Mana-Thai Cuisine in Mount Kisco, NY - Another Incredible Meal!

Alright folks, we're back with another delicious meal eaten at our favorite Thai restaurant, Mana-Thai Cuisine in Mount Kisco, NY.

We've previously reviewed Mana-Thai Cuisine, but we can only show you so many things at once!  If somehow you haven't read our previous review, please do so now at this link.  It has a few more pictures than we're showing you and gives you a good sense of what to expect.  

The long and the short of it?  Mana cooks world-class cuisine which is unrivaled, in unpretentious surroundings.  We had THE most amazing meal today - come take a look and drool.

This Thai Iced Tea was served in a glass jar.  Kitschy!

The lady, as her fashion, started the meal with a Thai Iced tea. Mana makes an excellent Iced tea - lots of flavor, and not swimming with cream or dairy the way some other places serve it. Nice and strong, and compliments the spice perfectly. I would get one myself but usually I'm fine with just a sip for flavor.

Merideth's mom's vegetable soup. Always delicious and filling - now you can make it too! :)

Dill, potatoes, carrots, onions, broccoli, celery,
sweet peas - soon, you will be delicious soup!

Stilton and apple soup - Rich, delicious, and an easy way to impress your friends!

Now, I haven't mention this before, but I LOVE a good soup.  Maybe it's that I chew my food so many times before I swallow it, and I like to be able to just scarf stuff down.  Or maybe because there's nothing on a cold day like a nice hot, hearty bowl of soup.  Either way, soup is delicious as an appetizer or even in this case, as a main course!

A chunk of Blue Stilton cheese.

Now, the main ingredient in this recipe is a cheese called Stilton.  If you've ever bought or had generic "blue cheese", this is probably Stilton that just wasn't good enough to be given that name.  Stilton is a blue cheese with an incredible taste and wonderful, creamy, crumbly texture.  It is arguably more mild than Roquefort or Gorgonzola, which are both similar blue cheeses - but of course, like any blue cheese, it's a little pungent :)

This recipe is delicious, straightforward, and is sure to impress your friends and guests.  It's also VERY filling - not surprising once you realize how much cheese in each bowl! :)

You will need a food processor for this recipe.  You CAN use a blender, but it will be a little more difficult and harder to get the smooth texture perfected.

The Best Chicken Soup recipe ever - with or without matzoh balls!

An eastern European delicacy - Chicken Soup!

Oh yes, it doesn't seem like anything fancy.  But a good chicken soup is absolutely delicious, it has health benefits that go beyond what you'd expect - it helps with congestion, it's antibacterial and antiviral, and very useful for healing yourself when you're under the weather.  But most importantly - it tastes marvelous!

If you've only ever had the canned stuff or whatever it is they serve in diners, you're missing out.
This recipe will make enough soup to feed 10 people 2 or 3 nice sized bowls each.  You can vary the amount of water you use; don't go too thin with it.  We make this a few times a year, around the new year, holidays, etc. - It's a big, and not inexpensive undertaking, but the best things in life aren't cheap - remember that :)  We make 4 big pots, it takes up the whole stove.

This recipe is at least a hundred years old, as it goes back 4 generations.