I am wayyyyy behind on blogging. Here’s my final post about Laos (unless I get overcome by another wave of nostalgia).
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“Hey, Ken! Wanna meet for burgers at Chok Dee?”
I had never heard of “sliders” until my parents moved to Michigan, where you can find them on every pub menu. After summering in Michigan last year, I now know that sliders are delicious mini hamburgers, about half the size of a regular one.
However, just when I thought I had a handle on burger lexicon, I ordered the “mini burgers” at Chok Dee, a restaurant here in Vientiane. The waiter delivered not a pair of sliders but rather a plateful of teeny tiny Barbie-sized burgers. I couldn’t eat them with a straight face!
Mussels at Chok Dee
Vientiane sometimes feels like a VERY small town. News travels quickly, and I’m guessing there are about 2 degrees of separation between each expat here. So when a Belgian restaurateur started driving to Thailand each weekend to buy mussels that he serves up nine different ways with a selection of imported beers, his Mekong-side café soon became a hot spot. Tony and I tried it out Saturday night. We ordered one batch of mussels “escargot style,” which means broiled with butter, garlic and breadcrumbs, and another batch in a white wine cream sauce. Accompanied by fries, a couple Hoegaarden beers, and a lively ambience, it was a delicious departure from the usual Lao fare.
The restaurant is called Chok Dee, which means “good luck” in Lao.
