Raan Laab Boon Mee

Minced meat salad (e.g., pork, chicken) seasoned with chili powder, fish sauce, lime, and toasted ground rice. Includes herbs like spring onion, coriander, and mint. It has a bold flavor with the aroma of toasted rice. Served with sticky rice.

Finely minced or sliced raw beef salad. Seasoned with Laab spices, fresh blood, and a slight bitterness from ox bile. A popular Isaan dish with a rich flavor.

Grilled meat (usually pork neck or beef), sliced. Seasoned like Laab with chili powder, fish sauce, lime, toasted ground rice, and herbs. It has a slightly thick sauce with sour, spicy, and salty flavors.

A raw beef dish similar to Koi, but with more fresh blood, giving it a natural sweet blood taste. Seasoned with herbs and ox bile.

Isaan-style Tom Yum. Often includes pork soft bones or offal. Seasoned boldly with dried chili, toasted ground rice, lime, and wild basil. Sour, spicy, and hot, it's a refreshing soup.

Shredded green papaya pounded in a mortar with chili, garlic, tomato, fish sauce, palm sugar, and lime. A perfect balance of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors.

Traditional Isaan curry. The gravy is thick and not made with coconut milk. It emphasizes garden vegetables and herbs, especially the distinctively fragrant dill. Seasoned with fermented fish sauce (ปลาร้า).

Whole catfish marinated with herbs and spices, grilled over charcoal until fragrant. The fish is sweet and tender with slightly crispy skin. Served with Jaew dipping sauce.

Minced duck meat stir-fried until cooked. Seasoned with Laab spices, chili powder, toasted ground rice, lime, and fish sauce. Topped with crispy fried shallots and kaffir lime leaves. No gamey smell.

Grilled catfish meat, deboned and minced, then seasoned with Laab spices, toasted ground rice, chili powder, lime, and fish sauce. Fragrant with herbs, it has a bold flavor.