Ice Cream BAE founder turns to Laotian home-cooking, offering up Mama’s egg rolls from new Lenexa noodle spot
December 3, 2024 | Joyce Smith
Lenexa Public Market will soon be home to a new kitchen serving a mix of authentic flavors from Laos and Thailand — an authentic-to-home concept from an entrepreneur known for bringing fresh culinary experiences to diners from North Kansas City to South Johnson County.
Saap Saap Noodles; courtesy photo
Chef and owner Adison Sichampanakhone plans a January opening for Saap Saap Noodles, he said, noting Saap Saap translates to “good good” in Laotian.
“We like the whole atmosphere in [Lenexa Public Market] of like-minded entrepreneurs, and we want to grow with them,” Sichampanakhone said. “We also like the idea of just noodle dishes. The norm stuff you would see and also items that you would only see in our homes or with our families. A lot of these recipes have been handed down.”
Saap Saap Noodles will be open seven days a week for both lunch and dinner.
Menu items featured will include more traditional dishes such as Lao-style pho (which will include customization with meats like oxtail or chicken), pad Thai, khao poon (red curry noodles) and Mama’s egg rolls.
Other menu items will include some specialty items like Laos sausage wonton soup, ribeye ramen and Laos-style garlic noodles.
“A lot of new flavors that people maybe haven’t tried yet,” he said.
Saap Saap Noodles; courtesy photo
It also will serve Thai tea, coffee and beer, as well as an assortment of cocktails. Desserts will include mango ice cream sticky rice, taro ice cream and coconut ice cream.
Jackie and Adison Sichampanakhone, Ice Cream BAE; photo by Channa Steinmetz, Startland News
Sichampanakhone also is a partner with his wife, Jackie, in the Ice Cream BAE shops on the Country Club Plaza and in Leawood’s Park Place. They duo previously opened the Thai-inspired BBQ spot Thaiger at the Iron District in North Kansas City.
The Lenexa Public Market is operated by the City of Lenexa, Kansas. The 11,000-square-foot food hall is located at 87th Street Parkway and Penrose Lane in the Lenexa City Center area, west of I-435. More information is available at LenexaPublicMarket.com.
Startland News contributor Joyce Smith covered local restaurants and retail for nearly 40 years with The Kansas City Star. Click here to follower on X (formerly Twitter), here for Facebook, here for Instagram, and by following #joyceinkc on Threads.
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