After struggling to find this place, I enter and the owner is lounging on a couch, while two young women chase small children. He motions me upstairs where a mother sits with child finishing a pizza. No one else is present. An attractive but very young girl brings me menus, one for drinks, another listing pizzas, and the largest is a book filled with photographs of unknown Laotian food. I debate choosing a prawn over fish and ask her recommendation. Fish it is. She asks if I also want pizza. A smaller one at half the price. I take her cue and order mushroom.
A Thai couple enters downstairs and make their way up the spiral staircase. My wait-person brings me beer, tea, fork, spoon, and a small plate. A Japanese couple make their way upstairs.
My six inch pizza arrives with the smallest mushrooms I have ever seen, although I recognize each variety. The pizza is good but it’s a thin crust versus bread crust thing, and I’m a thin.
However, my fish arrives professional plated, the rim dusted with black pepper, and two purple flowers angled toward the depression center which contains large pieces of fish on slivered vegetables sitting in a thin sauce. The plate is fragrant with herbs. The vegetables slivers remind me of Paulie slicing garlic in “Goodfellows.” This dish is super good, I mean seriously super good. Basil, mint, hint of a non-coconut curry. Small bones in the fish but no complaint here.
An unusual eclectic restaurant off the beaten tourist track. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Great food! Surprise finding, if you live around here, definitely come here! Authentic Lao food, recommend green curry and tom yum soup with fish☺️ Very friendly stuff, will definitely come back again!
