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| - Came here with a bunch of Lao friends. I have to admit I'm not really a fan of south east asian food, mostly because I'm not a fan of fish sauce. I can eat it if its hidden, but if i can taste or smell it, then it's a bit of a turn off for me, but when you're in a group you just roll with it. It's not that i dislike south east asian food, its just not my favorite.
This eatery is located inside an asian grocery store, mostly canned and frozen stuff, a few fresh veggies, some home made sauces and prepared refrigerated items.
My friends got papaya salad both Lao and Thai style, the Lao style is much more pungent and stronger fish sauce taste, i had a bite of both, too much fish sauce for me, but my friends loved it, you can specify the heat level too, they chose 2 chili peppers, they wished they had gone with 1 chili pepper! LOL
We also got the Laab, which i think Vietnamese call Larb, again good but i could taste the fish sauce, but i ate it with a bunch of sticky rice ($1).
We also got beef (meatball) noodle pho, it's probably the safest thing on the menu for me to eat because it was familiar with it and it didn't have fish sauce. But since I'm adventurous my friend said i should try this other dish which was noodles in a coconut based broth, there was an option for fish or chicken. I can't remember the name because it was not written on the menu, it was in the chafing dishes behind the counter, and they said it in Lao. When it came out it looked like a lot of food, the bowl was filled to the top, but the bottom was filled with shredded cabbage, so there wasn't as much noodles as i thought. The soup reminded me of some thai curry because of the coconut, i added some of the chili oil on the table and it was much better.
We also all got either a Thai iced tea or coffee, ($2) it was good and a very large size for $2 but not as strong as i would have liked it.
For me this type of cuisine is not my style, but my friends who are Lao, say its authentic, they were speaking Lao to the lady behind the counter, and they also offer Thai and Vietnamese type dishes. Going there they suggested that i get the chicken noodle soup, but it was sold out when we got there, evidently it takes a long time to make and sells out all the time. So for me its 3 stars, but I'm sure if my friends did a review they'd give it 5 stars and i'd go back and try the chicken noodle soup.
They also have some authentic Lao sauces, i took a pic of one of the sauces that i like, i haven't tried the one from the store, but i have tried the one that my friends aunty makes, if its anything like that one, Oh man, that sauce is awesome, i eat it on steak or any grilled meat or even just rice!
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