Water House Blue Spice, Delmar

Part of the Blue Spice Restaurant's network of Thai eateries, Delmar Blue Spice surrounds visitors with the scents of curry, fresh mango and pineapple, and thai basil. Inside, right next to the windows and a few big pots of broad-leafed tropical plants, there's a dining area filled with the clatter of silverware tearing into noodles, curries, and seafood. The menu brims with green-papaya salad, salmon in panang curry, jasmine rice, and pork and shrimp dumplings, all of it shredded, grilled, fried, steamed, or karate-chopped to perfection.