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Sa Bai

Sake Bomb Thursdays

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Sa Bai Asian Cuisine, located across from the Dayton Convention Center on Jefferson Street, will be starting a new recurring promotion on Thursday nights from 5-10pm.  Bring a friend or two to enjoy Sake Bombs, 3 for $10.

Never had a sake bomb?  It’s  a beer cocktail made by pouring sake into a shot glass, which is then balanced  on chopsticks placed on top of the glass.  Then following tradition the drinker counts to 3:

neung, song, saam (1,2,3) … Sake Bomb and slams the table with his fists, causing the sake to fall into the beer.It should be drunk immediately, and works best with warm sake.

Sai Ba will also be offering college students 20% off food from 5-9:30pm Thursday with a college I.D. And to add to the fun, DJ Matador will be keeping it spicy all nite long.

For more info or to see the menu online check out Sa Bai’s website.

 

New Thai & Sushi Option Downtown

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Over a year after it was officially announced, and much speculation that it would never happen, Sa Bai, a casual upscale Asian restaurant, has finally opened at the corner of 5th and Jefferson Streets, across from the Convention Center.  Described by  owner/manager Saveth Yun, as a mix of 90% thai, 10% sushi, the restaurant will seat about 140 guests.  Previously Mr Yun was the general manager of Teak Thai Cuisine in Cincinnati.

He also tells us that he has plans for live music on the patio later in the summer.  The patio will seat another 80 guests.  The restaurant will serve lunch Mon – Fri, from 11am – 2:30pm with prices in the $6-$8 range.  Dinner service will start at 5pm seven day a week.  He expects dinner will be served until 9 or 10pm, but will have to see what traffic dictates.

sushi bar at Sa Bai

Yun says diners should expect to spend $10 – $15 on dinner entrees.  Happy Hours will be offered, but details weren’t firm yet on what that will include.

Sa Bai will be able to offer groups private seating, either in a curtained off section in the main dining room for about 40 or in the back room by the sushi bar for larger groups.  For more information  call the restaurant at 535-2900.  Yun says while he’s registered the domain name, he hasn’t had time to get the website working yet, but will soon.

There is free parking under the Transportation parking garage off Stone Street, where Neon Movies visitors used to park.  (Neon guests can now park for free across the street in the old bus station lot). Let us know your impressions if you dine at Sa Bai, in the comments below.