i hope this doesn't apply to all thai restaurants, but i worked at two different ones (in different cities, even), one a mid-level dining, one fine dining. all i can say is DON'T ORDER THE PINEAPPLE RICE. the kind that comes served in a half pineapple - yeah, that thing may have been reused. several times. i remember at the mid level place how horror-struck i was when the dishwasher went into the trash to remove the half pineapple i'd thrown away - he rinsed it off and put rice back into it. i thought it was just central to that one place (it was a bit sketch), but when i worked at a really nice, high end thai place later - they did the same thing. i guess they at least ran it through the dishwashing machine, but i can only imagine that makes the pineapple taste gross and soapy. i don't know for sure, so i'd stick to the coconut rice.