Khop Chai Deu

Dinner at KHOP CHAI DEU. It means "thank you" in Chinese. It is a combination of traditional and western food. Actually, I have been to KHOP CHAI DEU twice before, and every time I had nothing but beerlao. This time, I am grateful to Ms. LI for bringing me to discover the real KHOP CHAI DEU. In addition to the great LAO Gira fruit wine, there is also a great band and very happy Laotian aunties. Yes, life is that simple. ​

Dinner Not impressed- a lot of waiting staff big menu , but poor food at quite high prices . As others have mentioned request for a green papaya salad with very little spice resulted in a standard small and not very good green papaya salad with a whole red chili for about 100 grammes of papaya. The mango sticky rice was ok but twice the size in the menu picture than the one we were served. The fish and chips for the children was bland and served with a sweet mayonnaise- not good at all. There are so many good restaurants in Vientiane, not worth coming here for food.

The hotel environment is very good, with a terrace on the second floor. It is quite popular. There are traditional Laotian dishes and Western food. The two of us ordered a set meal for 96,000 kip, about 80 yuan, and a grilled fish. The grilled fish was super delicious. The fish scales were not scraped, but coated with salt. Only the fish meat inside was eaten. It was very juicy and the portion was large. The two of us couldn't finish it, so a 10[%] service charge was charged. It is recommended.

[The dishes are basically not bad, you can order in English, and the menu has English] Grilled steak, grilled chicken with bamboo rice, grilled fish, omelet rice, shrimp fried rice, stinky papaya salad, fresh orange juice, the taste is pretty good, basically not bad (the grilled chicken is a bit woody, and the smell of the stinky papaya salad is unbearable) Grilled steak: just tender and not woody, {can be ordered} Grilled chicken with glutinous rice: Among all the dishes, only the grilled chicken is a bit of a minus, the chicken breast is a bit woody; the bamboo glutinous rice is delicious, with a light coconut and milky aroma, soft and glutinous (other platters also have it, it is recommended to order it), {I recommend not ordering the grilled chicken} Omelet rice: There is a light curry fried rice inside, and a thin layer of egg skin on the outside, which is pretty good. Friends who like it can try Southeast Ya's Omelette Rice {You can order it} Shrimp Fried Rice: Big shrimp, tastes like the curry fried rice in Thai restaurants in China, not bad, friends who want to eat fried rice can order it (but you should also be able to eat it at roadside stalls outside, it may be more expensive in the store) {You can order it} Grilled Fish: The fish is grilled with a thick layer of salt wrapped on the outside, the fish meat is moist and relatively light, the grilling method is different from the grilled fish in domestic barbecue stalls and Hainan, the taste is average, I ate a little with the sauce {Not very recommended} Stinky Papaya Salad: Different from the Thai hot and sour salad, this is a salad mixed with a special stinky fish sauce, it looks like a cold dish in Thai food, but it actually tastes like stinky fish, I can't accept it {order it or not, it depends on whether you are willing to try it}

We chose to have dinner at Khop Chai Deu, a restaurant located in a converted colonial villa near the Namphu River. It offers an excellent selection of Lao, Thai, Indian and a fusion of Western cuisine, with a lively atmosphere and live music.