SoMa, San Francisco ยท restaurant
Purple hanging lanterns, orchids, and a room built around Chef Lalita Souksamlane's childhood cooking from Northeast Thailand and Laos. Lao Table has held down 2nd Street since 2016 with cuisine that's as personal as it is precise. The Crying Tiger Steak brings Snake River Farms kobe-style beef with tamarind-chili dip; the Larb Duck Pakxe arrives as a Pakxe-style spicy minced duck lettuce wrap with toasted rice powder. Friday runs all-day happy hour with $1.50 oysters, which is not a bad reason to show up early.
Pakxe-style spicy minced duck lettuce wrap, toasted rice powder
Snake River Farms kobe-style beef, tamarind-chili dip, sticky rice
Laotian pork sausage with fresh ginger, toasted peanuts, bird's eye chili
Happy hour runs Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.