The Smiling Elephant

Restaurant, 2213 8th Ave S, Nashville, TN

VeganScore 70 · 1 vegan main dish

Menu

Mains

• Thai Vegetable Stir Fry — Seasonal vegetables with soy sauce and garlic served with jasmine rice. Vegan
• Smiling Elephant Pad Thai — Stirfry rice noodles with tofu, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts and choice of meat. Prepared traditionally with tamarind sauce and palm sugar.
• Pad See-Ew — Stirfry rice noodles with soy sauce, eggs, broccoli, garlic, and choice of meat.
• Pad Kee Mao — Stirfry rice noodles with kaffir lime leaves, egg, vegetables, garlic, and choice of meat.
• Pad Kra Pao — Spicy minced pork or chicken stir fry with holy basil, garlic, and chili peppers served with a fried egg and jasmine rice.
• Khao Kai Ra-Bert — Mild stir fry with minced pork, garlic, and ground black pepper served with a fried egg and rice.
• Daily Curry With Rice — Please ask your server about our daily selection served with choice of meat and jasmine rice.
• Pad Ka Na — Stirfry collard greens with soybean sauce, served with steamed rice, fried egg, and choice of meat.
• Pad Makea — Spicy, sour stirfry with minced pork, eggplant, tomatoes, bamboo shoots, and Thai basil.
• Chicken Cashew Stir Fry — Sauteed with pineapples, chili paste, onion served with jasmine rice and satay sauce. Also great with tofu!
• Gai Yang — Chicken sauteed with cilantro and garlic served with a sweet and sour sauce and jasmine rice.
• Gai Jee — Grilled marinated chicken served with fresh and steamed vegetables and jasmine rice.
• Tamarind Pork — Sauteed sweet and sour pork, drizzled with three flavor tamarind sauce and sprinkled with fresh lemongrass, served with jasmine rice.
• Chicken Satay — Chicken marinated coconut milk with a blend of turmeric, cumin, and cinnamon. Served with satay sauce, cucumber salad, and jasmine rice.
• Ginger Chicken — Stirfried chicken with fresh sliced ginger and black mushrooms. Served with jasmine rice.
• Thai Fried Rice — Pan fried jasmine rice with vegetables, eggs, Chinese broccoli, garlic, and choice of meat.
• Curry BBQ Chicken — Sweet and spicy smashed chicken: sweetened with palm sugar and brown sugar spiced with roasted curry.
• Seafood Hot Pot — Jumbo shrimp, fresh lump crab, tilapia, mussels, and calamari. Your choice of Tom Yum or Tom Kha soup with extra herbs.
• Seafood Pad Pong Karee — Jumbo shrimp, lump crab, tilapia, mussels, calamari in creamy milk sauce with karee curry powder.

Starters

• Steamed Veggies With Peanut Curry Dip Vegan
• Edamame With Sea Salt And Roasted Chili Pepper Vegan
• Tom Yum — Lemongrass soup Vegan
• Tom Kha — Coconut soup Vegan
• Steamed Dumplings Veggie — Includes ginger sauce Vegan
• Fresh Roll — Carrots, bean sprouts, woonsen noodles, cilantro, scallion, caramelized sweet radish Vegan
• Peanut Roll — Fresh roll with peanuts Vegan
• Side Salad — Lettuce, tomato, ginger, pineapple, with lemongrass vinaigrette Vegan
• Ajad Cucumber Salad Vegan
• Som Tum — Thai green papaya with carrots, lime Vegan
• Fresh Mussels Steamed With Basil And Lemongrass
• Stir Fry Mussels In Curry And Basil
• Steamed Dumplings Chicken And Cabbage — Includes ginger sauce
• Steamed Dumplings Pork And Black Mushroom — Includes ginger sauce
• Steamed Dumplings Shrimp Hacao — Rice flour
• BBQ Bao
• Pork With Bamboo Bao
• Smiling Elephant Salad — Lettuce and spinach topped with carrots and pineapples. Pick Gai Yang, Gai Jee, or Ginger Chicken for your meat. Served with lemongrass ginger dressing
• Larb Lettuce Wraps — Minced pork tossed with fresh cilantro, scallions, onions, fresh squeezed lime juice, and roasted rice. Served with lettuce and jasmine rice.
• Savory Lettuce Wraps — Minced pork sauteed with black pepper, sweet soy sauce, and garlic. Served with lettuce and jasmine rice.
• Make-Your-Own Noodle Soup — Noodle: woonsen, starch, egg, or rice noodle. Protein: chicken, pork, tofu or fish ball. Soup: clear broth or lemongrass soup.
• Minced Pork Noodle Soup — Pork broth noodle soup with bean sprouts, cilantro, green onion, minced pork, dried garlic, rice noodles and side of pork rinds.

Desserts

• Coconut Custard — 2 pieces Vegan
• Sticky Rice In Banana Leaf Vegan
• Sweet Sticky Rice And Roasted Coconut Vegan
• Sticky Rice And Mango — Contains non-dairy coconut cream and roasted coconut Vegan
• Roti With Chocolate And Condensed Milk

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