The worst thing about travelling in Isan, for me anyway, is that it is hard to find a good restaurant. When there in February this year, I had to go to find some large malls in town as they have some chain restaurants from Bangkok such as S&P, Sifa, PizzaHut, etc. Some of these restaurants also serve generally well known Isan foods like Papaya salad, Lab Kai, etc.

It would be nicer to dine at a local individual restaurant but hard to find. There are lots of cafes with karaoke I noticed.

Be warned when you go to an authentic traditional Isan restaurant unless you are happy to try something like Oxtail, buffalos dicks, Cows guts, etc. You never know you may like it, but certainly not for me !.

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