We have tried all of the top restaurants on tripadvisor for Vang Vieng and they have all been awful! yikes. But we found one winner. The Organic Mulberry farm right on the river. It was so fresh and amazing! They have so many items made from the mulberrys, wine (which was sweet and so good), tea and even fried mulberry leaves. They are delicious, even the boys ate them. (it was out of desperation at first because they were so hungry, but they ended up loving them and we happily had to order them more).
Conner eating something green! a true miracle
I want to eat there everyday. They have homemade goat cheese that they toast and serve with a homemade baguette. Oh my goodness, it is heavenly. The owner of the farm is the same man that “inadvertantely started the tubing craze” in Vang Vieng. While he is not the friendliest of guys, he did let the boys run around the farm and stay as long as we wanted.
elephant bones found on the property
so smart! they used coconut husks as planters. I thought my friends in Hawaii could to this
Star fruit. a family favorite, we would always buy these in Hawaii and cut them sideways so they looked like a bunch of stars on our plate. We had never seen them on a tree so it was really cool, a lady even told Peyton to climb up and get one, so he stood on my shoulders and got himself a tasty treat.
an escaped baby goat-so sneaky
Conner was not so sure! The baby eventually snuck back in the fence to be with her mama, she needed some milkies
on the way out-a cage of guinea pigs
We went back again the next day because we loved it so much, but sadly when we walked up a rottwieller attacked Conner. Thankfully Jarrett was there to swoop Conner up because the dog almost bit him. Poor little Conner was traumatized so we went to find our dinner somewhere else. Thankfully they have a sister restaurant in town that serves the same menu! We can have fried mulberry leaves anytime we want now.
OH wow ~ never realised taht mulberry leaves could be fried up and eaten? Sounds crazy but I guess if kids will eat them then they cant be too bad!
Glad you found the sister cafe.
Bugger about the dog
they are delicious! i would never have though to eat them either-people are so creative!
I LOVE your boys’ smiles! They always look so joyful!
thanks April, we of course have our family meltdowns, but for the most part they are pretty happy go lucky
I agree with April…LOVE peyton’s smile next to the bones!!
thank you Ashley, he is the sweetest boy with the sweetest smile:)
Fried mulberry leaves? Who’d have thunk it? I’m definitely going to have to Google that one. There’s a huge mulberry tree in my front yard! Silver lining to the dog cloud? Connor will always remember Daddy swooping him up and saving the day! Priceless!
i know, Jarrett is our hero:)
The leaves look pretty – what do they taste like? It makes me sad the dog picked on Conner:( Love and miss all of you!
i don’t know what they tasted like-just super yummy. maybe like a mild crispy fried zuchinni. it made me so sad too, Conner loves dogs, but he often gets attacked for no reason:(
Very interesting and looks like a cool place with the exception of the mean dog! Crazy they even have one there that would do that! Way to go, Jarrett! Poor Conner, but at least you found a place in town to get your fried mulberry leaves.
i know, poor conner, he was so sad!
Gosh poor Conner:( i feel like your boys have had bad luck with dogs:( I’m so in love with them more and more in every picture! they are sooo handsome and fun! How cool about the mulberry leaves! What a fun place:) love you!
conner and dogs:( he loves them so much but they are so mean to him!
So many adventures – wow!! I just love reading about them all!! Fresh goat cheese and baguette?!?!? My mouth is watering
Really too bad about the dog – well… when you come and visit us in Canada (hint, hint… hehe) your boys will have a great time playing with our 4 dogs (friendliest and best behaved dogs ever!!!
thanks Gioia, the goat cheese was amazing! and yes when we make it to Canada we are definately looking you guys up!
Those mulberry leaves look delish!!! Xoxox
they were! i can’t stop thinking about them:)
What a special treat and just thankful Conner was saved by his Dad.
it was fun and yes i am so glad Jarrett was close by!