Chaba cafe

Chaba Cafe on Cypress Street serves Thai noodle dishes, curries and rice plates, with enough variety to build either a quick lunch or a shared dinner. Khao soi pairs coconut curry noodle soup with crisp noodles, pickled mustard greens, red onion and lime. Pad kra pao takes a different route: ground chicken with basil, garlic and chili, served over rice with a fried egg.

The menu also includes crab fried rice, shrimp pad Thai and chicken satay with peanut sauce and cucumber relish. Butterfly pea lemonade gives you something other than the usual soda to drink, and mango sticky rice is among the desserts. Chaba offers dine-in service, takeout and delivery. If you are ordering several dishes, mix a curry or soup with a rice plate rather than repeating the same preparation.