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Corporate Edge Org (CEO) Small Business Consultants in Boston HOME | Contact | About us | Special Projects | Business Writing | Food Writing FEED ME! Food Features by Kitty Kaufman Fire and Ice: Jasmine Thai Robert Frost may not have known the joy of Thai dining but he invoked its charms in his short poem Fire and Ice: "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice." Kendall Square's hottest and coolest cuisine is at Jasmine. Start with dumplings, tod mun, shrimp roll-ups, silver bags, tempura, and deep-fried tofu triangles. The fresh roll with shrimp, vermicelli, and bean sprouts rolled in rice paper with peanuts and hoisin sauce is a favorite. Jasmine's friendly manager Ko brought us pad Thai. We had the red curry, another two-star winner, with beef but you can add shrimp, pork, tofu, or duck. The curries come with all the vegetables you could possibly want. Another specialty is crispy tamarind duck in ginger sauce. There's also a thoughtfully prepared lean plate with shrimp and asparagus. Ko suggested sparkling seafood in hot chili sauce. Spicy squid shows up with hot garlic. With pla rad pik choose red snapper or haddock in a crispy batter. For a quick lunch, pair soups like tom yum (hot and sour) or tom kar (coconut) with a salad. The seafood salad is a hot mix of shrimp, squid, scallops, and crab with mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomatoes. Yum nua, a three-star choice (read hot, hot, hot) sirloin salad comes with onions and peppers. At the bar you'll find a good mix of domestic and imported wine, sherry and Champagne. We like the bar overlooking the patio. Toasts of the town include the woo woo (vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice) which we had, and the Bangkok night (vodka, kahlua, peppermint schnapps, and milk). This one we did not try. © June 4, 2004 for The City Shopper 40 St. Paul St | Brookline MA 02446 | 617. 388. 0062 Kitty Kaufman kkaufman@corp-edge.com |