Although food is the focus at this Belmont Cragin storefront, you can also snap up Thai postcards and candles ($2-$14) with your carryout. Chef-partner Tap (a.k.a. “Noi”) Chonpooming’s broad pan-Asian menu has a sprinkling of Caribbean and Cajun offerings, perfect for the indecisive. Start your meal with choices such as the cream cheese- and asparagus-stuffed smoked salmon roll ($6.95) and the “le Siam” crepe filled with chicken breast, shredded coconut and sprouts ($5.95). Under the weather? Clear your head with the fragrant tom kha ta-lay, a hot-and-sour coconut broth that’s loaded with shrimp, crab meat, scallops and squid ($5.25). Entrees feature choices such as the roasted duck with blackberry sauce ($10.95) and the Caribbean-spiced jerk catfish with mango salsa ($8.95). BYOB with no corkage fee. 3103 N. Narragansett Ave. 773-622-5606.
