1433 Park St.
Alameda, CA
510-865-8008
Right in the heart of Alameda, Toomie’s has been a local destination for great-tasting Thai food for many years. The restaurant is named after the owner’s wife and, indeed, eating in the Park Street restaurant is a family affair, featuring friendly service and a welcoming atmosphere. Numerous curries are the star attractions, with the duck red curry—roast duck with eggplant, tomatoes, pineapple, bell peppers, basil leaves and grapes in red coconut-milk curry—being a real standout. After numerous visits, however, it is the chicken eggplant stir-fry—chicken stir-fried with eggplant, bamboo shoots, onions, bell peppers and basil leaves in a Thai chili paste—that rises to the top of our list. When the weather gets cold, be sure to add some delicious tom yum soup to the mix, and top it all off with a Thai ice tea. Lunch Mon.–Sat., dinner daily.