Duck, Duck...

No goose.

Less than six blocks away from my summer sublet is a restaurant called "Thai Cafe." With a generic name like that, it was not a surprise that the joint was vacant. But boy, is that place underrated. Will, Ems, and I met up for lunch this past Friday and ordered off the a la carte menu the duck fried rice, pork pad see eew, stir-fried green beans and tofu, and shrimp rolls. Everything was delicious, but the duck fried rice was particularly good. The fried rice simultaneously sweet and savory. Mmm. I'm usually not into skins of any sort (I'm grossed out by the goosebumps on poultry skin), but I gobbled up all of the duck skin mixed into this fried rice dish. The waiter even brought over a small dish of "juice" for the fried rice -- in case we needed extra flavoring. (Not necessary, but it's always nice to have more options!) Ems noted that the tea that the polite waiter served was not the average black/green assortment. It was some sort of yummy Thai tea...

This place is totally underrated. A real gem. Stop on by. Have some duck!

Thai Cafe
3407 Geary Blvd
(between Beaumont Ave & Commonwealth Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94118