4 TseMing Lee - 3 years ago
I enjoyed myself at this restaurant. The staff was super attentive even when there was a language barrier. They had no menu with English or pictures, but Hey! There's Google Translate! Just remember to install the Thai fonts too for them to communicate back to you.
I asked the guy to recommend some Issan dishes as I wanted to try something different, but asked him to have them less spicy. As a guide, I suggested 1 pork dish and 1 shrimp/fish dish. However, after asking the cook, they didn't have Issan dishes with shrimp or fish, so I asked him to just pick a shrimp dish.
Somewhere along the way, the guy forgot to ask the cook to make it less spicy for me. I enjoyed the food, but it was just too spicy for me to finish even after downing 2 bottles of sprite with ice. The guy was quite apologetic u0026 another lady came by and I think offered to replace the pork dish with one less spicy, but I was already quite full ... probably with the drinks, so I declined.
The atmosphere was pretty good until the water flies came along. I had to pick them off my food once in a while or brush them off myself, but I guess that's what you get with open air dining by the riverside in the evening. Still I enjoyed the view and ambiance.
All in all, I'd still come back as the staff wore a constant smile on their faces while serving. u0026 the food was good, even though I've no idea what they were called. A raw shrimp salad; and very spicy minced pork with herbs and spices (think they said larb). I probably should had reminded the guy "less spicy" each time he came out to communicate after talking with the chef.
