KaoSarn, a family-run Thai restaurant, is consistently packed with diners who come hungry for its sweet red prawn curry and spiced roast chicken served with sticky rice steamed in a banana leaf.

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Viscous and a tad sweet, the drink skews a bit toward the desserty side like a liquid version of banana bread pudding but no one's going to scoff if you have one pre-dinner.

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For dessert, the Philippine-inspired, brown-sugar fried Banana Lumpia is a perfect bite into a hard wrap cover to unleash the mushy and very sweet inside.

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