So So Fed

Incredible food!! The fried chicken is so freaking delicious; perfectly crispy and oh so juicy. Also had the peanut noodles, which were a great balance of nutty and spicy. Last visit we had steak and dumplings which were soooo good. Think their available dishes rotate quite frequently. Everything we've had has been a unique dining experience. Would recommend 10/10.

A pop up restaurant in OK Yaki on Sunday and Monday nites. Where else are you going to go for Laotian food on the east side of Atlanta? Sure there is snackboxw bistro, but I'm not driving 30 minutes away. Laotian food is very Thai adjacent and shares the same dishes, where it differs to me is the focus on lime and cilantro flavors and salads. It's a very refreshing and easy to eat meal.The menu is somewhat limited menu. They didn't have any Laap, but the crispy rice is similar. The crispy rice is so amazing, it's addictive and downright delicious. The crunchy with the taste of lime and meat is out of this world. I would go back just for this dish. The Laad Na was solid. The noodles were down right delicious, and they did it right with dark meat. I love a papaya salad, and this was one of my least favorite ones, very fish sauce forward and I don't think the papayas were ripe enough. Maybe if the papaya was right it wouldn't have been so fish sauce forward. This is also a Thai fish staple as well.We sat at the bar and it was a treat to watch the staff cook all the meals. It felt like one of those Japanese places you see in film with a large bar where you see the cooks at work. A smaller more industrial aesthetic feel than a waffle house. Service was great and the drinks were solid. I kind of hate giving this a 4 star and I could see myself coming back for a 5 star. Seriously where else does quality Laotian food? It just had two misses on the limited menu and the papaya salad. Bottom line, you should go. Perfect for a date nite or to share amongst friends.

Literally the best meal I've had in months. This pop up is on Sundays and Mondays, and I will definitely be a regular.We ordered nearly the entire menu and nothing disappointed. The chips and dip were probably my least favorite, but they were still an excellent snack as we had our drinks and pondered the menu. Basically fried wonton wrappers and sweet chili sauce.The papaya salad has the perfect amount of sweetness, spice, and savory flavors. It was excellent! The sausage was the surprise dish of the evening. We were between a couple things and the server suggested the sausage, and I'm so glad he did! It was crisp on the outside and so, so flavorful! We ate it with some sticky rice, and it will be a dish we order again! The steak was perfectly cooked and served with a amazing sauce and shishito peppers. Another knock out dish.The cocktails and beer didn't disappoint either. Overall, this place will be in my regular restaurant rotation from now on.

SSF is a pop up that comes to the OK Yaki restaurant on Sunday and Mondays from 5-12am. They are first come first serve with no reservations. The restaurant is small, tucked in the corner of shopping center and seats probably ~10 tables at a time. To be honest, it was underwhelming. The food was fine but I was not impressed at all, especially for the price. Our favorite item out of the 3 were the chicken heart; the sauce went really well with it. The fried tofu we had was not very flavorful at all. Everything was just "ok" and their menu was very limited.We arrived around 730/8pm and they already ran out of their staple items, which was the meatballs that night. I find it pretty unacceptable that a restaurant would not make enough portions to at least last half the duration that they are open for, bad planning if you ask me. We may give it another try when we see an enticing menu next time, but probably won't be returning for the same items.

Sunday and Monday only, this pop-up takes over the space from Ok Yaki. And I ain't mad that it does. I'm not even mad that it smoked up our clothes something fierce. Mostly because I'm still beaming over that fish. It's kinda bold doing a whole snapper at a pop-up, but they pull it off. And then some...I think it's all in the sauce- this kaffir-limey, garlicky, perfect concoction. We drank the stuff up. Add a wonderful fish, some rice, and a few other well done dishes, and you got yourself a pop-up party.Highly recommended.

Ok, I thought I'd come back with some specifics and some pictures, too. I also have some suggestions: First, be aware that there are two chefs who are holding down the entire restaurant by themselves. Word has clearly gotten around that the food is bomb, because there was a full house and a wait when we arrived. It is likely that you will have to wait longer than you might expect for your food. Come hungry, of course, but maybe pack some crackers and be patient with the people who are working under a lot of pressure in an open kitchen and keeping their cool all the while. We had to wait longer than we would have liked, but once it arrived all was forgiven, because:Everything we had was a total bullseye. I didn't get a picture of the som tum (papaya salad) because it didn't survive long, but you can see the dressing we kept to dip our sticky rice in (don't you *dare* waste that ambrosia). I usually like a very peanut-rich som tom and ours had none, but it did come with pork rinds, which was unexpected and delicious; the smoky, crispy notes pair so well with the perfectly-balanced salad (which is pounded by hand in a mortar and pestle the way it should be, so it's worth the wait). This brings me to my second suggestion: maybe bring wet wipes, since you will likely be eating with your hands, or at least you will be if you're smart. Suggestion number three: sticky rice, in my unhumble opinion, is superior to jasmine for Lao/Thai food; use it like a little spoon to scoop up all the scrumptious flavors. It is *absolutely* what you should be ordering with the fried chicken, which I am sure I could have bounced a quarter off of; it was perfectly, shatteringly crispy, and I will go to my grave maintaining that sticky rice and sweet chili sauce are the best accompaniments to fried chicken. F**k potatoes! Suggestion number four: know that "salad" is a very broad category in southeast Asian cuisine, and you will do well to order a range of them. The crispy rice salad pictured was prepared with red curry, which gave the clusters of rice crisps a beautiful tang and played well with the lemongrass and peanuts in the dish (though I would have liked more peanuts). The hottest girl in the place that night, however, was the thom khem moo--the caramelized braised pork. These pucks of pork in an aromatic broth are so tender they collapse at the touch of a fork; the taste is pure pork candy (and don't forget to soak up that broth with your sticky rice!) OK Yaki's cocktail and wine offerings are always strong and thoughtful, and the drink menu for So So Fed's nights are no exception (and are, I think, particular to Sundays and Mondays when they take over the space). I'm so, so grateful that there's finally a place to get excellent Lao food in Atlanta without having to drive forty minutes to get it, and so thankful for the effort they put into crafting such a dynamic and purposeful menu with exciting new dishes offered regularly. Have a little snack before you come maybe, then sit back and relax; all this can be yours!

Finally got to try this pop up after hearing about it in Atlanta Magazine. Service was really fast and everyone was super nice, had a really good experience. Being a pop up, the menu changes a lot, and we tried their chicken laab and crispy rice salad, which were both good ! I've never had lao food before and this didn't disappoint :) Lots of flavor!!

So So Fed's papaya salad lives rent free in my mind. I started as a regular customer and loved this place so much I asked to work here. Highly recommend! Best time to come is earlier in the evening.

Everything we had was so authentic and delicious. They are here as a pop up on Sunday and Monday. Do not miss it!

Awesome pop up, and a great place to satisfy your craving for Laotian food without making the trek out to Doraville or Duluth. They have a small semi-rotating menu that you can keep track of on their instagram. We had the sticky wings, papaya salad, and the khua mee...but they're changing the menu all the time which gives me incentive to go back. I have no notes about the food, it is incredible.