Zaap Yasothon

Green papaya salad pounded with small salted river crabs. Seasoned with chili, garlic, fish sauce, and lime. Salty primary taste, spicy and sour. Crisp green papaya strips.

Popular Isaan papaya salad with salted crab and boiled fermented fish sauce. Intense, savory flavor, fragrant with fermented fish sauce, very spicy.

Chopped cucumber used instead of papaya strips, pounded with papaya salad ingredients. Refreshing, crisp, juicy, and spicy-sour taste.

Papaya salad with various ingredients such as bamboo shoots, khanom jeen, pickled vegetables, snails, and 'krathin' seeds. Intense flavor, savory with fermented fish sauce. Multiple textures in one dish.

A hybrid of Som Tum Thai and Som Tum Lao, containing peanuts, dried shrimp, and fermented fish sauce. The primary taste is sweet and sour, with the savory aroma of fermented fish sauce.

Boiled shredded bamboo shoots seasoned with Laab spices, toasted rice powder, chili powder, and fermented fish sauce. Well-balanced flavor, fragrant with 'yanang' leaves and herbs.

Finely minced meat, stir-fried and cooked. Seasoned with chili powder, toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce, shallots, and mint. Sour, salty, and spicy taste, fragrant with toasted rice powder.

Grilled catfish meat, deboned and minced, then seasoned as Laab. The fish meat absorbs flavors well. Rich fish flavor, spicy and sour.

Minced duck meat stir-fried with offal, seasoned with intense Laab spices. Often includes fried dried chilies and fried shallots for added aroma. Rich flavor.

Grilled beef cut into bite-sized pieces, seasoned like Laab but with a bit of sauce. Spicy and sour taste, fragrant with grilled beef and toasted rice powder.

Fresh liver, blanched to medium or perfectly cooked. Seasoned as Laab. The liver has a natural sweet juiciness, contrasted with the spicy and sour seasoning.

Raw beef and fresh offal, cut into bite-sized pieces. Served with a bitter jaew dipping sauce containing cow bile. Sweet taste from the natural raw beef.

Fresh fish coated with salt and grilled over charcoal until cooked through. The skin peels off easily. The white fish meat is soft and juicy. Served with fresh vegetables, khanom jeen, and seafood dipping sauce.

A spicy soup with lime juice, chili powder, and toasted rice powder. Fragrant with herbs like galangal, lemongrass, and kaffir lime leaves. The taste is sour, spicy, and intensely hot, easy to drink.

A traditional Isaan soup with a little broth, no coconut milk. Contains dill and various herbs. Seasoned with fermented fish sauce. Salty, rich, and savory flavor, fragrant with dill.

Cooked meat or offal blanched in herbal broth. Served with a delicious jaew dipping sauce and fresh vegetables. Easy to eat, full flavor of the ingredients.

Beef with fat, marinated in spices and grilled over charcoal. The meat is tender and fragrant with smoke. Served with jaew dipping sauce.

Pork marinated in sauce, grilled to a perfect char. Tender meat, well-balanced flavor, fragrant with marinade.

Grilled Pork Neck (Collar) grilled until fragrant. The texture is bouncy, chewy, and fatty. Fragrant with grilled aroma.

Whole catfish grilled over charcoal until golden brown. The fish meat is soft and fragrant with smoke. Often eaten with papaya salad or chili paste.

Pork neck with streaks of fat, marinated in spices and grilled. Tender, juicy meat, sweet and salty well-balanced flavor. Served with jaew dipping sauce.

Pork tongue marinated and grilled until cooked. Crispy, soft, and chewy texture, enjoyable to chew. Fragrant with grilled aroma.

Isaan-style hot pot served in a clay pot. Fragrant herbal broth with tom yum spices. Blanch meat, vegetables, and glass noodles. Served with a delicious dipping sauce.