Siamese Kitchen, 4352 West Olive, Glendale, 931-3229. Hours:
Lunch and Dinner, Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.;
Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 4
to 9 p.m.  If Las Vegas ever put up a betting line on life, it
would be six-to-five--against. That's because everyone knows
life is fundamentally and unalterably unfair. When the blues
singer laments that if he didn't have bad luck, he'd have no
luck at all, we all know exactly what he's wailing about. So
when things are going well, I press the worry button.
Rationally, I know that it's possible that life is finally
starting to even out a bit for me, making up, as it were, for
past misfortune. But my "the glass is half empty" nature can't
accept such a sunny view. Instead, I imagine all present good
fortune can only be a harbinger of great future disappointments.
If I'm right, the next few months are going to be pretty grim.
That's because I haven't had such a pleasurable dining week in a
long time, cavorting in my favorite