Tuk Tuk Thai Isan Street Food

Tuk Tuk is the type of casual neighborhood restaurant you wish you could live across the street from. And if you live in Lakeview, this might be possible. This small, BYOB spot specializes in Isan Thai dishes and serves fantastic food packed with lots of chilies and herbs. Besides being a great takeout option for staples like pad kee mao and green curry, grabbing a table on a weeknight won’t be too difficult—and will get you a front-row seat to dishes like the fried whole red snapper smothered in dried red chilies. If you overestimate your heat tolerance, you can order fresh coconut water (served in an actual young coconut) to cool the burn. The restaurant manages to stay low-key even while tables fill up, but you might have to wait a while for dishes to come out as they’re ready. That just provides more opportunity to convince yourself that yes, the table does need to add the ka prow moo krob to the order.