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Thai House Express can get a little chaotic, especially on nights when the AMC Van Ness up the street is packed, but the kitchen can also throw out out fervidly spiced Thai food that often achieves the ideal balance between hot, sour, sweet, and bitter. Again, salads are a highlight here, and the stir-fried noodles are among the best in town. The restaurant's duck larb -- roast meat chopped up and tossed with a fistful of herbs, onions, toasted rice powder, and lime -- is one of SFoodie's favorite dishes, as is the kao ka moo, a Chinese-Thai pork leg braised with five-spice powder until it's trembling with the urge to fall apart.
