Dali's Lao Thai Cafe

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Family run Dali's Lao Thai Cafe on Rinehart Road in Sanford cooks Lao and Thai food with care and fresh ingredients. Portions run generous, and regulars come back for pad thai, papaya salad, and pad see ew with a clean, balanced heat. Try the Lao sausage with sticky rice and jaew bong, the red curry chicken noodle soup, or curry beef empanadas, and save room for mango sticky rice and purple lemonade.

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