Inside This Arizona Destination Bringing Grandma Won Pen’s Fried Chicken and Authentic Curries From Three Thai Villages

A grandmother named Won Pen in Thailand is the reason one Arizona restaurant serves its fried chicken with nam jim gai. Her recipe made the trip across the ocean, and the kitchen refuses to change it. That stubborn loyalty runs through the whole menu. Every single dish traces back to one of three small villages in Thailand, not a generic takeout playbook. The dining room sits inside a converted house, and family members stay involved from the first plate to the last. Tables fill up with curries