Lao Cafe

Laotian Cafe in Covent Garden

Address: 60 Chandos Place, London WC2E 4HG
Phone: +44 20 3740 4748
Hours: Sun-Thu: 12:00-22:00; Fri-Sat: 12:00-22:30

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Menu prices: £3–£17 · £ · Median main: £10 · 30/30 with a published price

London's first-ever Lao cafe by Saiphin Moore, co-founder of Rosa's Thai Cafe. Authentic Laotian dishes - papaya salads pounded in a wooden mortar, dry laab salads, mor fai hot pots and charcoal-grilled jee - designed to share.

Salads

• Tum Thai — £8.50

  Thai-style papaya salad
• Kai Khem — £9.50

  Salted eggs
• Pla Raa — £9.50

  Anchovies
• Puu — £9.50

  Pickled crab
• Hoi Dong — £9.50

  Pickled clams
• Tum Lao — £10.50

  Lao-style papaya salad
• Tum Taad — £15.00

  Tray-style salad for two

Soop

• Soop Nor Mai — £7.50

  Bamboo shoot salad
• Tub Wan — £8.50

  Boiled liver
• Moo Yor — £8.00

  Asian sausages
• Makhouer Yao — £8.00

  Chargrilled aubergine
• Nham Khao — £9.50

  Crispy rice with fermented sausages
• Nam Tok Kor Moo — £9.00

  Chargrilled pork neck
• Laab Ped — £9.50

  Minced duck dry laab salad
• Laab Pla — £17.00

  Deep-fried whole fish with laab sauce, for two or more

Grilled

• Jee Moo — £8.00

  Chargrilled pork skewers with spicy dipping sauce
• Jee Kor Moo — £10.00

  Chargrilled pork neck
• Sai Gork Lao — £8.00

  Fermented Lao sausages
• Yang Sin Jim Jaew — £10.00

  Chargrilled beef
• Sai Oua — £8.00

  Herbal northern Lao sausages
• Ping Gai Noi — £10.00

  Chargrilled fish
• Pla Pao Gluer — £17.00

  Salt-grilled whole fish with aubergine dip, vermicelli noodles and fresh herbs, for two or more

Curry

• Om Hed Bai Ya Nang — £11.00

  Mixed mushroom curry with fresh herbs

Hot Pot

• Tom Zaap Gai Gnar Dum — £13.00

  Chicken soup with toasted black sesame, served over charcoal
• Tom Zaap Gadook Moo — £13.00

  Spicy sour pork ribs hot pot, served over charcoal

Stir Fried

• Pad Mhee Lao (Pork) — £8.50

  Stir-fried Lao vermicelli with pork
• Pad Mhee Lao (Prawns) — £9.00

  Stir-fried Lao vermicelli with prawns

Sides

• Khao Niew — £3.00

  Sticky rice in banana leaf, white or brown
• Khao Poont — £3.00

  Rice noodles
• Khao Jee — £3.75

  Grilled sticky rice