ChuChai

ChuChai is a Thai restaurant that's just a little bit different from the rest. The uniqueness of ChuChai lies in the way its chefs create delicious meat, fish and seafood tasting dishes that are all derived from plant-based foods. This is just one of the reasons so many people have come to the restaurant night after night since it opened in 1997 to treat themselves to this refined and refreshing cuisine.

Lily Sirikittikul grew up in Thailand surrounded by restaurateurs and came to Quebec with her family in 1992, after detouring through the United States. "When I came here for the first time, it was summer, it was so beautiful, and I loved it! The European aspect...", recalls Lily, referring to their decision to settle in Montreal.

She became a vegetarian in the mid '90s and, with her partner at the time, thought about opening "a nice restaurant to sit and enjoy the evening." She decided to travel to Asia to study the art of recreating the texture of various animal protein from plant-based food. When she returned to Montreal, she carefully tested everything she had learned so she could open ChuChai.