I went to Lapats and tried the kuay tiew nuer num tok ($10.95), which are boat noodles according to the server. It was kind of disappointing unfortunately. The broth was a little thin, a little on the sweet side, and missing that slightly funky rich beef/pork blood element in the best boat noodles I’ve had. I much preferred the boat noodles from Zen Yai nearby.
You can get it with various types of egg and rice noodles. I ordered it with thin rice noodles, but it came with thick ho fun like noodles, which were pretty good anyway. The beef was cooked well and not overdone. It came topped additionally with some meatballs, tripe, bean sprouts, deep fried garlic, and some sort of pickled vegetable as well. It was missing pork cracklings, but they were pretty generous with the meat. I wish the broth were better though.
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On another visit I had the ba mee kha moo ($10.95), described on the menu as “braised pork legs served with egg noodles, egg, beansprout, Chinese broccoli and chili vinegar sauce,” which I liked a lot better than the boat noodles. I thought this was going to be a noodle soup, but it was basically a khao kha moo (pork leg stew with rice) but with noodles instead of rice. The noodles were thin egg noodles that were cooked al dente, with a nice chew. The pork leg stew was nice and fatty and flavorful, with a good amount of unctuous pork skin. Not much in the way of sauce or gravy though. Minor quibbles - the broccoli was a little too crispy for my taste, and the boiled egg was cooked too long, with a dry yolk. I would get this again.
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