Isaan minced-meat salad of warm chicken, duck, pork or beef tossed with lime, fish sauce, toasted rice powder, chilli, mint, coriander and shallot. Sour, hot, fragrant; canonical Isaan in Bangkok.
Larb (or laap) originated in Laos and the Isaan northeast, where it is the dish of celebrations. The word means 'good fortune'. Bangkok adopted larb through the same labour migration that brought som tam and gai yang. Som Tam Jay So, Supanniga Eating Room and Khua Kling Pak Sod run defensible versions in town.
4 editor picks for Larb in Bangkok, ranked by editorial score. All Bangkok signature dishes · Larb across every city.
Supanniga Eating Room Tha Tien ★ 4.6
old-town · 392/25-26 Maha Rat Road, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
Supanniga Eating Room in Bangkok's Tha Tien serves grandmother-recipe Trat and Khon Kaen Thai dishes opposite Wat Pho, with a sister branch on Sukhumvit 55.
Som Tam Jay So ★ 4.5
silom-sathorn · 402/16 Soi Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra 3, Yan Nawa, Sathon, Bangkok 10120
Som Tam Jay So in Bangkok's Sathorn is the Bib Gourmand papaya-salad room from a sai-mok northeastern Thai recipe lineage. Located in Silom Sathorn.
Khua Kling Pak Sod ★ 4.5
thonglor-ekkamai · 98/1 Soi Thonglor 5, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Khua Kling Pak Sod in Bangkok's Thonglor is the canonical southern-Thai family room, dry-spiced beef khua kling, sator stir-fry and crab curry served.
Soi Polo Fried Chicken ★ 4.4
silom-sathorn · 137/1-3 Soi Polo, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Polo Fried Chicken in Bangkok's Soi Polo is the Bib Gourmand garlic-fried-chicken room, a 1989 family business deep-frying half birds blanketed in crispy.