{"id":261519,"date":"2026-04-22T18:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261519\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:36:43","slug":"an-insiders-favorite-thai-restaurant-in-fort-worth-changed-names-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261519\/","title":{"rendered":"An insiders\u2019 favorite Thai restaurant in Fort Worth changed names. What\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Fort Worth\u2019s off-the-beaten-path little Thai restaurants has changed names, and that\u2019s all for now.<\/p>\n

Thai Zen is the new name for the Kojsonk family\u2019s Thai Terrace restaurant, which has become a foodies\u2019 insider secret<\/a> at 4220 W. Vickery Blvd.<\/p>\n

The food hasn\u2019t changed at all. Co-founder Prapaporn Kojsonk is still in the kitchen, just as she has been for 11 years.<\/p>\n

The beef or chicken kaphrao (spicy basil) is the same. The tom yum spicy-and-sour noodle soup with lemongrass is as bold as ever.<\/p>\n

\"Pineapple<\/p>\n

Pineapple red curry with chicken at Thai Zen by Thai Terrace restaurant in Fort Worth, seen April 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s new is not clear yet. But Kojsonk\u2019s new business partner, Pramit Pradhan, says that Thai Zen will be adding Japanese bento boxes and edamame and that the name changed to show the Thai-Japanese concept.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s popular, and we needed some items that we can make quickly for offices or box lunches,\u201d Pradhan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrapaporn still makes all the Thai curries and sauces from scratch, everything, with the authentic spices. She is amazing. But that kind of quality takes a little more time. We need something [new] at lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pradhan also hopes to add back wine and beer, he said. Right now, Thai Zen is a popular and pretty BYOB restaurant.<\/p>\n

Customers have posted comments on social media about the confusing changes. Thai Zen\u2019s website and phone number even changed \u2014 because the restaurant switched companies, Pradhan said.<\/p>\n

The prices also went up. That\u2019s common these days, because delivery services are charging up to 30% of each ticket.<\/p>\n

(Folks, please go and pick up your food.)<\/p>\n

By any name, Thai Zen continues to excel at dishes like the kaphrao (spelled phonetically on the menu as \u201cgaprao\u201d) and simple Thai favorites such as pad Thai or pad ginger.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same cooking that used to draw actor Harrison Ford on his occasional visits to Fort Worth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thai Zen also serves pineapple red curry, pineapple fried rice and a variety of scratch-made curries. The panang curry with peanut added is richer and thicker, but pineapple red curry is a lighter dinner on a warm spring day.<\/p>\n

\"Signs<\/p>\n

Signs reading \u201cThai Zen\u201d and \u201cThai Zen by Thai Terrace\u201d have replaced the Terrace signs in Fort Worth, but the food inside hasn\u2019t changed much.<\/p>\n

The spice numbers at Thai Zen are an honest \u201c1\u201d through \u201c5,\u201d so pick carefully. At some other restaurants, a \u201c3\u201d is more like a \u201c1.\u201d Not here.<\/p>\n

Thai Zen also still has a full list of appetizers including lettuce wraps, curry-marinated chicken satay skewers and egg rolls or spring rolls..<\/p>\n

Thai Zen is open for lunch and dinner weekdays and Saturdays, dinner Sundays; 682-255-6022, thaizenft.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Fort Worth\u2019s off-the-beaten-path little Thai restaurants has changed names, and that\u2019s all for now. Thai Zen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,97846,97850,97849,97845,97848,97847],"class_list":{"0":"post-261519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news","11":"tag-pad-thai","12":"tag-pramit-pradhan","13":"tag-thai-curries","14":"tag-thai-restaurants","15":"tag-thai-terrace-restaurant","16":"tag-thai-zen"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}