Jasmine Thai Cuisine – Twin Falls, Idaho
My sister and I joke that our hometown of Peñasco is the only place in the entire country that doesn’t have a McDonald’s or a Thai restaurant. Thanks to our neighbors in the Picuris Pueblo, there’s a Subway just a few miles west of our home. The McDonald’s closest to Peñasco is 25 miles away in Taos which also boasts of three Thai restaurants. Driving twenty-five miles in the high mountain country is very different from driving 25 miles in Albuquerque where you might still be in the Duke City when driving that distance. Driving from Peñasco to Taos involves precipitous curves, steep climbs and sometimes weather conditions that render the streets unsafe. Just how pervasive are Thai restaurants? There…