Just the other day I found out the hotel has another restaurant out front.  Actually I am not sure if the hotel owns it or if one of the employees of the hotel owns it.  I had seen it before, but they just opened it yesterday.  I am not sure why it was closed before.  The cook at the restaurant is one of the cooks from the other hotel restaurant so I know the food will be good.  This new restaurant is more for the locals.  It is along side the road and serves more local food at a cheaper price.  So last night on my way to dinner the owner of the hotel asked if I wanted to try Thai noodle soup.  After saying yes I followed her out front to the new restaurant where I sat down in a bamboo hut style table.



My only options tonight were beef or chicken and what style noodles I wanted.  I chose beef and let the cook pick her favorite noodles.  After a few minutes the soup arrived.



The soup was filled with noodles, sliced beef, balls of packed beef, and vegetables.



Here is a look at the noodles.  So after being served I took a few bites.  Then the cook came back over to see if I liked it.  She noticed I had not put any condiments in the soup so she started pointing out the condiments on the table.  So as she stood there watching I just randomly took a scoop of peppers and added them to the soup.  I had no clue how much to put in so I went back for another scoop and she stopped me saying the peppers were very hot.  So I mixed in the peppers and started eating again.  The soup was very good and definitely hot.  By the time I finished I was sweating all over.  I don't know if it was from sitting out in the humidity or from the peppers.  It was probably a combination of both.  When I was done I told her the soup was delicious and hot.  She just laughed as I am sure she could see that I was all sweaty.  The best part was the meal was less than $2 which is about 1/3 of what I usually pay for dinner at the other hotel restaurant.