2 Rim Khong Restaurant — Restaurant in Fayetteville

While traveling down I-95, we placed an online order. (A bit of a detour, BTW. 40+ mins.) Food was ready exactly on time (being bagged right as we arrived a couple mins early). Food was super hot (temp)!

Medium spicy Pad Thai was actually spicy (which was nice) and the fried tofu was lovely.

Medium spicy drunken noodle was very spicy -- wife said it was the spiciest Thai food she has had since the last time she ordered "Thai hot" from our old spot in Raleigh. (She actually needed rice to deal with the spice, which is very unlike her.) That said, none of her modifications were honored. I.e., she asked for no mushrooms, bell peppers, or onions, but received them all.

So I guess 4 stars so far.

My one critique: Waaaaaay too much food in each dish. Like an obscene amount. As in, if you and someone else want the same dish, you should order only one ...and even then, you might still have left-overs. (Imagine a traditional square styrofoam takeout container split up by dividers -- 2 small sections & 1 big section. Now imagine the whole thing is completely packed to the top with rice or noodles -- so that the lid squishes down the food.)

Obviously my "con" might be a "pro" for many people, so I'll keep it at 4 stars, but the amount of food waste generated by folks ordering from this restaurant must be off the charts. I really hope they add a half size (or rather add a "regular" size and call the current one...

I've grown up in California to a Laotian family household with my mother being a head cook for many Thai restaurants in San Francisco, San Mateo, Sacramento and its neighboring cities in her culinary career. It is hard to find Laotian food here and the closest that I’ve come across is a place in Raleigh called “Bida Manda” which is a bit pricey and far to get to. As far as Thai food around Fayetteville, most have lacked the taste that I’m use to from what my family cooks.

My wife told me about a place on Yadkin with great reviews which I did not believe because there’s a lot of reviews of the Asian cuisine here with high rating that I didn’t feel deserve it. Looking at the exterior and the interior of this restaurant, I didn’t think the food was going to reflect of what the reviews were saying but I was wrong.

The food here is legit authentic from both the Thai and Laotian items on the menu. We ordered the Pad Kee Mow (Drunken Noodles), Sai Gok (Laotian Sausage), Yellow Curry, and Thum Mak Hoong (Laotian style Papaya Salad) with sticky rice. Each dish was never lacking in flavor and spices though I do think the Laotian Sausage needs some more spices and heat to it.

While we were eating, a familiar face walked out of the kitchen which happens to be the owner of Pan Market on Hope Mills Road. I can strongly say that this was exactly the flavor that I receive when I go back home...

First off, just wow, go eat here because it's great! The food was SO good and the service was great! We started with Chicken Spring rolls and they were tasty and crunchy, just some good spring rolls. I ordered some Thai Coffee and it was very good, the taste reminded me of Kahlua and coffee. Then, for the entree, I ordered the Masaman curry with Duck and OMG.... the texture of the duck was amazing. The duck was fried and the skin had a good crunch to it even after sitting in the curry. The curry was very rich and had nice chunks of potato, carrots, some peanuts and had a nice spice to it. It was simple in presentation but deep with flavor and paired with the Duck. It was heavenly. We also got a veggie and tofu soup that was very tasty and not trying to be more than what it needed to be. We also had plenty to take home so we will definitely be finishing the rest off later. We will...