🇺🇸 Who Takes the Crown for Irvine's #1 Thai Food? 👑

I say it’s Manaao — hands down! 💛 I recently tried two popular Thai spots in Irvine — Manaao and Hanuman — and I’m here to share my honest thoughts! 🤤 🍛 Manaao completely won me over! Their Khao Soi with Soft Shell Crab totally changed how I see soft shell crab 😂 I usually avoid it, but theirs was fried to crispy perfection — tender inside and bursting with flavor. So good, I forgot to take a photo! 🥰 (Pic 2 is borrowed from Google, lol) The Green Curry with Beef Rib-eye & Roti was another heavenly match 💚 The curry was fragrant but not heavy, and the roti was flaky and buttery — impossible to stop eating! 🔥 🍗 Hanuman was solid — I tried it after hearing it was Irvine’s “best.” 😎 The steak was high-quality and cooked just right, and the fried chicken was pretty good too 🍗 But their curry and roti didn’t come close to Manaao’s. Overall, it was tasty but not memorable — just okay. 🤷‍♀️ 💡 Final take: If you want Thai food that you’ll genuinely crave again, Manaao is the true Top 1 👌 Don’t miss the soft shell crab and curry roti — you’ll leave as a fan! 💛 #IrvineEats #ThaiFood #Manaao #IrvineFoodie #OCFoodGuide