On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:22:11 -0600, Christine Dabney
<artisan2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:53:19 GMT, blake murphy <blakepm@verizon.net>
>wrote:
>
>
>>um, birdseye chillies are quite common in thailand,
>
>Yeah, those are the tiny little ones that you think can't possibly be
>that hot, until you take a bite. And then the roof of your head comes
>off. ;)
>
>I first had these little chiles in some Thai dishes back in the mid
>70s, in Washington DC. It was a little Thai restaurant on Connecticut
>Ave, up close to Chevy Chase. I am not sure, but I think it was
>called the Thai Room. It didn't have a liquor license then, so we
>brought our own wine,etc.
>
>I wonder if it is still there.....
>
>Christine

it is indeed the thai room. i haven't been there in quite a while,
but it seems to still be there. [oops, according to *wash post*'s
food critic, it's now a pizza joint.]

< http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=cityguide/prof ile&id=1131542>

they had a branch downtown, 12 & g or so, near the warner theater.
they had taken over from some italian joint, so there were false
columns and paintings of roman gods on the wall, etc. that one's
gone.

the one on conn. ave had been there since god was a teenager, long
before the boom in thai food. good stuff.

what pisses me off about most of the newer thai places i've been to is
that they have no pork satay, only chicken. sissies. plus it's
bright yellow.

your pal,
blake