"Ayada is our favorite Thai spot in Elmhurst. Considering the quality and variety of Thai food in this neighborhood, that’s a very big deal. Eat the drunken noodles and panang curry on Ayada’s sidewalk patio and allow yourself to forget about phrases like “frozen dinner” and “microwave meal” for just a moment. Their raw shrimp salad is another one of their dishes we think about constantly, and if you want a different kind of raw shellfish, they make an excellent som tum with chunks of shell-on blue crab mixed in." - Hannah Albertine, Nikko Duren