Thai Pepper

No cuisine tantalizes more with the interplay of sweet and salty, crisp and smooth, hot and mild than Thai. For simply living up to those traditions, Teal Anomaiprasert's Thai Pepper is worth trying. Among the menu's winners: Handsomely presented appetizer plates, milky chicken soup that plays off the yin-yang of hot and sour and pad thai with its glass noodles and bits of egg, shrimp and bean curd.