user ferret

Mon Apr 7th 2008

The Haiku Summary:

Here’s looking at you,

Coconut kid—good curries

All wrapped in shadows.

Every time I eat at this joint I’m impressed by two things: the taste of the food and the dramatic lighting,

The food here is uncompromisingly fiery, but always well mixed with that hint of coconut or peanut that you crave so dearly. Might I recommend the seafood soup? There might be more than one, alas. When I had this wondrous assault on my taste-buds I was not the one ordering. But nevermind the details, you’ll want to slurp down every single clam, cockle, and cuttlefish along with the rich, spicy broth that’s well worth the possible retching it might induce in your body the next day.

If you are going here on a date, I recommend that you buy a film noir and watch it together before coming--something classic like Double Indemnity or The Big Sleep. You’ll have oh so much fun no matter where they seat you: from the patio ominously shrouded in shrubberies, to the house inside with its shadowy, candle-lit corners, starkly contrasted by the small spotlights beamed directly down at your table. Lean forward into the light and get those nice, dramatic shadows on your face. Trust me, it’ll make import-export talk seem much more interesting. It’ll liven up your stilted Chinese. It may even make English grammar riveting (Ha!). Hell, start speaking like Bogey if you dare.

user Felipu

Thu Jun 7th 2007

Be ready to deal with the usual Chinese-monkey-business-style service. However, food is pretty nice (at least not as Chinese-colored as in many other Thai places in Shanghai) and in summer a dinner in their garden is something special. Overall, a nice place with reasonable prices.