This Event: Thurs 8/8 Spice Islands, Singapore/Malay/Indonesian Mountain View (Yes, that's Thursday, not Wednesday) Coming Events: Thurs 8/8 Spice Islands, Mountain View Wed 8/14 Red Sea Ethiopian, San Jose Wed 8/21 Cafe Silan, Kurdish, Menlo Park There's a Kabuki web page at http://midgard.net/~strata/kabuki Time: Thursday, August 8, 7:45pm Place: Spice Islands Cafe 210 Hope St. Mountain View 1-650-961-0628 Description: Spice Islands has a mixture of Southeast Asian cuisines - some Singaporean standards like roti and chili crab, Thai-style satays and soups, steamed and fried apps, a lot of fish, prawns, fruit, spiced rice, noodles, and coconut. There seems to be a wider range of vegetarian choices than most. Kabuki first went to Spice Islands in May 2002, and it was excellent. Directions: Spice Islands is at Hope & Villa, across from the Post Office. Hope Street is parallel to Castro, one block south. From the North: Take 101 South to Moffett Blvd. Exit, which becomes Castro St. after crossing the Central Expressway. Turn left on Villa (about a block after Central), right on Hope, and park in the lot or on the street. From the South Bay: Take 101 North to Moffett Blvd. / Mountain View exit (NOT the Moffett Field exit). Follow "From North" directions. From Berkeley/Oakland: Take 880 South to the Dumbarton Bridge. Take the Dumbarton to 101 Southbound. Follow "From North" directions. Caltrain: Take the train to Mountain View Depending on where you get off the train, you're right at Hope St., or else wander to the Castro St. restaurant area, turn left at Red Rock Coffee, right on Hope.