Visit the family owned Your Choice in State Street for a Thai meal and you will be surprised with the variety the restaurant offers to customers looking for a break from generally available restaurant food in Santa Barbara. If even a little confused, request the friendly and attentive staff to help choose a dish of your liking and chances are that you'll go home beaming.

The menu kicks off with appetizers of satay, meat barbequed on skewers and smothered in coconut and curry paste; chicken wings, and deep-fried tofu and goes on to offer soups and salads. Zesty Thai curries; meat sautéed with sweet basil, corn, peas, onions, peppers, chillies, mushroom and bamboo shoots, and seafood platters appear next. The lunchtime menu offers soup or green salad, spring rolls, steamed rice and fruit, while other specials include roasted duck, and steamed dumplings of shrimp, pork or shitake among other choices.

Assorted noodles such as Pad Thai and flavoured rice complement the food. End with a wonderful dessert of coconut ice cream or sticky rice and mango.