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One Night in Bangkok

The new Thai Basil has a way with translation.

A A A Comments By Jason Sheehan Thursday, Dec 4 2003

Still, I want to ask the waitress if she gets the joke -- asking for One Night in Bangkok and walking out with crabs. Somehow, I manage to refrain: Language has its limits.

I leave Thai II with a takeout order of shrimp Penang curry, a box of rice and leftover crab, all stacked in a plastic bag. I'll let the curry mellow for a night, maybe two, in the fridge at home, then go after it at midnight. I'll eat by the blue glow of infomercials on the TV, or standing over the sink in the quiet and the dark, or, if it's a good night, I'll eat in bed, my wife and I sharing off one plate, still giggling, stupid drunk on love and curry. That's where Thai is always best -- coconut milk, bittersweet kaffir lime, peppery dark basil and sambal oleekchiles like lightning on the tongue, the universal flavor of sex in a borderless world.

James Glader

Language barrier: Thai Basil II isn't completely authentic, but most dishes lose little in the translation.

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Thai Basil

8345 S. Park Meadows Center
Littleton, CO 80124

Category: Restaurant > Asian

Region: Southeast Denver Suburbs

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16911 East Quincy Avenue, Aurora, 303-400-1173. Hours: 4:30-9:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday

Vietnamese egg roll: $4.50
Golden tofu: $4.50
Thai spiced soup: $2.75
Chicken coconut soup: $2.75
Sesame chicken: $8.50
Satay chicken: $4.50
Chili hot wings: $3.95
Garlic butter shrimp: $9.95
Penang curry: $7.50
Thai fried rice: $6.50

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Outside, the parking lot is full. People are waiting for tables. The register clatters and dings; the good-luck kitties wave. The front window, which looks out on an American strip mall in just another American suburb, has started to fog, running with condensation like sweat. I carry my bag to the car in the snow and on the way home, stop at the liquor store. I'm looking for Tiger beer. I have no luck.

I really have to get myself one of those cats.

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