An unremarkable day except for a remarkably good dinner

As the heading suggests today was an unremarkable day. Went for a walk, pottered round the house, did some domestics, played with the cat and the dog.

Got a tuktuk into the city, went for a walk, took a few pics of Vats and stuff and then.....

I met up with Bianca at Makphet, the restaurant run by ex street kids.  Too many choices on the menu saw us getting a number of shared half size dishes:

Grilled Eggplant salad with galangal, lemongrass and peanuts. - looked like somehtign with bolognaise sauce but tasted like heaven.  The eggplant to start with had a smoky taste and then the lemongrass and galangal kicked in to leave a divine after taste.

My usual banana leaf salad - subtle, limey, spicy and the sesame seed after taste.

Fish ceviche with Galangal and chilli - light, spicy and perfectly offset with the basil and curry leaves.

Fresh Spring rolls with a divine dipping sauce.  Beautifully rolled so that the filling stayed intact as you ate and you got the benefit of the lovely flavours of the spicy green mango sauce.

Pan seared Lao Beef marinated in whiskey sliced thin with frangipane flowers and tomatoes.

                                Whiskey Marinated Beef and Frangipane Flowers

                           

 

                                              THE banana flower salad

                           

                                                 Fresh Spring Rolls

                           

                                AND THE BEST OF THE LOT - the Eggplant Salad

                           

We hardly left anything and enjoyed every drop.  My new favourite restaurant did us proud.

And so home to pack for our trip to Luang Prabang tomorrow