Thai Kitchen, Washington, D.C.

Last night while Ryan was off to watch the infamous annual high heels race, Laurent and I stayed home to watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" on television, then we walked up to Thai Kitchen to take advantage of their late weeknight dinner specials.

Laurent started with the tom kha soup, mushrooms, chicken, and vegetables in a spicy hot and sweet coconut milk broth.


I did the Hallowe'en version of the same, the tom kha pumpkin, a vegetarian version with tofu and chunks of fresh pumpkin. It's a nice soup, though a little milder than usual, I thought.


For his main course, Laurent got the pad kra tiem prik Thai, a beef dish with roasted garlic and a brown sauce, artfully decorated with halves cherry tomatoes on carved cucumber slices.


I got the gaeng dang, a red curry (thinking red was the color of blood—very appropriate for Hallowe'en Eve!) with pork, bamboo, tomatoes, and fresh basil, and garnished with sauteed zucchini slices. Both dishes came with steamed white rice.



Laurent did his obligatory Kody Pose™ with his Thai iced tea, which also gave him the chance to model his Hallowe'en costume and his freshly painted orange fingernails!