Bamboo Thai Restaurant

Bamboo Thai on Commonwealth Avenue serves a house pad Thai with chicken, shrimp, egg, bean sprouts and peanuts. For something else substantial, the Bangkok fried rice adds crispy chicken and a fried egg to rice and vegetables. Beef noodle soup comes with an herbal broth, Chinese broccoli, garlic, scallions and cilantro.

You can order pickup or delivery through the restaurant’s website, making it a practical dinner to bring home as well as a place to sit down and eat. Drivers should pay attention to the restaurant’s parking instructions: use of the nearby Whole Foods lot requires a permit from Bamboo Thai’s cashier first. Get that permission before leaving your car there rather than assuming the shopping lot is open restaurant parking.