Menu
Welcome to Bua Luang, a Thai-Asian Fusion restaurant located in Albany, CA. This establishment offers a wide range of amenities, from wheelchair accessibility to outdoor seating, catering, and even happy hour specials. The menu features a variety of lunch combinations, entrees, and curries, like the popular Cashew Nut Combo and Pumpkin Curry. Customers rave about the flavorful dishes, such as the Penang curry with shrimp and Tamarind Prawn. The cozy atmosphere and attentive service make dining here a pleasant experience. Whether you're a fan of spicy Thai cuisine or looking for a delicious lunch spot, Bua Luang has something for everyone. Enjoy a mix of traditional Thai flavors and modern Asian fusion dishes at this gem of a restaurant on Solano Ave.
Lunch Combination
Combo - Cashew Nut
A favorite dish with Thai chili chicken sauteed with Thai chili paste, cashew nuts, green beans, carrots, peas, onion, mushroom, and dried red pepper on a bed of spinach.
Combo - Eggplant
Sauteed eggplant with your choice of meats or tofu, oyster sauce, bell pepper, onion, green beans, carrots, and sweet basil.
Combo - Ginger
A sauteed dish with fresh ginger in garlic sauce, bell pepper, onion, carrots, mushrooms, and celery.
Combo - Pra Ram
Your choice of meats barbecued and served on a bed of vegetables and spinach; topped with peanut sauce.
Combo - Panang Curry
A thick red Panang curry with lime leaves, ground peanuts, bell pepper, and sweet basil; served with broccoli. (Panang Beef for an additional charge).
Combo - Green Curry
Green curry with bamboo shoots, peas, bell pepper, eggplant, and sweet basil.
Combo - Pumpkin Curry
Our signature curry with pumpkin, peas, bell pepper, and sweet basil, and your choice of meat.
Combo - Sauted Mixed Vegetables
A sauteed plate with garlic sauce, broccoli, bean sprout, sweet peas, shiitake mushroom, zucchini, cabbage, carrots, white and green onions, and green beans.
Combo - String Bean (Prik King)
Choice of meat sauteed in red curry with string beans, carrots, and lime leaves.
Combo - Yellow Curry
A mild yellow curry with potatoes, onion, peas, and bell pepper; served with cucumber sauce.
L Basil
Choice of beef, pork, or ground chicken stir-fried with chili, garlic, green bean, peas, and sweet basil.
L Chicken Satay Plate
Barbecued tender chicken marinated with coconut milk and yellow curry; served with peanut sauce and cucumber sauce.
L Pra Ram Long Song
Your choice of meat barbecued and served on a bed of vegetables and spinach; topped with peanut sauce.
L BBQ
Street-style barbecued chicken, pork, or beef; served with sweet and sour sauce. Beef for an additional charge.
L Eggplant
Sauted eggplant with your choice of beef, pork, or ground chicken with oyster sauce, bell pepper, onion, and sweet basil.
L Sauted Mixed Vegetables
A sauted dish with garlic sauce, broccoli, bean sprout, snap pea, shiitake mushroom, zucchini, cabbage, carrots, onion, green peas, green onion, and green beans.
L Cashew Nut
A favorite dish with Thai chili paste, cashew nuts, green beans, carrots, dried red pepper, green peas, onion, mushroom, and spinach.
L Ginger
Sauted plate with fresh ginger in garlic sauce, bell pepper, onions, carrots, mushroom, and celery.
L String Bean (Prik King)
Choice of meat sauted with a hint of red curry ingredient, string beans, carrots, and lime leaves.
Lunch Entre
Lunch Curry
L Pumpkin Curry
Our signature curry with pumpkin, green pea, bell pepper, and sweet basil.
L Yellow Curry
Mild yellow curry with potatoes, onion, peas, and bell pepper; served with cucumber sauce.
L Pa Nang
A thick red Panang curry with lime leaves, ground peanuts, bell pepper, and sweet basil; served with broccoli.
L Green Curry
Green curry made from fresh green chili with peas, bamboo shoots, bell pepper, eggplant, and sweet basil.
L Red Curry
Red curry with bamboo shoots, peas, bell pepper, eggplant, and sweet basil.
L Mas Sa Man
A mild Mus Sa Mun curry with peanuts, onion, and potatoes.
Lava Fish
Deep-fried fish filet topped with sweet curry sauce, bell pepper, and crispy basil; served on eggplant.
Seafood Pumpkin Curry
Gluten-free. Pumpkin curry with coconut milk, seafood, green peas, bell pepper, and basil.
Tamarind Prawn
Deep-fried prawns topped with tamarind sauce and crispy red onion, served with asparagus.
Panang Beef
Gluten-free. Our signature beef dish. A thick red Panang curry with beef, lime leaves, ground peanuts, bell pepper, sweet basil, and coconut milk; served with broccoli.
Seafood Combo
Gluten-free. A combination of seafood sauted flavored with a hint of Thai curry ingredients, eggplant, bamboo shoots, bell pepper, carrots, green bean, and sweet basil.
Avocado Jumbo Prawn
Gluten-free. Avocado and grilled marinated prawns topped with peanut sauce; served with vegetables.
Chu Chee Salmon
Gluten-free. Salmon, light red curry with lesser galangal; served with vegetables.
Scallop & Ginger
Gluten-free. Scallops sauted with ginger, bean sauce, carrots, green beans, mushroom, bell pepper, and green onions.
Jumbo Prawn Asparagus
Gluten-free. Sauted jumbo prawns with asparagus, green onion, mushroom, garlic, and house special sauce.
Prik King Duck (String Bean with Duck)
Sauted boneless duck with red curry, string beans, carrots, kaffir, and lime leaves.
Basil Duck
Sauted boneless duck with spicy chili garlic sauce, eggplant, basil, bamboo shoots, and bell pepper.
Basil Salmon
Gluten-free. Sauted salmon with garlic chilli sauce, carrots, bamboo shoots, eggplant, green peas, bell pepper, and basil.
Pad Ta-Lay
Gluten-free. Sauted combination of seafood with garlic sauce, bamboo shoots, cilantro, carrot, eggplant, green bean, and sweet basil.
Running Squid
Deep-fried squid sauted with sweet chili sauce topped with crispy basil; served with sliced tomatoes and cucumber.
Roasted Duck Curry
Sliced boneless roasted duck in red curry with eggplant, tomatoes, peas, pineapple, bamboo shoots, bell pepper, and sweet basil.
Seafood & Specialties
Chef Recommend
Corn Fritter
Corn fritter with a hint of kaffir lime leaves, served with sweet and sour sauce.
Kao Mun Gai
An absolute classic soft and tender chicken over flavorful rice served with fresh ginger soybean sauce and cucumber.
Kao Soi Gai
Northern Thai style coconut curry with chicken, egg noodles, sliced shallots, pickle mustard greens, cilantro, lime wedges, and crispy noodles; served with chili oil.
Apple Salad
Green apple mixed with ground chicken, shrimp, Thai sweet chili paste, peanut sauce, and fresh lime dressing.
BEET*** Salad
Organic beet with mixed green salad, pine nut, tofu, mango, avocado, and house vegetarian dressing.
Ginger Salad
Fresh ginger with tofu, lemongrass, cilantro, onion, tomatoes, cashew nuts, and lime dressing.
Avocado Green Curry
Grilled tenderloin beef in green curry with avocado, eggplant, bell pepper and sweet basil.
Gaeng Hung Lay (Northern Pork Curry)
Gluten-free. One of the most iconic dishes of Northern Thailand. Pork is slowly stewed in a bunch of herbs and spices, with pickled garlic and fresh ginger.
BBQ Salmon
Grilled salmon topped with peanut sauce, served with broccoli, carrots, and grilled asparagus.
Appetizer Combo
Vegetarian, A combination of 4 appetizers: Fresh rolls, Fried rolls, Curry Puffs, and Fried Tofu; served with 3 sauces: peanut sauce, sweet and sour sauce, and cucumber sauce.
Fresh Rolls
Fresh rolls wrapped with tofu, shiitake mushroom, rice noodle, romaine, carrot, cucumber, and cilantro; sweet and sour sauce and peanut sauce.
Meang Kum
Dried coconut, red onions, peanuts, limes, and shrimps; served onto fresh spinach and Bua Luang ginger sauce.
Chicken Satay
Grilled tender chicken marinated with coconut milk, yellow curry flavored; served with peanut sauce and cucumber sauce.
Tofu Satay
A marinated tofu skewers with yellow curry and turmeric; served with peanut sauce and cucumber sauce.
Stuff Chicken Wings
Deep-fried boneless stuffed chicken wings; served with sweet and sour sauce.
Fried Calamari
Fried calamari, served with sweet and sour sauce.
Shrimp Rolls
Deep fried shrimp rolls, served with sweet and sour sauce.
Fried Spring Rolls
Deep-fried roll stuffed with vegetables, served with sweet and sour sauce.
Curry Puff
Deep-fried puffs stuffed with potato, Japanese yam, squash, carrots, onion, flavored with light curry powder and garlic powder; served with cucumber sauce.
Fried Sweet Potato
Vegetarian, vegan. Fried sweet potato, served with cucumber sauce.
Appetizers
Soup
Tom Kha
An exotic soup with coconut milk, mushrooms, onion, tomato, lemongrass, and galangal.
Tom Yum
A tasty hot and sour soup with mushrooms, onion, tomato, lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime leaves.
Po Taek
A tasty spicy and sour soup with seafood, lemongrass, galangal, kaffir leaves, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion, and basil.
Som Tum (Papaya Salad)
Shredded green papaya with prawns, tomatoes, garlic, green beans, peanuts, lime juice, and chilli.
Larb
Minced chicken or Tofu tossed with onions, crushed roasted rice, green onion, and lime dressing.
Mango Salad
Shredded fresh mango, prawns, and cashew nut with Thai-style lime dressing.
Beef Salad
Charcoal broiled beef tenderloin salad tossed with chilli, red onion, cilantro, green onion, cucumber, tomatoes, and lime dressing.
Salad
Curry
Pumpkin Curry
Our signature curry with pumpkin, green pea, bell pepper, and sweet basil.
Yellow Curry
Mild yellow curry with potatoes, onion, peas, and bell pepper; served with cucumber sauce.
Green Curry
Green curry with fresh green chili, peas, bamboo shoots, bell pepper, eggplant, and sweet basil.
Pa Nang
A thick red Panang curry with lime leaves, ground peanuts, bell pepper, and sweet basil; served with broccoli.
Red Curry
Red curry with bamboo shoots, peas, bell pepper, eggplant, and sweet basil.
Mas Sa Man
A mild Mus Sa Mun curry with peanuts, onion, and potatoes.
BBQ
Street-style barbecued chicken, pork, or beef; served with sweet and sour sauce. Beef for an additional charge.
Basil
Choice of beef, pork, or ground chicken stir-fried with chili, garlic, green bean, peas, and sweet basil.
Sauted Mixed Vegetables
A sauted dish with garlic sauce, broccoli, bean sprout, snap pea, shiitake mushroom, zucchini, cabbage, carrots, onion, green peas, green onion, and green beans.
Eggplant
Sauted eggplant with your choice of beef, pork, or ground chicken with oyster sauce, bell pepper, onion, and sweet basil.
Ginger
Sauted plate with fresh ginger in garlic sauce, bell pepper, onions, carrots, mushroom, and celery.
Pra Ram Long Song
Your choice of meat barbecued and served on a bed of vegetables and spinach; topped with peanut sauce.
String Bean (Prik King)
Choice of meat sauted with a hint of red curry ingredient, string beans, carrots, and lime leaves.
Cashew Nut
A favorite dish with Thai chili paste, cashew nuts, green beans, carrots, dried red pepper, green peas, onion, mushroom, and spinach.
Entre
Noodles
Pad Thai
A Thai favorite stir-fried rice noodles with organic, non-GMO, gluten-free HODO tofu, egg, bean sprouts, green onions, and traditional pad Thai sauce; topped with ground peanuts.
Pad See-Ewe
Pan-fried rice noodles with broccoli, carrots, egg, and bean sauce.
Pad Kee Maow
Rice noodles pan-fried with egg, chili, garlic, onion, tomatoes, carrot, bell pepper, pepper corn, broccoli, and sweet basil.
Duck Noodle Soup
Rice noodle soup with duck and spinach, bean sprouts topped with green onion and cilantro.
Deluxe Noodle Soup
Rice noodle and yellow curry soup with chicken, prawn, organic, non-GMO, gluten-free HODO tofu, and vegetables topped with ground peanuts.
Beef Noodle Soup
Rice noodle soup with beef tenderloin, beef ball, bean sprouts, green onion and cilantro.
Pineapple Fried Rice
Fried rice with garlic, green peas, onions, egg, raisin, cashew nut, and pineapple.
Crabmeat Fried Rice
Wok-style fried rice with crabmeat lump, blue crab legs, egg, garlic, onion, and peas.
Fried Rice
Fried rice with egg, garlic, onion, green onion, peas, and Chinese broccoli.
Basil Fried Rice
Fried rice with garlic, chili, peas, carrots, onion, and sweet basil.
Fried Rice
Kids' Menu
A. Kid Fried Chicken
Served with rice, broccoli, carrots, and soft tofu.
B. Kid Chicken Satay
Gluten-free. Served with rice, broccoli, carrots, and soft tofu.
C. Kid BBQ Chicken
Served with rice, broccoli, carrots, and soft tofu.
D. Kid Shrimp Rolls
Served with rice, broccoli, carrots, and soft tofu.
E. Kid Noodle Soup
Chicken or Tofu. Thin rice noodle, broccoli, carrots, soft tofu, and clear vegetarian broth.
Sweet Sticky Rice & Mango
Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.
Fried Banana with Coconut Ice Cream
Sweet Sticky Rice & Coconut Ice Cream
Gluten-free.
Fried Banana
Vegetarian, vegan.
Coconut Ice Cream
Gluten-free.
Dessert
Side Order
Jasmine Rice
Brown Rice
Mixed Vegetables
Veggie.
Coconut Rice
Cucumber Salad
Sticky Rice
Peanut Sauce
Gluten-free.
Thai Iced Tea
Cold.
Homemade Limeade
Cold.
Thai Iced Coffee
Cold.
Soda
Cold.
Thai Lime Iced Tea
Cold.
Iced Green Tea
Cold, unsweetened.
Apple Juice (Martinellis)
Cold.
Sparkling Water
Cold.
Ginger Beer
Cold.
Hot Ginger Tea
Hot.
House Hot Tea
Hot.
Regular Iced Tea
Cold, unsweetened.
Brown Rice Tea
Hot.
Organic Tea
Hot.
Ginger Tea
Cold.
Soft Drinks