One of our favorite Fall dishes is back on the menu!
Our Charred Savoy Cabbage with mustard-miso vinaigrette, fried ginger and garlic,
Calabrian chile and Thai basil is delicious (it also happens to be vegan)!
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Sunday, November 1st, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wat Promwachirayan and the Thai Cultural Council of MN are excited to share with you the Thai Sunday Market! The Thai Sunday Market mimics the vibrant markets of Thailand and Southeast Asia. It includes local vendors, Thai souvenirs, and traditional Northern Thai-styled Khan Tok tables spaced throughout the lawn so you can enjoy the many Thai street food and Thai desserts available! Food is also available to-go.
Parking near Wat Thai is extremely limited. All guests are encouraged to take advantage of the FREE parking at Beth El Synagogue, which is on the eastern side of Hwy 100, across from Wat Thai. A handicap accessible pedestrian bridge provides easy access to Wat Thai.
1. To continue the teachings of the Buddha as a World Heritage Site.
2. To serve as a center of spiritual growth for Thai Buddhists in Minnesota as well as followers of all backgrounds interested in Buddhism.
3. To be a center of Arts and Cultural Heritage for Thais in Minnesota, including newer generations of Thai descendants.
4. To be a hub for Southeast Asian culture, arts activities, and production.
Wat Promwachirayan practices Theravada Buddhism, and is dedicated to engaging and supporting people of all backgrounds in the Twin Cities through meditation, arts, cultural activities and community event.
Help support programming and events at Wat Promwachirayan with a donation today!
We appreciate any amount you can donate. Thank you!
Wayzata Bay Charters: Sundays are for brunch! Cruise around Lake Minnetonka and enjoy a full brunch buffet spread on this two-hour cruise. There’s no better way to wrap up the weekend!
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Fresh Seasonal Fruit, Scrambled Eggs with Cheese, Sausage, Hash Brown Potatoes, Sliced Bacon, Assorted Danish, Doughnuts, Bagels, Coffee Cake and Breakfast Breads. Orange Juice and Coffee.
Ingebretsen’s is celebrating 100 years on Lake Street! For our anniversary we want to hear from you. Do you have an Ingebretsen’s story to share? We want to hear your memories of visiting the store or ordering specialty items from us. With your permissions they might end up on our website or even in print! Thanks to your support, we are still here. Find the submission form at: Ingebretsens.com/about
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Inglebretson’s Butcher Shop & Deli
Picture an old-fashioned Butcher Shop laden with delicious homemade products: a long refrigerated case filled with specialty Scandinavian deli items made daily from original recipes; rows of imported cheeses; and shelves lined with imported delicacies in boxes, cans and jars. Ingebretsen’s also makes dozens of meat products that aren’t available anywhere else in town. Some of the butchers have worked behind the same counter for more than 40 years. (Don’t tell them we told you!)
Our Specialties…
Swedish Meatball Mix / Blood Sausage “Klub” / Swedish Herring / Medister Pølse
Sylte / Lefse / Middag Pølse / Danish Liver Pate / Rulle Pølse / Swedish Anchovies
Fresh Lutefisk / Spekekjøtt (dried meats) / Famous Home Smoked Ham & Bacon
For an extensive list of our Butcher Shop & Deli’s (in-store) specialty items, please see: Ingebretsen’s Scandinavian Market Specialties
A great bakery is an essential part of everyday life. The smell of freshly baked bread and the decadent aroma of buttery layers melting into a freshly baked croissant — to us, these things define comfort. Our team takes great pride in creating nourishing experiences for our guests.
As the home to the largest concentration of Hmong people outside of Southeast Asia, it only makes sense that the Twin Cities would boast the epicenter of Hmong cultural life in America.
Enter Hmong Village, a sprawling indoor market nestled in the heart of St. Paul’s Eastside neighborhood. Here, more than 250 vendors selling everything from clothes to beauty products co-exist with chiropractors, health clinics, law firms, and everything in between.
“It’s iconic,” says Yia Vang, the chef-owner at the Union Hmong Kitchen pop-up in St. Paul and the upcoming restaurant Vinai in Minneapolis. “The moment you step in, it’s like you’re in a bazaar,” he says.
The Hmong American chef is here to guide Hmong American photographer Pao Houa Her through the maze that is Hmong Village. Past the stalls displaying toys making beeping noises, you’ll find a fresh produce marketplace in the center, punctuated by the sounds of people talking, making deals, and haggling with each other.
But we’re here for the long corridor located on the northwest side — where the food vendors lie.
“As you get closer, the smell of the food hits you hard,” says Vang. “It smells like grandma’s house. You have a mix of all these hot curries, grilled and fried food, roasted meats, some of the funk from papaya salads and the fish sauce. You’re bound to bump into old friends that you haven’t seen in years. Or cousins and family, because everyone goes there.”
Here are Vang’s favorite dishes to get at the Hmong American community’s landmark food court.
“You have to get the crazy steak at Santi’s,” Vang declares. “That’s just the jam. It’s a husband-and-wife duo, the husband is Laotian, the wife is Hmong. They take an inexpensive cut of meat, slice it thin (almost butterflied), and grill it medium-rare. They serve it with sticky rice and two kinds of sauce: wasabi sauce and pepper paste sauce. They put it in this little to-go box and I just go at it.”
Vang particularly loves the pork from this vendor. “They have the crispiest pork here,” he says. “They roast it, skin-on, and they crisp the skin like a chicharron almost, before chopping it into little pieces. You can get it small, medium, or large, and it’s just delicious. It’s one of Hmong Village’s best crispy pork dishes. Lucky’s took over the food stall Lonchen was in, and when they did, they bought the recipe from them. So, it’s a different name, but the same technique, and same pork.”
“One of my favorite dishes here are the cow intestines skewers that are grilled at Mai’s,” Vang says. “They roast the intestines in the oven and throw them on the grill for a little bit. The skewers have this fatty crispy texture and the chew of the intestines, ahh, I just love it. They’ll cut it up and chop it into small pieces, and sometimes, I’ll get a little thing of it to snack on in the car when I drive. I eat it like popcorn basically.” He also loves ordering Lao sausage balls. “They’re stuffed with rice and noodles called sai krok that are hung and fermented a bit. There’s a funk, a tang to them. They’re like boudin without the blood. Also, get their papaya salad.”
“At Lucki’s, they kind of have a twist on a meat-and-three combo,” Vang explains. “What I like to get is one container of what we call sweet meat — braised pork belly with cinnamon, soy, all spice, and brown sugar — alongside another container of braised beef tendon, another one of braised mustard greens, and it all comes with a side of sticky rice. It makes everything in the world that’s wrong right in that moment.”
You may notice stuffed chicken wings on many a menu at the Hmong Village food court. “They debone the wings, take the meat and the bones out, and stuff it with egg roll fillings. So, imagine an egg roll, but instead of an egg roll wrapper, you have a chicken wing! It’s the most delicious thing in the world.” Vang likes to grab his from Mai’s Kitchen.
If you can, avoid going to Hmong Village on holidays and weekends. “You won’t find a parking spot, and the lot is huge,” says Vang.
Hmong Village Shopping Center is open Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1001 Johnson Parkway, St. Paul, Minn., 55106.
Read Yia Vang’s personal essay about growing up as a Hmong American immigrant, and how he’s learned to embrace his Hmong culture here.
Noëmie Carrant is a Resy staff writer. Follow Resy on Instagram and Twitter.
