{"id":297720,"date":"2026-07-16T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297720\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:49:08","slug":"thai-select-festival-takes-over-grand-central-terminal-on-july-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297720\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai SELECT Festival takes over Grand Central Terminal on July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t know about you, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-is-facing-its-second-major-heat-wave-this-week-071326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">summer heat<\/a> always gives us a hankering for Thai food and, helpfully, a massive free festival spotlighting all of Thailand&#8217;s culinary goodness is returning to Manhattan next week. On Tuesday, July 21, the Thai SELECT Festival\u2014presented by\u00a0Thailand\u2019s Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), under the Ministry of Commerce\u2014is taking over Grand Central Terminal and it&#8217;s bringing some of New York&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/restaurants\/best-thai-food-in-new-york\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best Thai restaurants<\/a>\u00a0with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-summer-streets-returns-in-just-a-few-weeks-heres-what-to-know-071326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Summer Streets returns in just a few weeks\u2014here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From 11am to 2pm,\u00a0Vanderbilt Hall will be transformed into a culinary destination courtesy of 15 acclaimed local Thai spots\u2014including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/time-out-market-new-york\/restaurants\/wayla\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wayla<\/a>, Chalong, Soothr, Nuar, Phranakhon, Untable and Lalyn\u2014each of which has earned an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thaiselect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thai SELECT designation<\/a>, &#8220;a mark of certification awarded by the Ministry of Commerce The Royal Thai Government to guarantee the authentic Thai taste of Thai food products and Thai restaurants in Thailand and overseas.&#8221; Basically, these kitchens know their shit, and their cooking is delicious proof.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Along with samples of great grub, the afternoon event will also feature\u00a0live performances,\u00a0hands-on cultural experiences and interactive exhibitions celebrating Thailand\u2019s culinary heritage, including a\u00a0special Thai-themed BINGO activity.\u00a0There will also be splashy guest appearances by\u00a0superstar Thai actors\u00a0Mile Phakphum Romsaithong (Shine, Jet Lag) and\u00a0Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat (KinnPorsche,\u00a0Man Suang)\u00a0throughout the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the festival is free, but food and drink will be available for purchase at individual vendors. Consider your Tuesday lunch plans (and our summer Thai-food cravings) sorted!<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We don&#8217;t know about you, but summer heat always gives us a hankering for Thai food and, helpfully,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2590,75,84,83,9,24,2591,63,821],"class_list":["post-297720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-eating","tag-nyc","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}