Thanks for the heads up on this restaurant. I’ve eaten here a few times.
Dishes I liked:
Tom Yum Kar Moo - “traditional hot and sour stew pork leg soup with Thai herbs, lemongrass, galangal and kaffir lime leaves”
Hadn’t had this before. Not really a pork leg in the soup, more of a pork hock or knuckle. Not much in the way of meat, it was much more gelatinous skin, fat, and tendons. Very flavorful soup - spicy hot, garlicky and had a lot of zing. Could taste this the next day. I liked this but be warned it’s mostly tendon, fat and skin.
Kao Klook Ka-Pi - “homemade shrimp paste with garlic mixed with rice served with sausage, sweet pork, scrambled egg, dried shrimp. lime, and onions"
Kind of like a deconstructed shrimp paste fried rice. Pretty to look at. Sausage was like Chinese lap cheong. Some chopped up chili peppers in the sweet pork gave it a bit of spice, but not really spicy.
Thai Boat Noodle Soup
I got this with the thin rice noodles and pork. Came with tender pork chunks, fish balls, green vegetable (morning glory?) and bean sprouts. Unlike other places there weren’t any pork cracklings in the bowl. Don’t remember there being any liver either. Pork was not overcooked and quite tender. Broth was good, soaked up well in the thin noodles and was a bit on the sweet side. Good dish but I think I like the versions at Zen Yai and Kyu3 nearby better.
Fine:
Kai Look Koey - “fried boiled eggs with Thai sweet sauce”
Son in law eggs. This tasted like what it was - deep fried hard boiled eggs with a sweet tamarind sauce.
Did not like:
Pla Muk Nuang Ma Now - “steamed whole squid topped with chili, garlic and cilantro in spicy lemon sauce”
Huge squid. The squid unfortunately was pretty tough but edible. Ended up only eating the tentacles and a bit of the body though as it was way too chewy.
Pictures:
Tom Yum Kar Moo
Kao Klook Ka-Pi
Thai Boat Noodle Soup
Kai Look Koey
Pla Muk Nuang Ma Now
