May Kitchen + Bar

If you haven’t eaten on Vashon lately, this restaurant is a great excuse to pay the WSDOT fare. Hidden behind a red curtain at the entrance, the dark dining room is covered floor-to-ceiling in intricately carved wood, making a dinner here feel a bit like walking into another dimension. We urge you to try the hearty-but-refreshing yum phak boong, which is fried until airy and drizzled with coconut milk. And curry fans will like May's gaeng khiao waan, made with Thai eggplant, lemongrass, and a small stalk of young green peppercorns, giving the dish a gentle heat that gets along nicely with the sweet sauce.