La Residence Phou Vao
Luang Prabang, Laos
Eating
A fabulous breakfast is accompanied by a newssheet that
brings you up to date. You help yourself to a huge buffet
breakfast. Dig into fruit salads and freshly-sliced fruits,
assorted jugs of freshly-squeezed juice, cold plates of cheese and
ham, hot plates of bacon and eggs (and even baked beans!), then a
raft of patisserie, all of which is baked in the kitchen: pain au
chocolat, croissants, baguette, brioche, even chocolate cake.
Throughout the day a menu of light snacks offers pasta and
salads, sandwiches and burgers, onion tarts, spring rolls and
home-made potato chips. If you want something more substantial for
lunch the dinner menu is available too. You eat either in
the airy dining room, where glass doors retract and open the room
up to views of distant mountains, or out on the terrace, which is
lit by candle lanterns at night; if the temperature cools, they
light coal fires to keep you warm. Try stuffed bamboo shoots or
foie gras, wok-fried Mekong perch or magret de
canard, tropical fruits or tarte au chocolat. It’s
all delicious and there’s a good wine list to enjoy. All
meals can be brought to your room.
Luang Prabang has some of the best food in Indochina with a clutch
of excellent cafés and restaurants from which to
choose; the streets at night are alive with tourists and locals.
For recommendations, see our
guide
to Luang Prabang.
Features include:
- Walk to restaurants
- Minibar
