The King and I

Description:

• This medium-size restaurant, in a small and nondescript roadside complex, serves reasonably priced specials and vegetarian selections, including spring rolls, salads, curries, and stir-fries. The owners grow their own herbs for the menu's savory curries and seasonings. At dinner, the pad thai noodles with shrimp have a special touch and are a popular counterpoint to the red, green, and yellow curries. The vegetarian menu is generous -- everything from noodles to spring rolls to curries and eggplant/tofu -- but most diners come back for the Evil Jungle Prince: your choice of veggies, chicken, or fish in a sauce of coconut milk, spices, and kaffir-lime leaves.

• © Frommer's 2013