Bamboo Penny’s, new Leawood restaurant, fuses traditional Thai cuisine with KC favorites

The owners of KC Thai in Overland Park have opened another restaurant in Johnson County. Bamboo Penny’s debuted earlier this month in Leawood.

Located at 5270 W. 116th Place in the Park Place shopping center, Bamboo Penny’s aims to be a more upscale, fine dining experience featuring Thai dishes that fuse Western with Eastern tastes, according to wife-and-husband owners Penny and Doug Mufuka.

“Unlike the other Thai restaurants that we have locally, this one, she calls it her ‘steakhouse of Thai restaurants,’” Doug said, referring to Penny. “She’s trying to go a little more elevated.”

In January, the couple opened KC Thai at 135th and Quivira, then began turning their focus on this new upscale concept. They celebrated the grand opening of Bamboo Penny’s on Friday, June 11.

“So happy — actually we’ve been waiting for eight or nine months because of the…