Noe Valley, San Francisco · restaurant
A quiet neighborhood Thai tucked into a corner of Noe Valley, where the menu tips its hand with two house-named signatures, the Gai Regent (double-cooked crispy chicken sautéed with fresh chili, garlic, and sweet basil) and the Kao Pad Regent, a fried rice with shrimp, cashews, raisins, and pineapple that works better than it sounds. Pumpkin curry with red curry, coconut milk, and bell peppers rounds out the short list of things worth repeating.
Chicken coconut milk soup with bamboo shoots, lemongrass, and galanga
Double-cooked crispy chicken with fresh chili, garlic, and crispy sweet basil
Fried rice with shrimp, chicken, cashews, raisins, and pineapple