So so many have reviewed this on Burpple and it made me so curious to try it!

First of all I guess the name is really intriguing as I have never come across a dish in the Thai cuisine like that. A simple dish as it looks without much fanciful ingredients (just long beans, minced pork), I was greeted surprisingly by this plate of flavorful silky rice noodles. It's so full of wok hei. But the rice noodles also reminded me of hor fun, or maybe the Chinese 凉皮. Interestingly, though it was really oily, but it didn't turn me off. In fact, the fragrant oil appealed to me. Well, the boyfriend said because it was pork lard and pork lard is commonly used in Thai cuisine.

I didn't know that there was a non-spicy version and so my tongue was on fire very quickly. Yet it was addictive. There were cut slices of chili mixed into the noodles, and the spicy flavour intensities of basil, chili were enhanced when I dipped the noodle into soy sauce with chopped garlic. The combination of the spices that gave a green leafy flavour and heatiness separately, made this a well-balanced dish.