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Thai restaurant in South San FranciscoThe original
White Elephant

Authentic Thai cuisine on Hazelwood Drive since 2006. Open every day for lunch and dinner.

ช้างเผือก · Chang Puak · Est. 2006

Order pickupReserve by phone

Hours11am–2pm · 5pm–9pm daily

From the kitchen

103 dishes · 12 sections · keys A–L

  1. Golden fried rolls on a white plate with a small dish of sweet chilli sauce.Appetizers8 dishesAngel Wings · Vegetarian Egg Rolls · Fish Cakes
  2. A steel bowl of creamy coconut soup with mushrooms and fresh coriander.Soups2 dishesTom Yum · Tom Kha
  3. Rice noodles with prawns and tofu, seen from above.Noodle Soup5 dishesTom Yum Noodle · Beef Noodle · Seafood Noodle
  4. A minced-meat salad with herbs and red onion on a bed of lettuce.Salads4 dishesChicken Salad · Papaya Salad · Silver Noodle Salad
  5. A white bowl of green curry with vegetables and basil.Curry10 dishesRed Curry · Duck Curry · Massaman Chicken
  6. A stir-fry of meat with bell pepper and onion on a white plate.Entrees22 dishesThai Omelet · BBQ Chicken · Pineapple Chicken
  1. Fried rice topped with a fried egg, with cucumber and tomato on the side.Fried Rice7 dishesFried Rice · Basil Fried Rice · Crab Fried Rice
  2. Stir-fried rice noodles with prawns, bean sprouts and fresh herbs.Fried Noodle8 dishesPad Thai · Pad See Ew · Pad Mee
  3. Glazed chicken wings with a red chilli and fried basil.Special5 dishesThai Sausage · Panang Salmon · Prik Kang Fish
  4. A bowl of white rice and a bowl of brown rice, seen from above.Side Orders14 dishesJasmine Rice · Brown Rice · Peanut Sauce
  5. A tall glass of iced Thai tea, amber over dark.Beverages14 dishesThai Iced Tea · Thai Iced Coffee · Dynasty
  6. Sliced ripe mango beside coconut sticky rice with a mint leaf.Desserts4 dishesRoti · Mango Sticky Rice · Fried Banana with Ice Cream

Nota · pricesPrices are not printed here. The online ordering page carries the current menu and prices; so does the phone.

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One storefront on Hazelwood

146 Hazelwood Dr., South San Francisco, established 2006. The dining room, and the elephant drawn along its wall. Beer and wine served; corkage is $10.

Our storyDirections & hours
The storefront at 146 Hazelwood Drive: the maroon awning, the White Elephant sign hung with fairy lights over the door, the OPEN sign lit in the window and a neon THAI CUISINE sign beside it.
The storefront, 146 Hazelwood
The whole dining room from the door: the elephant mural on the left wall above the wood wainscot, marble tables set with plates, a flowered chandelier, and the front counter at the back.
Plate II · the room from the door
A marble table laid with green curry, coconut soup in a steel bowl, fried rice with a fried egg, brown rice, a basil stir-fry, noodles, and two iced drinks, with pink carnations along the placemats.
Plate III · the table, laid
The front counter with fresh flowers and a card reader, shelves of figures, fruit and framed pictures above, a staff member behind it, and the kitchen pass beyond.
Plate IV · the front counter
Detail of the mural: the elephant with a rider holding a spyglass, drawn in black line on white plaster.
Plate V · the mural
A cook in a blue hairnet and black gloves at the cold prep station, filling wooden bowls with onion, chilli, basil and pineapple from the pans in front of her.
Plate VI · the prep station
A long marble table laid with a dozen dishes and iced drinks, a hand setting a vase of pink and white flowers at the near end, two staff arranging the far end under the mural.
Plate VII · laying the table
A cook at the kitchen pass, plating an order.
Plate VIII · at the pass

The kitchen

“White Elephant Restaurant strives to bring you delicious and authentic Thai cuisine.”

A white bowl of green curry with aubergine, red chilli and basil in the foreground; a steel bowl of coconut soup, a plate of fried rice with a fried egg, and brown rice behind it.
Plate IX · from the kitchen

Come and eat

Order pickup online. Reservations are taken by phone.

Order pickup(650) 873-8341