Everyone Should Have an Uncle Boons
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 12:06PM 
[yum kai hua pli - benjamin petit for the times]Pete Wells awards a favorable two stars to Uncle Boons this week in a review that touches on more than half the dishes on offer at the new Nolita Thai hot spot. "The owners and chefs, Ann Redding and her husband, Matt Danzer, met while working as cooks at Per Se," informs Wells, "And the marks of Thomas Keller’s ballet academy are far more visible than you’d expect at a place that plays warbly Thai covers of “Another Brick in the Wall” and “Hang On, Sloopy.”
"The electricity kept cutting out, then flicking back on a few minutes later," Wells writes of a visit to Uncle Boons, but it took nothing away from the bright flavors coaxed out of the small kitchen by Redding and Danzer. Having written a particularly food-focused review, we thought we'd give you a break down of each dish the critic mentions. So if you need help deciding what to order when you go to Uncle Boons, and you should go to Uncle Boons, let this be your guide.