Created by three of the smartest food lovers. A Thai/Irish chef. A Filipino business man and his wife, a black/white extreme promoter and Model. Mix Zone Cafe was created from a variety of ethnicity's. All with one thing in mind... Educating others, showing others and making others crave Mix Zone. One of the special secret places located in the Medical District of Las Vegas, Nevada. What is Mix Zone you are wondering? Why is it so special. Not only does this small but never frowzy place have some of the best music starting with House maybe, then ending with Jazz, it also has this mom and pop sort of feel to it but more up to date. Free Wi-Fi makes it worthy of a try. Last but not least, it is the Thai food. You can't even know how much flavor Thai food has unless you have experienced authentic Thai food. Off the streets, maybe even off the back of a bike. The Chef, well he has done this and more. Authentic food, authentic produce, authentic spice and an authentic appreciation for Asian cuisine. Understand this Mix Zone Cafe is a treasure. Exposed to many but not all, it is only a matter of time before this unassuming restaurant ends up on the strip, inside a hotel.

Quick History of Thai Cuisine
Among the cuisines of Southeast Asia, Thai food is unique. Thai cuisine is distinct from Chinese and Indian cuisines, both of which influenced Thai cooking. Thai cooking is completely identifiable in its own right, incorporating all 5 tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and spicy. Thai people have taken foreign influences and transformed them into a cuisine uniquely their own.

Thailand was a cross roads of East to West sea routes causing its culture and cuisine to be infused with Persian and Arabian elements. Foreign recipes have been integrated with traditional Thai dishes, resulting in unique flavor that is unmistakably Thai.

The \'Tai\' people migrated from valley settlements in the mountainous region of Southwest China (now Yunnan province) between the sixth and thirteenth centuries, into what is now known as Thailand, Laos, the Shan States of upper Burma, and northwest Vietnam. Influenced by Chinese cooking techniques, Thai cuisine flourished with the rich biodiversity of the Thai peninsula. As a result, Thai dishes today have some similarities to Szechwan Chinese dishes.

The influence of the foreign trade was also important. The Portuguese brought their sweets to King Narai\'s court in the seventeenth century. Some say Buddhist monks from India brought curry to Thailand. Indian curry and Muslim cuisine were introduced at a palace feast in honor of King Rama I at the turn of the 18th century. Some of these dishes are still popular today including Masaman curry and yellow curry. Masaman curry contains many dried spices including cinnamon and nutmeg. Yellow curry can be spiced with turmeric, cumin, ground coriander seed and red chilies powder.

Mix Zone Cafe
2202 W. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: 702-388-0738
E-mail: MixZoneCafe@yahoo.com
Monday - Saturday 10:30am - 8:30pm
Closed Sunday