I had soft shell crab, with some sort of curry that I wanted to lick off the plate. Eliza had the salmon. This was one of those meals whose taste I can instantly summon from memory. It was everything Thai food should be: a little spicy, sort of unfamiliar, and incredibly flavorful. Now if we could only get them to open a location in Austin.

Here’s the appetizer platter: calamari, dumplings, spring rolls, and something else that looks like a spring roll.

Here are Eliza’s folks enjoying the sweetest part of any meal: anticipation.