Dining pick of the week: Thai Cuisine

PICK OF THE WEEK:

THAI CUISINE

4420 E. Charleston Blvd. at Lamb Boulevard, 369-6009

The restaurant name is Thai but the many Chinese dishes offered on the menu make this a perfect place for large groups and the many different tastes that come with a large group. House specialties include Kau Khaa Moo, duck or beef noodle soup, barbecue chicken or shrimp, Thai-style chicken wings and Chinese broccoli with crispy pork. Among the entrees are spicy chili mint beef, chili pepper pork, Mongolian beef, Szechwan duck, Pa-Nang chicken, orange chicken, mixed vegetable beef and crispy duck. More than 20 vegetarian selections include papaya salad, pad Thai, cashew tofu or eggplant, spicy vegetable or tofu soup and garlic pepper tofu or eggplant. Seafood dishes include tilapia with curry sauce, Mongolian shrimp or squid, sweet and sour shrimp or squid, ginger seafood combo and broccoli catfish. Curry dishes can be ordered with any meat or seafood. There are appetizers (shrimp roll, dumplings, fried tofu), soups (spicy catfish, egg flower) and salads such as glass noodle and larb with chicken, beef or pork. Lunch specials ($5.95) come with soup and fried or steamed rice. Two unique desserts are Thai coconut ice cream and banana roll. Entrees begin at $6.95. Thai Cuisine is open from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. -- Jack Bulavsky