During a weekday lunch at Bangkok Cuisine, chef and owner Varaluck Kaowsan was making the rounds in the dining room, obviously a familiar sight for regulars, who waved and raved when she came by.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Northeast Herald sends its Dining Divas — three women who go by “Golden Girls” monikers Blanche, Sophia and Dorothy — out once a month to a Metrocom area eatery chosen at random.

The reason Thai food tastes so good has a lot to do with demographics. Over the years, waves of immigrants have settled in Thailand. And they’ve brought their culinary traditions with them — Indian ...

Tom kha kai soup combines coconut milk, chicken, lemon grass and galangal at Bangkok Cuisine.Mike Sutter /San Antonio Express-News Tom yum soup with chicken, left, and fried shrimp cakes from Bangkok ...