Cha Ya Kitchen Southeast Asian Fusion

Love this place. The spicy chicken rice bowl is amazing, and so much food I regularly get two meals out of it. Highly recommend!

I visited 2 weeks ago at dinner time and ordered a red chicken curry that had uncooked chicken in it, couldn’t chew it and I took it back to the cart requesting to recook it. Waited for another 10-15 mins and unfortunately it was the same again. Not sure if the chicken was of bad quality or what was the issue. But I ended up throwing the entire meal!

Opted for Cha Ya after walking over to Hawthorne Asylum. Price was fair for what you get. $13 for a Steak Bowl over rice that felt like it had a lot of meat in it. Nice egg to add a little flavor variation and a good sauce. Food was very good (in fact someone in our group couldn't keep their fork out of my bowl! and the size was good enough that I was able to save half for later. Would definitely return.

This was one of the first spots I ate at when I discovered the Hawthorne Asylum food carts pod and it has remained one of my favorite go to for their pork belly fries! Without a doubt, the pork belly fries would be the first things I order when I walk into the food cart area; definitely must try! Generally, the service takes anywhere from 15 30 minutes depending how busy it gets (There's usually only 1 person working there). But it shouldn't deter you because it's part of a pod with other food carts so you can snack on other food under the string lights as you wait for your order from Cha Ya!

This is my favorite cart at the Asylum. I always look forward to my meal here and it has been consistent for over a year. Thank you.