Best Way To Either Stay In One Distant Culinary Place Or Travel The World, All While Never Leaving Lighthouse Avenue
Curry Journey
794 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey
(831) 582-8325, curryjourney.com
Lighthouse Bistro Global Cuisine
570 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey
(831) 601-1880, lighthouse-bistro.com
Curry Journey is specific. Thailand, with its satay and tom kha, but mostly curry. Khao soi is a chef’s favorite, but you can get yellow, green and panang – with the sort of possible additions travelers not actually leaving for anywhere enjoy (add a burger to your panang if you want). Curry is the journey. Meanwhile Lighthouse Bistro knows few borders. Himalayan momo, kibbeh from the Levant, English fish and chips, pizza Margherita, a take on paella, the all-American burger – this is a menu of many cultures. And while that could be trouble, the small kitchen prepares it all well, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Yes, you can also get curry to round out the journey of a few blocks of Lighthouse.