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Lab Sanam Keela

This open-air shop is popular with locals and foreign visitors looking for authentic flavors not found in the area’s hotel restaurants. Northern specialties are the menu highlights, so expect minced meat salads with baskets of local herbs and spicy dipping sauces. Yang ruam is a mixed meat salad and one of the restaurant’s specialties; it’s a mix of mostly pork, with everything from loin to intestines, or beef. The meats on the mixed plates are also delish: smoky and sweet, they pair well with the accompanying spicy dipping sauce. Steamed fish overloaded with roasted garlic and a side of sticky rice is another must-have dish. Photo menus help to make ordering easier.