Sang Dao - San Diego

Today was a bad day to get food here. Pad thai was super sour! I couldn't keep eating it. I asked for level 4 spice. There was no hint of sweetness like normal. The nam kao to go was not good. The rice was wet and soggy. Very disappointed in thisexperience because this was one of my Lao favorite spots but the food wasn't the same. October 6th around 11 am gottakeaway. This spot has been one of my faves to get my Lao food fix. The food here is delicious and the prices are fair. Ilove that they have hot premade foods for takeout. Also the childhood Lao snacks available that bring me back memories. The Laobeef jerky, sausages, pork rinds, and jeow with sticky rice mmmm. I recently had their freshly made chinese donuts and it wasthe best I had. They sold out fast too.

Some of the best pad Thai I?ve ever eaten. The golden wings are also so delicious. We also ordered the bbq pork and fried pork entrees with special sauce and sticky rice. What can I say, we ate with our eyes but everything was so delicious down to thesauce. My only advice is if you plan to dine in, make sure you show up an hour and a half before closing otherwise they won?tseat you. One time we got there 1 hr before closing and the owner said they were only taking orders for take out and that lastcall for dine-in was at 6:45. So bummed! I?m sharing this because it?s not something I knew when I got here. But it?s not a hugedeterrent for me so I?ll keep coming to this place because the food is amazing.

Our favorite joint for Lao food.  We ordered the khopiek sen, bitter beef laap, and innards soup for an early lunch around 10:30AM.  At first I thought the bowl of khaopiek was pretty small, but I ended up getting a to-go box because there was somuch chicken, pork blood, and noodles I couldn't finish it (less soup, more stuff! I also noted that the noodles are cut byhand, not machine ???? The innards soup was also hooked up with a lot of tripe and intestine.  The laap had tripe too, so youknow its legit ???????????? Nothing was lacking in flavor, my husband said it was perfectly to his taste--lots of umami flavorif you know what I mean.  If there was anything I would change I would ask auntie in the back to chill on the salt/msg butthats just me ???? We also bought some kiep moo/pork ears from the ready-to-eat foods.  The skinny kind which was wellseasoned, crunchy and not too hard! 10/10 will buy all the bags next time.

Authentic, delicious and generous offerings of Laotian and Thai classics. Service was prompt and polite. Waiter/co-owner(? Mike was knowledgeable, personable, and efficient. We've traveled all over the Orient, love Thai and Laotian cuisine, and willadd this to our list of favorite local restaurants. Fine dining, it's not--authentic Thai/Laotian, in generous proportions atvery reasonable prices, it is! Give it a try--you'll like it!! Otherwise, stick to Mc'y D's

Love this place. Should try Seafood Choo Chee and BBQ Beef.Food: 5/5