Every other week, Thai Kitchen transforms into a makeshift arcade for Monday Night Combat — a fighting video game tournament hosted by Banky Kitchpanich, whose family has run the popular Anchorage restaurant for 37 years.
Competitors play Street Fighter 6 in the closed Thai restaurant on July 17, 2023. Chairs were stacked up against the back wall. Computer monitors occupied the restaurant’s tables. Spectators gathered around the screens, engrossed by the action.At the center of it all: video games. Every other week, the popular restaurant transforms into a makeshift arcade for Monday Night Combat — a fighting video game tournament hosted by Banky Kitchpanich, whose family has run Thai Kitchen for 37 years.
The pandemic also impacted his family’s restaurant. Thai Kitchen has exclusively done takeout orders since May 2020, and started closing on Mondays. Kitchpanich said it seemed like the perfect opportunity to relaunch the gaming tournaments. He pitched the idea to his parents. Borromeo is among the commentators, and he’s been competing for 14 years. He said the atmosphere of offline tournaments can’t be beat.
Kitchpanich said all kinds of people show up. Some are completely new to fighting games, and some have been playing them competitively for their entire lives.
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