For more than thirty years we have cooked Thai-Phuan food in Lopburi town: our own fermented fish sauce, plenty of herbs, little coconut milk, and a puffball-mushroom curry people ask for by name.
The Phuan people came from around Xieng Khouang in Laos, and Lopburi has one of Thailand's largest Thai-Phuan communities. Our owner, Aunt Tim, says cloth and cooking are what make the Phuan distinct; Mud Mee is also the name of the tie-dyed ikat cloth, and our menu cover wears its pattern.
Thai-Phuan cooking seasons with pla ra (fermented fish) instead of fish sauce, uses lots of herbs and little coconut milk. We ferment our own pla ra from small gourami for one to two years, and make pla som fak, a soured featherback-fish cake, the old way.
Our most-requested dish is not Phuan at all: a local curry of puffball mushrooms and featherback fish.
มติชน (Matichon)2020คอลัมน์เคี้ยวตุ้ย…ตะลุยกินชิมอาหารไทยพวนร้านมัดหมี่กว่า 30 ปีคู่เมืองลพบุรีเขียนถึงแกงคั่วเห็ดเผาะปลากรายปลาส้มฟักทอดแกงส้มพวนไก่และน้ำปลาร้าที่ร้านหมักเองFood column on our Thai-Phuan cooking, over 30 years in Lopburi: the puffball curry, fried pla som fak, Phuan sour curry and house-fermented pla ra.
LINE MAN Wongnai Users' Choice2023ป้าย Users' Choice 2023 ตั้งอยู่ที่มุมเคาน์เตอร์ในร้านลูกค้าคนหนึ่งถ่ายติดไว้ในรูปบน Google MapsA Users' Choice 2023 stand by our counter, which shows up in a diner's photo on Google Maps.
เชลล์ชวนชิม (Shell Chuan Chim)ปกเมนูของร้านพิมพ์ตราเชลล์ชวนชิมรูปชามไว้คู่กับตรา Wongnai Users' ChoiceOur menu cover carries the Shell Chuan Chim bowl emblem next to a Wongnai Users' Choice mark.
Aroiii. All the dishes taste great and big portion. Local Thai-puan dishes can be found here too. Fast service and also a nice place to take families, guests for a good meal
Lopburi's old town packs Phra Prang Sam Yot, King Narai's palace and Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat close together, and the monkeys around San Phra Kan are part of every visit.
พระปรางค์สามยอดลพบุรีPhra Prang Sam Yot, Lopburiพระนารายณ์ราชนิเวศน์Phra Narai Ratchaniwet palaceวัดพระศรีรัตนมหาธาตุลพบุรีWat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, LopburiฝูงลิงหลังศาลพระกาฬMacaques behind San Phra Kan shrine
How is Thai-Phuan food different? Pla ra replaces fish sauce, herbs are generous and coconut milk is sparing; even the sour curry gets pla ra and hairy basil.
I don't eat fermented fish. Any options? The puffball curry has no pla ra, and the menu has blanched dishes, stir-fries and the red ant omelette; just tell the staff.