Beef noodles with dried fish and okra sounds like an interesting combo but I'm yet to try it. Hopefully one day soon.

You mentioned 'pares' and it reminded me of my ignorance. There was one stall along the road and they had signage that said 'Pares Mami' and I thought it was the name of their business, haha! It turned out that it was one of their dishes 😂

You're right about pets, unfortunately, many establishments do not allow them inside.