Saap Fusion

Was in search of some papaya salad and found this place. The fried tofu was crispy yet juicy on the inside. Had a citrus-like taste (no idea what it was but it was good. I had asked for the papaya to be spice level 5 and while it was not spicy (to my standards at least), it was still delicious nonetheless. Had this umami flavor that I can't really describe. I would definitely get this again.Please excuse my amateur photos of the food haha. I had taken a few bites already and had taken the little crab out of my papaya before I took the photos.Shoutout to Vivian for taking my order and being so hospitable.

This is a small new restaurant in Auburn that deserves all the love and support it can get. Chef and owner, Khiet, as a passion for the food that he makes. He makes food the way he would like to eat it, not necessarily in the way that makes the most profit.Portions are as good as you'll ever find anywhere. The flavors are always strong and delicious. There's not a bland dish on the menu. Is Asian wings are not to be trifled with they are amazing. Highly recommend the Lao Jeow Som And the Vietnamese garlic fish sauce flavorsYou will not find better Lao pork sausage anywhere. And the quality and cook of the beef and the Lok lak salad and Yum nua is something you have to experience for yourself. He makes many of his own sauces, and his papaya salad sauce dressing is rather famous as he sells it all over the west coast. The pork larb /laap salad is a flavor bomb. And so is the nam kao crispy rice salad. The vegetables and herbs are always so fresh and so flavorful you won't want to eat anywhere else when you have a hankering for Southeast Asian food .Update September 2023: Saap Fusion is expanding! He's knocked down a couple walls and reduce the size of his kitchen and now there is plenty of seating options! It's still under construction, but you can tell it's gonna be a really good place to eat And if you like Filipino food, he has a new in-store partner, Taglish halo halo Boyz. It's very popular with the local Filipinos and the fried chicken is a destination experience.

They were late to open their own restaurant. Took an hour for us to get our food and it was ok. Service was ok..... they literally only have two tables in the restaurant. The back going towards the bathroom stinks really bad like sewage. The front room has 1 garbage can. It was literally spilling over and they still didn't take it out. The restaurant is messy, they have stuff everywhere like it's their living room. Would I go back? Not at all!

Food is really delicious. They have great customer service and very friendly! Ordered the Cambodian salt and pepper wings and the Black Pepper Beef Lok Lak.

I ordered take-out! The owner was friendly. The food was delicious. It didn't appear to be open for dine-in. I will try more items off the menu.

Both the Cambodian Luc Lac (stir fry beef pieces) and Angel stuffed wing were my absolute favorite. All the other food you couldn't go wrong with either. This is probably the best Lao/Cambodian food in Kent/Auburn. The owner is super friendly and nice too. I'm hoping they will open an actual restaurant soon because currently it's more a Togo spot with minimal seating.

This place popped up and it looked like such a unique food option to what is offered in this area and I was very excited to try all the options. I ordered a stuffed chicken wing, larb, and one other dish I wasn't quite familiar with. I ordered this for pickup, so I can't speak much to ambiance. But there was plenty of parking so I can't complain. Service was not quick, I had already read other reviews so I knew the estimated pick up time wasn't going to be accurate and that is okay! It's freshly cooked food from what I can gather, which takes time. But I will say even after leaving home after some time I still waited at the restaurant for some time for my order. Since I had only had one of these items before I can't speak to how it tastes in comparison. The larb was different than I've had, larb is one of my favorite dishes at one specific restaurant, so I knew ordering it may not suit my specific interest. I did think it tasted fresh and refreshing, but a tad bit salty. The stuffed chicken wing was the star of this order and was really good. The last dish was the naçam khao. This dish I was not familiar with, but I do feel it was slightly off from what was described. The coconut was there, the deep fried rice I wasn't sure if it was actually in there ( I was expecting like crispy rice) but there wasn't really anything crispy in this dish. I also don't think there was meat in this dish? There was this interesting white almost tripe looking addition that I had no idea what it was, it didn't seem to taste like anything specific, but was more texture than anything. I also thought the rice was supposed to be like little croquettes or something. This dish I was not very into, had a fresh taste to it, but again on the saltier side for me. Overall it was nice to try a new place, but these didn't taste like what I've enjoyed in the past, which isn't a bad thing food taste different all over the world. But I was not sure what I ordered was what I ordered at least on one item. Otherwise a fun experience.

We stopped by this place for lunch on our way from exploring Tacoma and Puyallup and it was a great find --- definitely a hole in the wall.There was a couple of things off the bat that needs improvement: the sign says closed even though they are open so they definitely need to keep that updated each day, the place says it doesn't offer dine in and only take out or delivery, but you can do dine in. It's a weird layout but you can still dine inThe owner guy is super nice, he is very friendly and loves to talk :) his hospitality is definitely a 5 star. He gave us complimentary egg rolls because our food was taking a bit of timeFood:Blackened pepper beef (bo LUC lac) --- pretty good, if you are a meat eater this dish is for you, no carbs and meat is tender and juicy. Nam kao tod --- flavor is strong and rice is good but I do wish that the rice was crispier. Love that he was generous with the veggies too.Egg rolls -- these are pretty basic but was really good. I'm usually not a fan of egg rolls at restaurants because they are pretty skimpy or it's too heavy/greasy but this one felt delicious. Portion is ginormous!!!!! So come hungry. Those two dishes can probably feed 4-6 people in my opinion. We barely made a dent on our food and is having it for dinner as well as lunch the next day :)

First time visit We saw other reviews regarding the waiting but thought would still give it a try.......After cleaning a few tablesSeated right away and friendlyPlaced order for dine-in via on-line menu and prepaid.We ordered the following: which normally does not take long to make:Waited 50 minutes:Shanghai lumpia 2 star flavor was okayWaited 75 minutes: Shrimp fried rice (which was not our original order- 3 star lots of shrimp and good flavorYum Nua grilled beef salad- 4 star great flavor Side of papaya salad -1 starHalo halo 1 star- too much Ube flavoring/syrupIt was disappointing it took the kitchen/staff 45 minutes of waiting and then later to find out they hadn't even started on our order. They tell us they were out of Lao sausage fried rice, so then we changed to crab fried rice, owner/waiter says " we'll throw it in." It was $1 more, difference from Lao sausage fried rice.Then after a few minutes he comes back out to tell us again they don't have crab fried rice, then we had to change order to shrimp fried rice. When the main dishes came out, didn't bring us any utensils or napkins. While waiting, we were witness of numerous customers who were seated, waited and walked out. Owners having to refund others for waiting or didn't get what they order. People who ordered online and upset with the extremely inaccurate wait time. Finally after a hour, the staff started to tell customers it was an hour wait for food.Granted the owner shared with us after we've already waited 45 minutes "we're slammed and backed up on orders" That's a little too late..and we had prepaid the order online.Lastly:When we were done eating, we wanted to confirmed that we prepaid. Since the lady owner said she would discount our bill 50% off during our now 75 minute wait. We did not ask or request for any discounts during the whole experience. We didn't want to be charged again for 50%. She had no idea what we talking about. We'll see if they honor what they said. To note: They gave us 2 free Thai ice teas for waiting.There were only 4 tables, which seats 4 people each, large table that would seat 8.There were only 7-9 people total actually eating. Rest were to go. After 45 minutes to tell us they were down 1 staff member. FYI: In the future you should let customers know right away how slammed you are and the wait time for food. Work on a better system to manage your to go orders, party orders, dine-in orders.

I ordered beef sticks and salad and it took over 30 mins to come out to me. I'm disappointed with the cost of the food. While they gave ample shrimp I'm the salad the cost to food comparison does not seem equitable: