Desert Thai Authentic Thai Cuisine Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Desert Thai Authentic Thai Cuisine, where the vibrant flavors of Thailand come alive in the heart of Cathedral City, CA. The menu is a delightful tapestry of both traditional and innovative Thai dishes, emphasizing fresh seafood and bold spices.

  • Soups: Don't miss the heavenly Seafood Pot, a luxurious blend of clams, scallops, shrimp, and squid simmered with tomatoes, mushrooms, scallions, and ginger for just $23.
  • Salads: Indulge in the Papaya Salad or the Desert Thai Shrimp Salad, both fresh and zesty, perfect for a delightful start.
  • Appetizers: The Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls and savory Lettuce Wraps promise to awaken your palate, setting the stage for a mouthwatering feast.

It's a culinary adventure that promises to transport your taste buds to the streets of Thailand, all while enjoying warm service in a cozy setting. Come experience the magic that has made Desert Thai a beloved destination!

APPETIZERS

Chicken Skewer with peanut dipping

Marinade in mixture thai spices

$12.00

Desert thai stuffed friedwings

Chicken wings stuffed with ground chicken and vegetables

$16.00

Crispy Shrimp Roll

Shrimp wrapped with chicken and vegetables served with sweet and sour sauce

$14.00

Vegetable Dumplings (8)

Golden brown veggie potstickers served with black dumpling sauce

$12.00

Fresh Shrimp Spring

$13.00

Chicken Spring Rolls (4)

Golden brown roll garlic and chicken served with sweet and sour sauce

$12.00

Steamed Dumplings (8)

Steamed chicken potstickers served with black dumpling sauce

$12.00

Kanon Jip (8)

Golden brown pieces wrapped with fish, shrimp and crab served with sweet and sour sauce

$12.00

Desert Thai Sampler

2 chicken skewers 2 chicken spring rolls 4 Kanon jip 4 vegetable dumplings

$21.00

Vegetable Spring rolls

Golden brown roll garlic and veggie served with sweet and sour sauce

$12.00

Lettuce Wraps

Ground chicken mix with peas and carrot water chestnut mixed with our brown sauce served with lettuce and crispy noodles

$13.00

Desert Spicy Wings (6)

$13.00

Calamari

$17.00

Chicken Larb

$15.00

Mee-Krob

$13.00

Cream Cheese

$11.00

Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls

$13.00

Kanon Jip

$12.00

Steamed Dumplings

$12.00

Chicken Spring Rolls

$12.00

SEA FOOD POT

CLAMS, SCALOPS, SHRIMP, SQUID, TOMATO, MUSHROOM, SCALLIONS, GINGER

$23.00

Thai Coconut Soup

$7.00

Tom Yum Soup

$7.00

Vegetable soup

$8.00

Wonton Soup

SHRIMP/CHICKEN/WONTON WITH BOK CHOY

$8.00

SOUPS

SALADS

Small Salad

Minced lettuce tomato and cucumber mixed with peanut vinegrete dressing

$8.00

Papaya Salad Shrimp

Strip greed papaya with minced lettuce green bean tomato, garlic, ground peanut, with sweet and sour dressing

$19.00

House Salad

Steam chicken, shrimp and egg, lettuce tomato and cucumber with peanut dressing on side.

$18.00

Desert Thai Salad

Chicken and Shrimp Minced lettuce, tomato, cucumber, cilantro, and green onion with sweet and sour dressing.

$18.00

Desert Thai Beef

Minced lettuce, tomato, cucumber, cilantro mint leaves and green and red onion with sweet and sour dressing.

$19.00

Desert Thai Shrimp Salad

Tossed with grilled shrimp minced lettuce, red onion cilantro, green onion and tomato, lime juice and sweet and sour Thai dressing.

$19.00

Desert Thai Mix Veggie

Broccoli, zucchini, baby corn, carrot, mushroom, cabbage, and celery

$17.00

Tofu Pad Thai

Rice noodles, fried tofu, bean sprout, scallions, peanut with our special pad Thai sauce

$18.00

Vegetable Curry

curry with mix veggies

$18.00

Vegetable Fried Rice

Mix veggies and fried rice sauce

$17.00

Bean Sprout and Broccoli

Our vegetarian dish stir-fried broccoli with bean sprout, tomato and green onion.

$18.00

Tofu Delight

Tofu, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, cashews, kaffir lime leave sauce

$18.00

VEGETARIAN

CHEFS SPECIAL

Desert Basil

White onion, celery, carrot, bell peppers, sauteed with spicy sauce.

$17.00

Mixed veggie

Broccoli cooked delicate with carrots, mushrooms, and oyster sauce.

$17.00

Sweet and Sour

Chucky pineapple, diced pepper and onion, with tomato and our original sweet and sour sauce.

$17.00

Prik king

Spicy with desert Thai sauce and chili paste, green beans, chili pepper, and our special Kaffir lime leave sauce.

$17.00

Hot Eggplant

Bell peppers, Stir-fried with our special hot basil sauce.

$17.00

Ginger Onion

Bell peppers, carrots, celery, mushroom, scallions, and onions cooked in our ginger sauce.

$17.00

Garlic

Our aromatic special with dark garlic sauce, and served with lettuce.

$17.00

Baby Corn

Green onion, carrots, mushroom, celery and our oyster sauce.

$17.00

Snow Peas

Tomato, onion, carrots, and mushrooms with our sweet black sauce.

$17.00

Red pepper sauce

Spicy stir fried with carrot cashew, celery, mushroom, onion pepper, chile pops, chile paste, soy bean oil, and oyster sauce.

$17.00

Cashew nut

Sauteed special dish none spicy with cashews, bell pepper, mushroom, celery, carrots, onion with our Chinese soy sauce.

$17.00

Mongolian

$18.00

Spicy Peanut

$18.00

Mushu

$18.00

Desert Pepper

$18.00

Broccoli

$18.00

Kung Pao

$18.00

Desert Teriyaki

$18.00

Lemon Grass Eggplant

$18.00

Desert Thai Chicken and Mix Veggies Steamed

Broccoli around the chicken, with bed on carrots, mushrooms, baby corn, zucchini, cabbage, with our special peanut sauce on side

$18.00

Desert Sizzling Combo

Sauteed shrimp, chicken, beef and our mixed veggies.

$27.00

Sweet Combo

his is the dish of combos with chicken, beef, and pork.

$24.00

Spicy Duck

$30.00

Roasted Duck

$35.00

Sweet Pork

$22.00

THAI DESERT SPECIAL

THAI SEAFOOD SPECIAL

Spicy Seafood combination

This is our combo with scallops, shrimp, mussels, and squid, green onions, yellow onions, bell pepper, carrots, mushrooms, celery, and baby corn, stir-fried in our special red spicy sauce.

$30.00

Hot Scallops

Stir-fried with bell pepper, carrot, mushroom, bamboo slice, baby corn, and snow peas cooked Szechwan style.

$29.00

Fire Scallops

Tempura scallops, chili sauce, mushrooms, carrots, pineapple, snow peas, bell pepper, and onions.

$30.00

Hot Scallops and Shrimp

Sauteed scallops and shrimp with onion, celery, bell pepper, mushroom, carrots, and tomato with basil leaves and our special house sauce.

$28.00

Desert Thai Combination

Scallops, squid, mussels, and shrimp, with snow peas, ginger, celery, mushrooms, bell pepper, baby corn, onion, and our light house sauce.

$30.00

Hot Squid

Steak squid with basil leaves bell pepper, mushroom, celery and onion with our special house sauce.

$28.00

Fire Crispy Shrimp

$30.00

Desert Fried Fish

$28.00

Desert Steam Fish

$28.00

Special Combination

$28.00

House Fried Rice

Egg, green onion, yellow onion, tomato

$17.00

Spicy Fried Rice

Stir-fried with tomato, green onion, yellow onion, bell pepper and basil with our spicy sauce.

$17.00

Combo Fried Rice

Stir-fried with beef, chicken, shrimp, green onion, yellow onion, tomato. Topped off with cilantro and our fried rice sauce.

$23.00

Pineapple Fried Rice

This is our signature rice with chicken and shrimp cashew nut, raisins and veggies with pineapple sauce.

$22.00

THAI FRIED RICE

NOODLES

Pad See-Ew

Flat rice noodles stir-fried broccoli and egg finished with delicately flavored oyster sauce.

$17.00

Pad Thai

Thai rice noodles, egg, chicken, shrimp, bean sprouts, scallions, with crushed peanuts and our special sauce.

$17.00

Infernal Noodles

Stir-fried, green onions, yellow onions, bell pepper, tomato, and basil leave with spicy basil sauce.

$17.00

Spicy Noodles

Flat rice noodles with bell pepper, green onion, yellow onion, tomato, and basil leave with our Thai spicy sauce.

$17.00

Chow Mein

Yaskisoba noodles and mixed veggie and our sweet black soy sauce

$17.00

Chicken Noodle

Flat rice noodles with bean sprout, scallions, ground peanuts, eggs. Served on bed of lettuce with light soy bean sauce.

$17.00

Yellow Curry

Tomato, pineapple, bell pepper, snow peas, potatoes, onion, and carrot.

$17.00

Red Curry

Sliced bamboo shoots, tomato, red bell peppers, and snow peas

$17.00

Panang Curry

Four classes of vegetables, bell pepper, snow peas, basil leaves, and green beans.

$17.00

Masaman Curry

Peanut, carrot, mushroom, onion and potatoes.

$17.00

Green Curry

Bell pepper, basil leaves, green beans, and snow peas.

$17.00

DESERT CURRYS

KIDS MENU

Cheese Burger w/ Fries

$8.00

Chicken Nuggets (6) w/ Fries

$8.00

Fries

$7.00

Fried Tofu

$10.00

White Rice

$3.00

Brown Rice

$4.00

Peanut Sauce (small size)

$1.00

Peanut Sauce (Big Size)

$3.00

Pot White Rice

$6.00

Pot Brown Rice

$8.00

Side Steam Chicken

$6.00

Side Veggies

$6.00

Corkage Fee

$20.00

Side Of Noodles

$4.00

SIDES

DESSERT

Flan

$7.00

Sticky Rice Mango

$10.00

Pineapple Ice Cream

$6.00

Chocolate Ice Cream

$6.00

Vanilla Ice Cream

$6.00

Crme Brulee

$7.00

Green Tea Ice cream

$6.00

Creme bule

$8.00

Pepsi

$3.39

Pink Lemonade

$3.39

Raspberry Ice Tea

$3.39

Starry

$3.39

Dr. Pepper

$3.39

Thai Tea

$5.18

Thai Coffee

$5.18

Diet Dr Pepper

$3.39

Ice tea

$3.39

Ice Coffee

$3.39

Hot tea Jasmine

$3.39

Hot Coffee

$3.39

DRINKS

WINE

Tribute Cellars (red wine)

$10.00

Tribute Cellars Bottle (red wine)

$30.00

Scotto Chardonnay (White)

$6.00

Three Pines Chardonnay (white)

$6.00

HOT DESERT BASIL

SAUTEED WHITE ONION, CELERY, CARROT, BELL PEPPER, MUSHROOM, AND SPICY SAUCE.

$0.00

MIXED VEGETABLES

BROCCOLI, CABBAGE, CARROT, MUSHROOM, CELERY ZUCCHINI, AND BABY CORN.

$0.00

NAM PRIK PAO SQUID

GREEN ONION, MUSHROOM, BAMBOO SHOT, MINCED GARLIC WITH NAM PRIK PAO SAUCE.

$19.49

HOT TOFU

$16.04

LUNCH SPECIAL (Deep Copy)