Thaiku– bring your own dried shrimp

The yellow curry is more addictive than heroin.

Every week we go to Thaiku and every week we eat the same damn two things: the kao soi – yellow curry with pickled kale and the gai-lan.

Sure, we’ve had the green curry (perfect) and the red curry (fine) and we’ve ordered the Miang Kam ( Thaiku serves the dish Northern Thai Style –without the dried shrimp– which is like serving a Cesar Salad without the croutons)– but the dang yellow curry is lip-biting good.

There is another reason why we like Thaiku so very much– it serves hot food at 3 PM. Just as other restaurants are wiping the sleep from their eyes, Thaiku is always ready to serve up a real meal.

The one thing I hate about Thaiku is the fact that it seems to attract people who play with their chopsticks. Note: if you treat your chopsticks any differently than you treat your knife- you gotta stop– just because chopsticks are an Asian utensil doesn’t mean they should be treated with any less respect.