While the Great Wall of China may win the accolades of history, the Great Backscratcher of Thailand, built to reach any itchy corner across the vast, narrow expanse of the nation, saved more lives than can be counted on a single hand. Feast upon equally ingenious Thai creations with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of Thai cuisine and drinks at Thaiku in Ballard.

Much like Thailand itself, Thaiku's menu comes loaded with traditional and authentic Thai delicacies; unlike Thailand, it contains few elephants. Kick-start your tummy's tuk-tuk with an appetizer such as giow tawt ($6.50)—crab and cream cheese wrapped in won ton and served with plum sauce—or the por sia sod ($6.50), a fresh salad and Chinese sausage roll wrapped in rice paper and topped with house hoisin sauce. Along with classic noodle dishes like pahd see iew ($8.50), adventurous diners can feel like they're eating from a genuine Bangkok street stall minus the backpack-shaped sweat stain on their back with an order of North Thailand's staple kao soy (fresh egg noodles in yellow curry and coconut broth, $8.95), guay tiow bed (a soup of rice noodles, sliced duck, rich anise, cinnamon, and sweet soy broth, $7.95), or the gai yaang ($12.95), a marinated chicken paired with sticky rice and a sweet green papaya salad.

Thaiku's cozy interior blends wooden beams and hanging lights with unexpected accents, like the rickshaw hanging from the ceiling. The restaurant's intimate back bar, Fu Kun Wu, lubricates awkward first-date conversations with specialty cocktails and herbal apothecary beverages, as well as late-night dining. Keep your mood chipper with the oolong tea-ni—black tea infused vodka, then shaken with lemon and sugar—or be bold and sample Thaiku's notorious patented cocktails made with the African herb yohimbe, which is considered to be both an aphrodisiac and mild hallucinogenic, similar to making out during a David Lynch movie. These hardcore herbals are literally not for the faint of heart, and Thaiku strictly limits them to one per customer. Live jazz adds an appropriately heady atmosphere for such cocktails on Wednesdays and Thursdays. And unlike your cousin's weekly Casio basement shows, there's no cover.

This deal is not valid with happy hour pricing.

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In the 19th century, upscale restaurants asked that wealthy patrons wear no fewer than two monocles, and that all pocket watches be collected at the door to discourage timed pork-pie-eating contests. Get a taste of fine dining without all the rules and regulations with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $35 worth of upscale cuisine at Jimmy's on Broadway, located at the Silver Cloud Hotel in Capitol Hill. This deal is not valid for happy-hour specials.

Jimmy's on Broadway offers diners an extensive all-day menu filled with inventive, extravagant fare including robust salads and robe-busting burgers and sandwiches. The cone 'o' fries ($6), a popular appetizer, starts things off with garlic- and rosemary-garnished French fries served in a triangular receptacle recycled from the dunce caps of an earlier, duncier century. Mixed greens and avocado-topped romaine join crispy fried onion strings and barbecue-dressed poultry for the Thai BBQ chicken salad ($12), while the avocado-bacon Swiss burger ($11) delivers exactly what it promises, plus a side of fries and the faint, flattering flush associated with the onset of bovine telekinesis. Diners who prefer their meat freed from its bread fetters can sink their canines into a 12-ounce rib eye steak ($27), basted in rosemary-thyme butter and served with fresh vegetables. Jimmy's full-service breakfast menu silences the chirruping stomachs of early birds with brioche French toast ($10), or lighter offerings such as the veggie-heavy egg white frittata ($10).

With its extensive drink menu, Jimmy's plies patrons with top-shelf martinis and specialty drinks such as the weather-inspired, rum-enhanced dark and stormy ($9). Wine direct from Washington, California, and Oregon is available by the bottle or glass, and local microbrew beer is always on tap. With flat-panel televisions lining Jimmy's laid-back bar area, sippers and suppers can stay apprised of the game while enjoying an upscale culinary experience that beats eating caviar in a tuxedo T-shirt on Cutoff Khaki Fridays.

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Everyone wants to feel a little famous every now and then. Your name may not be in lights, but it doesn't mean you can't enjoy a night at the theatre.

Formerly a vaudeville house and movie theatre, the Triple Door underwent renovation in 2002 and has been a downtown destination for music, arts and burlesque performances ever since. Today, they're offering a sparkling deal will make you feel like a VIP - spend $10 to get $20 toward food, and yes, alcohol, at the Triple Door. Choose from a headlining show at the Main Stage, or pop in for a late snack at the Musiquarium. At the Musiquarium, named so for its 1,900 gallon fish tank, you'll find live music, food and beverages, and no cover charge - ever! With acts such as Kinky Friendman, David Bromberg Quartet and The Paperboys, we understand that the choice won't be easy. And with the delicious Thai food from the Triple Door's neighbor, Wild Ginger, you may just have to come back!

Settle into a sultry table or moon-shaped booth and enjoy some of Seattle's finest food and entertainment, and you'll instantly feel ten times classier. The only thing missing is the red carpet!

For Seattle residents on a budget, a night out often features a combo of pho and happy hour. For them, The Signature in Lower Queen Anne will be their Shangri-La. Combining incredible Vietnamese food with a killer happy hour, The Signature calls out to all of Seattle, "Give me your tired, your thirsty, your hungry masses, yearning to eat and drink their fill."

Just $10 buys Tippsters $20 in food AND drinks at The Signature. And if 50 people purchase the deal, everyone receives a $5 gift certificate towards their next visit for free!

The Signature features the usual suspects you expect at a Vietnamese restaurant: Shredded mango salad, pho, spring rolls, and Vietnamese sandwiches. In addition, they serve up grilled quail, a delicious lemongrass tofu, seared clams with Thai basil, and much more. Tippr writer Ryan is currently proving the human body can subsist on garlic chicken wings and Tsingtao beer alone. Those with more well-rounded eating habits could mix it up with fried noodles, sauteed green beans, shrimp cakes, and the fabulous grilled stuffed squid. If you suffer from hunger and thirst, Tippr highly recommends answering the call of The Signature, and experience your own personal Shangri-La.

Now that spinach has been deemed a performance-enhancing vegetable, Popeye's future shortstop career hinges on his transition to pan-Asian cuisine. Get a sailor's worth of energizing Oriental eats with today's deal: for $10, you get $20 worth of food and drink at Dragonfish Asian Café's downtown Seattle location.

Dragonfish's extensive dinner menu transports Near Northwest diners to the Far East without the tiresome clicking of ruby-red heels. Preheat your appetite with Lime Rickey shrimp with cashews in a house-made lemongrass-vodka sauce ($8); dreamy tofu pillows with dipping sauces of spicy peanut, sweet-hot mustard, and caramel ginger ($8); or the caramel-ginger chicken, fried chicken sauced in a caramel-ginger concoction with peppers, scallions, and peanuts ($8). Stomachs sashay to the melodies of Dragonfish's sushi; the Dante's Inferno roll takes eating epic poets through nine levels of delicious hell, marked by tempura shrimp, red onion, kaiware, habanero tobiko, eel sauce, and Thai chili sauce ($12). House specialties include the grilled miso beef rib eye, accompanied in its digestive duties by tempura yams and onions ($19), and the Thai green curry, available with chicken ($13) or prawns ($16). Noodle dishes and vegetable plates are also available.

Sweeten your fork on the Chocolate Heaven dessert ($7), a rich chocolate cake that proves wrong the many scientists who argue that chocolate isn't delicious. Lunch and breakfast are also available. The kitchen is open until 1 a.m., so lounge late into the night, toasting life with the Geisha's Teardrops sake cocktail ($8) or the Kongmopolitan cocktail ($9). Dragonfish ups the ante on atmosphere with red shutters lining the windows, palm-frond fans casting soft breezes from above, and a variety of far-out Far East art lining the walls.

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We'll help keep your whites their whitest and your pad thai <i>faux pas</i> a secret with today's deal from Executive Dry Cleaners. For <b>$15,</b> you get a voucher for <b>$30</b> to spend at Executive Dry Cleaners in Belltown. When the deal tips with 25 purchases, everyone's voucher will increase to <b>$35!</b> Exactly the price of dry cleaning your queen-size down comforter, or enough for two weeks' worth of men's shirts!

Tippster Elizabeth loves Executive Dry Cleaners because she knows she can trust them to take care of her wardrobe investments; each garment is individually hand-processed to ensure a perfect finish. Her advice for how to spend the tip: invest it in a $5 re-usable green garment bag that doubles as a laundry bag. You'll be looking clean, green, and dignified to the utmost.

Executive Dry Cleaners is downtown's premiere dry cleaning and laundry source. Their services extend beyond the usual dry cleaning and wash & fold to include alterations, wedding gown preservation, leather, linens, draperies and bedding. What's more, they provide a free pick-up and delivery service; you can schedule a pick-up at your home or office.

Phone: 206-441-1171 / Email: executivedrycleaning@gmail.com / For more info: http://www.executivedrycleaners.tk

Hour-Long Massage

No matter if you're new to the whole massage thing or buy them ten at a time, we have a proposition for you. Snag today's deal -- $35 for a one-hour therapeutic massage (regularly $70) -- and head over to Sundance Massage in Kenmore post haste to kiss those kinks, knobs, knots, and nagging pains goodbye. Licensed therapists start with the end in mind: your comfort and recovery. Drop your cares at the door and unwind in a tranquil studio designed to nix distractions and maximize relaxation. From Swedish to sports therapy to lomi lomi to Thai stretching; this pampering palace's expert hands have the techniques, tips, and talent for what ails you. Come try Sundance Massage just this once and we bet you'll be a regular, buying massages in bulk in no time.

The Little Details

Limit 1 per person, additional as gifts
• Appointments are required and subject to availability
• Valid for first time clients of Sundance Massage
• Your deal is forfeited if you cancel within 24 hrs of your appointment

Must be redeemed by January 23rd, 2011

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Though soy sauce is commonly believed to be of Asian origin, several linguists have unearthed its true Iberian beginnings by decoding the hidden Spanish translation. Celebrate the intriguing international condiment with the help of today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of Asian fusion cuisine, tapas, and drinks at Root Table.

The Ballard eatery serves up fresh Asian fusion fare and tapas in a charming dining environment. Be a benevolent boss and share small plates of curry-corn fritters ($5) or battered and Cajun-spiced calamari ($5) with your quivering underlings, or hoard an order of the sweet-basil mussels ($6) baked in white wine, garlic, and butter to silence your growly gut. Full-sized entrees feature Asian flavors fused with American flair and include the booze-infused Double-Fisted Duck ($11.50), marinated in dark beer and Chinese wine and served with deep-fried cabbage and jasmine rice. The Menage-a-Thai ($12) comes with three different curries and your choice of beef, chicken, or tofu, and is served with roti and jasmine rice. Hungry herbivores can dig for fresh-grown nutrients in the Green Dragon ($9), a tofu and green-collard stew with shiitake mushrooms, whereas meatists can wrap their tongues around the spicy sausage capellini ($10), made up of Thai Sai Oua sausage over angel-hair pasta sprinkled with fresh basil. Ensure a sweet conclusion to an undercover date with your debonair detective with an order from the rotating dessert menu, such as the pumpkin cheesecake ($6) or carrot cake ($6).

The intimate eatery boasts an earthy yet elegant décor, where hungry diners nibble on nightly nourishment. Cozy up with nature at wooden tables carved into trunk-like formations amid the warm glow of softly lit lamps and rust-colored walls.

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Full Tilt Ice Cream

Here’s the scoop: Spend $10 to get $20 worth of ice cream or drinks at Full Tilt Ice Cream, crowned 2009′s Best Ice Cream Shop by Eveningmagazine. Full Tilt concocts a carnival of flavors, such as ube (purple yam), horchata, Blue Moon, and Thai iced tea to a marvelous selection of vegan creations made with coconut milk. Flavors can change weekly depending on what’s in season or whatever whimsical combo captivates owner Justine Cline. And, you can always enjoy local beers or Rat City Root Beer served ice cold on tap. Throw in vintage pinball games, art exhibits, and weekend music shows and get ready to rock out with your cone out.

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Highlights

• Traditional Thai cuisine with a modern twist
• Lengthy wine menu
• Quaint, historic location

The Fine Print

• Expires 09/30/2010
• Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 add’l as gift. Limit 1 per table. Must redeem in 1 visit. Reservation required. Dine-in only. No cash or credit back. Not valid for tax or gratuity. Not valid with other offers or happy hour menu.

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• MKG Martial Arts
• MKG Martial Arts Website
• North Seattle
• 10722 5th Avenue Northeast
• Seattle WA 98125
• 206-789-2411

• Edmonds
• 114 4th Ave N
• Edmonds WA 98020

$30 to Spend on Food and Drink

Looking to Thai one on? Have we got a deal for you: Get $30 worth of sips and sups for $15 at Thai Fusion Restaurant & Lounge. At half off, pile on the pork skewers and potato puffs at this Fremont eatery known for dishing out exotic eats with a twist. The highly rated Yelp joint -- dressed in brightly colored chairs, black-and-white photos of Thailand, and bamboo -- serves up Thai noodles, meats, fish, and even Bangkok street food (think kao nah ped roasted duck). Don't forget to save room for the homemade desserts, cheekily named Happy Endings. For a sure thing, finish off your meal with The Money Shot -- a fruity, white chocolate treat served with a gold coin. Admire East meeting West, then lick your fingers.

The Little Details

Limit 1 per table per visit
• Gratuity and tax not included (Be nice and tip on the pre-discounted total!)
• Dine-in only (not valid for takeout or delivery)
• Not valid during happy hour

Must be redeemed by May 25th, 2011

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$20 to Spend on Food and Drink

Here's the scoop: Spend $10 to get $20 worth of ice cream or drinks at Full Tilt Ice Cream, crowned 2009's Best Ice Cream Shop by Evening Magazine. Full Tilt concocts a carnival of flavors, such as ube (purple yam), horchata, Blue Moon, and Thai iced tea to a marvelous selection of vegan creations made with coconut milk. Flavors can change weekly depending on what's in season or whatever whimsical combo captivates owner Justine Cline. And, you can always enjoy local beers or Rat City Root Beer served ice cold on tap. Throw in vintage pinball games, art exhibits, and weekend music shows and get ready to rock out with your cone out.

The Little Details

Limit 1 per visit
• Can be used over multiple visits

Must be redeemed by May 6th, 2011

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