Sommai “Bee” Inboon zips from Siam Orchid’s kitchen to the tables with the sureness of a career server, her arms stacked with plates of shimmering noodles and steaming pots of soup. A diner’s appreciative grin cracks her focused expression into a big smile. Inboon, who hails from the inland town of Ratchaburi in Western Thailand, […]
Siam Orchid
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Angels and Morsels
The parking lot of Siam Orchid (427 V St., Eureka) is packed enough to simultaneously irritate and inspire hope, given the number of businesses that have moved in and out of the spot. Don’t fret; there’s more room in the bright dining room, where a photo of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit preside over twinkling […]
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Fresh Meat
The Journal’s new Menu of Menus, our annual listing of places to nibble, nosh, taste wine and sample brews, is plated and served up on newsstands. (This edition also features Linda Stansberry’s inspiring egg, cheese and carb odyssey, “Morning, Noon and Night.”) And since last summer, the roster of restaurants in Humboldt has changed like […]