Chaa Roen Pohn serves a Lao-Thai menu in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood, in a city where Lao cooking in particular is hard to find. The Lao section carries dishes like mhok pla and pla nil tod, a whole crispy tilapia, alongside nam kao tod, crispy rice salad built with sour pork sausage. The Thai side of the menu runs through familiar standards like pad see ew and tom yum.
The dining room up front can fill up, but there's a second room in back with additional seating.
The dining room up front can fill up, but there's a second room in back with additional seating.