text: You Haven't Been to Luang Prabang, With out Making an attempt Chili Fish Poop Dip | Turkey To Travel Tour
  That's precisely what he informed us as we sat down subsequent to the Mekong River, able to eat an area Laos meals feast in Luang Prabang:
  On this submit I'm going to share with you the small print of a restaurant that serves what was simply the very best meal I had of native meals in Luang Prabang.
  Final Leisure subsequent to the Big MeKong River.
  Luang Prabang is understood for being probably the most enjoyable locations on the planet – properly that's what I believe.
  If I used to be in cost although, I'd say it ought to be even higher identified for the way its so jam-packed with scrumptious issues to eat.
  Xieng Thong Phonsavanh, an area restaurant on the Mekong riverside on the peninsula of Luang Prabang serves a meal which is able to deliver an eater to a state of taste-based-sensory overload. It's a kind of restaurant that actually is properly value a visit to Laos simply to eat at this restaurant.
  The menu consists of a single laminated web page, written in Laos, English, and Chinese language. It incorporates solely meat objects apart from the scrumptious pressed-algae snack that's Kai Paen.
  It is best to be certain to reach simply earlier than 6pm. Watch the solar set over the river as you get able to feast.
  Mekong Algae, an unimaginable crispy pre-meal warm-up
  Kai Pen was first, probably the most crispy crunching snacks you'll ever have. This dish is an area specialty, and also you would possibly see it bought as "Laos River Weed" in any of the night market stalls.
  Time within the solar evaporates any moisture from Kai Pen, and though they may appear like nori seaweed for sushi rolls, these items are at all times deep fried. Only for a number of seconds every although, as they're so paper skinny, a mixture of herbs included within the drying course of helps give the fibrous strands physique as properly.
  You would possibly get a touch of galangal or tomatoes, however all of them obtain a heavy dose of roasted sesame seeds presenting an exquisite smoky taste. They're finest when piping scorching, however watch your fingers in case the oil remains to be crackling!
  This Laap Pa comes with massive chunks of fish and full handfuls of Laos herbs
  Laab Pa was subsequent, probably the most necessary dishes to any night meal in Laos, and probably the greatest of all Laos meals. This meat salad is spicy, bitter, stuffed with scrumptious bites of fish, and well-mixed with enormous quantities of native Laos herbs.
  The massive quantity of mint leaves mixed with inexperienced onions, pink onions, and scorching pink chilies at all times make this dish so refreshing, but additionally a lot lighter than simply ordering a big piece of grilled fish.
  The Laap goes so properly with sticky rice, but additionally comes with an enormous accompanying plate of but extra recent herbs.
  You are taking somewhat bundle of herbs, seize a whole recent chili pepper, and in your different hand roll a small ball of heat sticky rice.
  Dip the sticky rice into the fish salad, take in as a lot of the Mekong fish as you possibly can, after which comply with it with the herb/chili chaser combo.
  An enormous bowl stuffed with recent Mekong river fish.
  Subsequent up was an enormous bowl stuffed with chunks of fish caught proper from the river. This boiled fish soup is solely referred to as Gaeng Pla, however it will probably embrace a number of variations to the essential fish soup recipe – as much as no matter recent catch the chef is working with that day.
  It was so good that it might have simply been the spotlight of the meal had been it not for the dish that adopted…
  I discovered myself dreaming about this dish simply 24 hours later. I couldn't assist myself – its the form of factor that you simply write dwelling about, weblog about, ship out a memo to each meals lover and quote the chef himself – "Till you've had this dish, you haven't arrived in Luang Prabang."
  The title you see on the menu is "Fish Penny Sauce," however a direct translation of this may be Fish Poop Sauce.
  Don't fear – there isn't actually any poop in it. At the very least I don't suppose so.
  What it's although, is a mix of fish eggs, sesame seeds, presumably some sesame oil, and plenty and many dried chilies and chili oil. This mash of richness simply deserves to be the instance discovered within the dictionary of flavors when your mouth appears to be like up 'umami.'
  I couldn't assist however order an additional woven Kratip stuffed with steaming sticky rice simply to go along with this plate.
  Looking down native meals in Luang Prabang, this dish can be foremost on my hit-list. It was in a daze that we left, and I might fortunately go to Luang Prabang once more only for one other order of Jaew Kee Pa.
  After we had been practically completed, the chef returned to our desk, simply in time to see every considered one of us slowly hunch into a wonderful meals prompted slumber.
  The proprietor is so quiet and calm that in the first place he might even appear unfriendly – however that's solely till you see how he fully devotes his ardour. Whenever you begin speaking with him, he's so extremely pleasant.
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  To go: Stroll previous Saffron Espresso, search for the blue fish signal. The restaurant is Xieng Tong Suwannawong, simply previous the Mekong Riverview Resort. The Xieng Tong park subsequent door is a superb place to stroll round and digest whereas dreaming about your most up-to-date meals success.
  I hope you're hungry to go to Laos after studying concerning the fish feast at XiengThong Restaurant in Luang Prabang. Try one other unimaginable dish we tried from Pa Kham Tan Laap Restaurant in Vientiane.