Author: John Curtas

ELV’s Thought for the Day

Most people in California came from somewhere else. They moved to California so they could name their kids Rainbow or Mailbox and purchase tubular Swedish furniture without getting laughed at. It’s a tenet also in California that the fiber of your clothing is equivalent to your moral fiber. Your “lifestyle” (as they say) is your ethic. This means that in California you don’t really have to do anything, except look healthy, think good thoughts and pat yourself on the back about what a good person you are. And the waiters in California want to be called by their first name. I don’t know why. – Ian Shoales

WEERA THAI in Las Vegas Weekly

ELV note: The following article/review was posted today on the Las Vegas Weekly website, and will appear in print tomorrow. Click here to read it  in its on-line format (slightly edited from how it appears below) , or continue below.

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Photo: Beverly Poppe

Thai restaurants in America too often come in a one-size-fits-all formula. One Panang curry or pad prik king can taste pretty much like any other, most curries all come from the same cans, and if you’ve had one larb you’ve had them all. Most Thai restaurateurs don’t deviate from these formulas – in fact they depend on them – because they know it is this familiarity that helps them capture the customers who crave the sweet-savory-spicy trifecta of flavors for which this cuisine is famous. Continue reading “WEERA THAI in Las Vegas Weekly”