On the menu at new Kansas City Thai eatery: Bento, curry, sushi, deep-fried bananas

The former owners of a Nebraska Thai restaurant are opening a similar concept in south Kansas City.

Nisana Sunvijit and her husband, Curtis Basina, plan to open Cozy Thai in Watts Mill Plaza next week. They are taking the former Thai Spice space at 1032 W. 103rd St. Two of their chefs, Chalit Srimueang and Natchayut Darawong, are minority partners.

Cozy Thai will feature chef’s specials such as roasted duck (with a choice of tamarind sauce, spicy basil sauce or pineapple curry), deep-fried catfish, and mango salmon with red curry.

Other menu items include dumplings, shrimp tempura, fried rice or noodles, entrees (with a choice of chicken, pork, tofu, vegetables or shrimp), sushi, pad thai, and fried banana ice cream for dessert (banana and rice paper, deep-fried and topped with honey, roasted sweet coconut and vanilla ice cream).

It will have lunch bento boxes for $11.95. Lunch specials will be $9.95 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Sunvijit has worked at Thai and sushi restaurants for about a decade and opened Thai & Maki Sushi Restaurant in Fremont, Nebraska, with her husband and a partner two years ago. They sold it when their partner moved to another state.

This story was originally published May 11, 2021 at 5:00 AM.