LUANG PRABANG, LAOS:
Xieng Thong Phonsavanh Restaurant:
Home of Authentic Lao Cuisine
(with Prices)
If you wish to try Lao cuisine, I recommend dining at this restaurant. The food is delicious and the price is not expensive.
WHEN TO DINE
If your accommodations are at Mekong Riverview Hotel or somewhere in the vicinity of the Hotel Villa Deux Rivieres, where we stayed, the best time to try this restaurant is at dinnertime since it's an easy walk back to the hotel after dinner. We dined at this place after doing the Sasa sunset cruise along the Mekong River.
LOCATION
MENU
THESE ARE WHAT WE ORDERED
LARB
(Minced fish cooked with herbs)
The "unofficial" national dish of Laos
Spicy minced fish cooked with herbs (larb)... (50,000 kip or 290 php or 6 usd) My tip: Be careful getting the meat submerged in sauce. It's VERY SPICY!!! |
...to be wrapped with lettuce, dill and mint. |
Larb is a minced meat salad that may be made of fish, chicken, pork, etc
This restaurant serves fish larb.
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KAIPEN
(Mekong weed)
Crunchy Mekong river weed (20,000 kip or 115 php or 2.25 usd) It is usually eaten with Jaew. The river weed is dried green algae with sesame seeds and garlic, fried before serving. Check out this post: How Kaipen is Made |
JAEW
(Fish penny sauce)
Spicy fish penny sauce (jaew) or fish eggs sauce, used as viand when paired with rice or as dip when paired with Mekong weed. (20,000 kip or 115 php or 2.25 usd) |
STICKY RICE
Sticky rice (5000 kip or 30 php or .60 usd) |
DEEP FRIED SHRIMP IN GARLIC
Deep fried shrimp in garlic (60,000 kip or 345 php or 7 usd) |
MY TIP: The restaurant has 2 seating areas: one inside the main restaurant along the road, and the other across the main restaurant with view of the river. The view of the restaurant is the area where the Nam Khan river joins the Mekong river. It's nicer to seat in the area with river view.