Saap Ver Thai (San Francsco). Who'll TOFTT?

Which Osha? Two sisters own different ones with different concepts. The original noodle location on Geary was I think about the most authentic Thai some years back, not shirking from pigs blood in the boat noodles. Other locations went for more fusion concepts. Did you know there is a super-ritzy Osha opened a little over a year ago in Bangkok?

At Saap Ver, I have had great whole fish, unctuous pork stews, a great Lao Nam Kao Tod, a full-on som tum, larb. I’ve also had a takeout beef noodle soup that did sway too sweet. I hope that people who rave about the food in Thailand stick up for spicy, less sweet, herbaceous dishes that this kitchen can make so they don’t backtrack to supposed farang-palate, dumbed-down dishes.