) $14.25

      Coconut milk, red curry paste, bamboo, mixed vegetables and basil.

    • Essence Fried Rice $14.25

      With egg, fresh pineapple, and mixed vegetables.

    • Green Curry $14.25

      coconut milk, green curry pasta, bamboo, mix vegetable and basil

    • Masaman Curry (GF) $14.25

      With red potatoes, avacado, red onion, peanuts and coconut milk.

    • Gra Pao (Basil) $14.25

      Sautéed with Thai basil, mushrooms, chili pepper, and mixed vegetables.

    • Jungle Curry (GF) $14.25

      With rhizome, bamboo shoots, bell pepper, and fresh Thai basil.

    • Drunken fried rice $14.25

    • Cashew Nuts $14.25

      Sautéed with cashew nuts, chilli paste, scallions, mushroom and broccoli

    • Pad Khing (Ginger) $14.25

      Sautéed with fresh ginger, mushrooms, onions and mixed vegetables.

  • Lunch Noodles
    • Drunken Noodles $14.25

      Stir-fry flat rice noodle with chili, onion, mixed vegetables and basil.

    • Pad Thai $14.25

      Stir-fried rice noodles, egg, bean curds, bean sprouts, scallions and peanut. Gluten free.

    • Pad See Ew $14.25

      Stir-fry flat noodles with black soy sauce, egg and Asian broccoli.

    • Lad Na $14.25

      Pan fried flat noodles with Chinese broccoli in brown gravy sauce.

  • Kids Mains
    • French Fries $6.6

    • Vegetable Tempura $7.7

    • Chicken Fingers with French fries $11

    • Hot Dogs with French fries $11

    • Kid Chicken noodle Soup $6.6

  • Sides
    • Steamed vegetables $5.5

    • Brown Rice $3.3

      Gluten free.

    • Jasmine Rice $3.3

      Gluten free.

    • Sticky Rice $4.4

      Gluten free.

    • Steamed Noodles $5.5

      Gluten free

  • Drinks
    • Thai Iced Tea $4.95

    • Soft Drinks $3.85

    • Thai Iced Coffee $4.95

    • Juices $3.85

    • Bottle Water $4.4

    • Unsweetened Iced Tea $3.85

    • Coconut Water $5.5

  • Desserts
    • Sweet Mango with Coconut Sticky Rice $9.9

    • Creme brûlée $9.9

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