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3 Nagas
This acclaimed guest house has a charming restaurant (diners can choose to sit indoors or out on a patio). It’s a good spot for lunch or dinner; the menu is focused on Laotian cuisine with French touches. Thanks to its...
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Coconut Garden
Coconut Garden is not fancy but every dish bursts with flavors and character. The restaurant is housed in a Colonial building with a garden out front and in back (you want to request a table in the latter). The menu...
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L’Eléphant
Considered the best in town, the menu has both French and Lao food. Not only is the décor charming but so is its setting at an intersection of two small twisting roads. We each had soup to begin: onion and...
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Tamarind
One of the town’s most renowned restaurants, Tamarind was opened in 2005 by Lao-born chef Joy Ngeuamboupha and Australian Caroline Gaylard as a place to celebrate and feature Laotian cuisine. It’s as much a place for a fabulous meal as...
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Many first-time travelers assume that Laotian cuisine is closely related to Thai (and some dishes are), but the culinary traditions of Lao, a landlocked country that borders Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma and China, are uniquely its own.
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Consider combining your trip with one of these destinations.
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Siem Reap
Siem Reap, in the northwestern part of Cambodia, is mostly known for its Angkor Archaeological Park. In this one location, 150 square miles in size, are hundreds of monuments and, most famously, dozens of fortress-like temple compounds from 800 to...
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Bangkok
Bangkok is chaotic and complex, but if you become acquainted with it, this capital is also one of the most rewarding in Asia, with incredible historic sights, a diverse food scene, great shopping and heartfelt hospitality.
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Hanoi
More traditional and steeped in nostalgia than Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi is well worth a short visit. Hanoi has a scenic and surprisingly serene center in Hoan Kiem Lake, as well as historic neighborhoods with...