Thai-Kun’s uncompromising cuisine should come with a warning. When they say “hot,” they don’t mean a deseeded jalapeño was chopped somewhere within a three-mile vicinity of the truck. They mean that they used enough heat to get your endorphins going. Few other Austin restaurants can get you that high.

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