Those who venture to Isan, an off-the-beaten-path region of Thailand teeming with rice fields, are rewarded with national parks, Khmer temple ruins, and now: Michelin-recommended restaurants
March 16, 2023 6:00 AM EDThances are you’ve already tried food from Isan, and you might not even know it. The largest region in Thailand, which hugs the border with Laos and Cambodia in the country’s northeast, has given us such classic dishes as, and its diaspora is spreading this sour, spicy, herbaceous cooking style far and wide.
The cuisine is becoming so ubiquitous abroad, in fact, that an Isan restaurant in tiny Randolph, Vermont, called Saap, earned last year’s James Beard Award for best chef in the Northeast. Those who venture to this off-the-beaten-path region of Thailand teeming with rice fields are rewarded with national parks and Khmer temple ruins that rival Angkor Wat, and now: Michelin-recommended restaurants.
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