Sai ouah / Lao sausage ($7): excellent, juicy, nicely seasoned. Some of the best I’ve had. I ordered the nham prik noom, but they didn’t have enough left, so they threw in the last little bit they had left.
Went the other night because we found parking right across the street (parking in Temescal’s a serious challenge these days) and the outdoor seating looked nice.
I didn’t get a photo of the e-sarn sausage. Good seasoning but maybe overcooked, kind of dry.
Spring rolls. If I’d read the menu carefully I wouldn’t have been surprised that they were fried. My dining companion ordered and liked them so no problem.
“Pretty darn hot” sauce was very seriously spicy. A tiny bit went a long way. Despite the minuscule serving I took most of it home. Jasmine rice was exceptionally good.
Overall it was an odd meal, lots of good things but it mostly didn’t seem very Thai. Though not at all typical Americanized Thai, either.
Kao soi, soup and pickled mustard were really good, tofu was dry and chewy, should have ordered chicken or beef instead but I’d already ordered so much meat. Noodles in the soup were good but I didn’t get the point of the wad of fried noodles.
You can eat well here if you order right but it’s the most hit-and-miss menu I’ve wrestled with in recent years.
