Serving freezing cold beer Lao at just 6000 kip a bottle sitting at the front of the cafe offered one of the most interesting places to watch the world go by and the torrential rain come down, which at times it certainly did!

Their menu includes fantastic stuffed baguettes including the local specialty; that of pate and vegetables. They also offered a range of Vietnamese dishes including fresh rice paper rolls with a choice of do it yourself fillings.

Family run, you can meet up to 4 generations over the duration of one beer.

They also offer motorbike (scooter) hire for a reliable bike. We hired our bike at around lunchtime so it was not due back until 24 hours later. Because it was just near our hotel we left it with the cafe overnight and picked it up in the morning and surprise, surprise they had siphoned the majority of the fuel from the tank. But we still had enough to go where we wanted to get to. I think the proprietor thought we were a little odd when we asked for helmets but these were produced without any fuss.