"This cozy Ballard restaurant specializes in cuisine from the Isan region of Thailand and is a great spot to expand your understanding of Thai food. Dipping sauces, fresh ingredients, and pestle-ground spices are central to the dining experience at Pestle Rock. Dig into exciting dishes like kanom jeen nam prik (a roasted peanut curry served over vermicelli noodles with veggies) and gang muu yang (grilled pork with lalop leaves and a turmeric curry). If you’re thirsty, Pestle Rock also concocts some Thai-inspired cocktails such as an Old Fashioned made with homemade Thai spiced rum." - Alicia Erickson