My Lao daughter and my not-Lao-but-knows-Lao-sista and I are going to lunch! My sista says this is her favorite Lao place to eat. I'm SO in. Did someone say PAPAYA SALAD?!
So I met them up. Sista had already ordered her tripe soup. I'm not into tripe but I tried the broth and it was tasty. My Lao daughter got the kao biek! It was SO good! She doesn't like veggies so there wasn't any cilantro or green onions in it but the broth was delish and the noodles were nommy too. I put in an order for Nam and Papaya Salad... Is it Lao style? Yes. Do I want crab in it? No thanks. I ordered Medium spice... However she interpreted that, it came out nice and spicy! Made my nose run and crave for more! The papaya salad it served with cabbage on the side - if you want pork rinds, you're in a Lao store and can buy a package. I should have! There are also pieces of that green bean in the papaya salad.. Matua.. However you spell it - it's delish! The Nam came out with cilantro and lettuce leaves on the side and the nam itself was topped with crispy red peppers. Make my nose drip some more! I'm eatin' good! There are little slivers of I think ginger in the Nam too which I dodnt care for much just cuz you know when you get a mouthful of ginger it is rather overpowering and unpleasant. For me anyway.
They have quite a bit more food here than your typical Lao store where you can just order a few things or there are some items in the fridge that were previously made. I like it! I will definitely be back to try the Larb Gai and get some more Kao biek. And papaya salad. And nam... =)
And some nice man thought my sista was SO fione he bought our lunch! Score!
Shoutout to Mike and his mama, Dao! Mike your mom was super nice and knows my Lao sista too! =)))