Other restaurants in Laos
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Lao Lao Garden
Superlative Thai, Lao and Western fare graces the long menu at this hip, alfresco restaurant, where tables tumble into a hilly, candlelit garden. The Lao barbecue here is a must – diners are served a basket of raw meat and vegetables, which they cook at their own leisure on a round hotplate in the centre of the table. It’s about as much fun as dinner gets.
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Tamarind
Chic little Tamarind injects a great deal of style into the Luang Prabang dining scene, inventing its very own make of ‘Mod-Lao’ cuisine. The à la carte menu boasts delicious sampling platters with bamboo dip, stuffed lemongrass and meuyang – DIY parcels of noodles, herbs, fish and chilli pastes, and vegetables. With a day’s notice they also serve banquets (per person US$6 to US$8) with variations like a Lao Celebration Feast (Pun Pa), and the degustation-style Adventurous Lao Gourmet. Dishes include whole fish, marinated in local herbs, stuffed with lemongrass and barbecued in banana leaves, traditional eggplant and meat stew, or Lao-style barbequed pork. Meals are …
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Riverside Snack and Drink Vendors
The riverside snack and drink vendors are great for sundowners. Beerlao and ice is the most common purchase but fresh tąm màak-hung (green papaya salad) and a range of grilled meats are usually on hand. Look for the friendly family of long-haired ladies who run one of these places; one who speaks English apologised to us this time for cutting her hair from calf-length to merely waist-length. Baw pen nyǎng, we say, it’s still pretty impressive.
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Seng Ahloune Restaurant
The Seng Ahloune is as popular for its delicious comfort food, including great fish and chips (US$3), as its prime location over the river just south of the bridge. Vietnamese spring rolls and curries are other dishes worth trying on the epic menu. Recommended – except during the tour-group rush hour around noon. It should have four relatively plush rooms (US$10 including breakfast) open by the time you read this.
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Riverfront Food and Drink Vendors
The long stretch of vendors that convenes along the levee beside the Mekong River is a great place to watch the sunset eating pîng ka (grilled chicken), tąm màak-hung or nǎem (minced sausage mixed with rice, herbs and roasted chillies with a plate of greens on the side) and cheap Beerlao.
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Chittavanh Restaurant
Extremely popular with local diners, Chittavanh serves fabulous fǒe as well as good tôm yám, Cantonese stir-fries, and the usual roster of noodle and rice dishes. The décor is dominated by demure calendar girls, the smells are great and the table condiments will knock your socks off.
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Manychan Guest House
The most popular falang venue in town has an extensive menu boasting Lao, Thai and tame Chinese dishes. The chef’s spell in Vientiane and Luang Prabang restaurants has served the kitchen well and the buzzing tourists manage to wolf down their meals while swapping trekking tales and glasses of Beerlao.
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Le Café Ban Vat Sene
In a restored colonial building decorated with antiques, this fine café serves tapenades and tapas, smoked chicken and feta salads, and roast pork and tarragon-filled baguettes. The tarts and cakes are delicious. It’s quietly chic, and the service is excellent.
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Dan Nao Restaurant
This neat, petite restaurant has a spotless interior and serves a limited but tasty array of noodles, grilled chicken and beef, and fried dishes with plenty of ginger, chilli and garlic. The menu is in English so there’s no guesswork.
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Ketmany Restaurant
Ketmany serves decent European food and very good Vietnamese dishes, though many are not on the English menu so you’ll need to ask by name. It also has good ice cream and packed-with-processed-meat Western breakfasts (US$2).
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Lao-Paris Restaurant
In an old Chinese shophouse near the river the mostly reliable Lao, Vietnamese and French offerings here make this a travellers’ favourite. Service is rarely enthusiastic, but the portions are big and prices reasonable.
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Sokdee Restaurant
A good spot for the adventurous gastronome, Sokdee serves authentic Lao food a-la intestine and meats that diverge from chicken, beef and pork. Not ideal for vegetarians, but it’s extremely popular with the locals.
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Savan Restaurant
In an oddly romantic outdoor setting with private compartments, this place is all about sìin daat (Korean-style barbecue). There’s no English menu but it’s easy enough to just point and shoot.
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Bounxou Restaurant
Falls or no falls, Pak Kading is a good place to stop for a meal at the Bounxou Restaurant, where the fish dishes are famous. If you have to stay there is one simple guesthouse.
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Ban Anou Night Market
This night market sets up in a small street off the north end of Th Chao Anou every afternoon. It’s an encyclopaedia of street food, all fresh and freshly prepared – the locals love it.
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Sengdala Bakery
This bakery–restaurant serves good rice, noodles, curries, soups and salads, but also distinguishes itself with great pancakes and baguettes. Water-bottle refills cost US$0.10 per litre.
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Nang Phone Keo Restaurant
The ‘falang roll’ of peanut butter, sticky rice and vegies lure ravenous travellers to the open-air deck of this restaurant on the main street. Also whips up good fǒe.
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Done Khong Guest House & Restaurant
This place serves tasty Lao dishes such as làap (US$1.50), the mysterious ‘soup with chicken gallingly root’ (US$1.50), and various rice dishes.
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Moonlight Ranch
Run by a quirky Lao-Danish couple, this place has become popular with travellers and expats seeking comfort food. The hamburgers, in particular, aren’t bad.
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Chanthounma’s Restaurant
Chanthounma’s ‘good food to suit your mood’ lives up to the advertising, and along with charming Chanthounma, should brighten any mood.
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Au Rendez-Vous Restaurant
This small and clean restaurant serves a few decent Western dishes with its predominantly Asian menu, and has a good reputation for Western breakfasts.
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Nazim Restaurant
Good subcontinent curries are to be had at this open-walled restaurant, which also advertises itself as (not-so-Indian) Deen’s Restaurant.
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Market
For cheap fǒe, samosas, spring rolls and fried sweet potato, the market is the place to go.
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Hay Thien
This modest-looking restaurant in the centre of town specialises in freshly prepared, delicious and cheap Chinese dishes.
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Champady
In a French-era building, atmospheric Champady serves Thai cuisine and coffee in an attractive streetside location.
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