Thelonious Monkfish

Cambridge, United States

3.4

21 reviews

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Specialties

We specialize in Sushi, Japanese & Thai cuisines; our tagline is Jazz for the Palate because we love to jam on Asian culinary themes. Our menu reflects both our respect for Asian gustatory tradition and our sense of play and innovation.

History

Established in 2011.

This restaurant began with a seed of friendship that has grown over twenty-​years between the chef and proprietor; they met in a noodle car on a train bound for Beijing from the northern city of Chiangmai, Thailand. She was shy and reticent to make eye contact; he was bold and ebullient. He trained in acupuncture in a government-​run school there, while she apprenticed in a restaurant specializing in Peking Duck. When he returned to America, he asked her to join him here. She was unsure and it took her several years before she would concede. Finally, here, she knew only one thing – that she still needed to cook.