70 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai · District 3 · open daily 10AM–10PM
Spicy enough to make you gasp, good to the last ZAAP
An Isaan Thai spot at 70 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai: mortar-pounded papaya salad, steaming sour-spicy Tom Yum, prawn Pad Thai and charcoal-grilled lemongrass chicken — open daily 10AM to 10PM.
Heat to your taste: 1–5 chilies
Isaan signatures
From the pounding mortar
The house's Isaan signatures — each with its own heat level, from 1 to 5 chilies. The house has published no priced menu, so no prices are shown.
01Papaya salad with raw shrimp
Raw shrimp, bird's eye chili, Thai eggplant, long beans
Heat 5/5
02Seafood Tom Yum
The signature sour-spicy broth, prawn and squid
Heat 4/5
03Isaan grilled chicken
Charcoal-grilled lemongrass chicken, tamarind dip
Heat 3/5
04Prawn Pad Thai
Balanced sweet-sour, fresh prawns
Heat 2/5
The Isaan fire
Mortar, chilies, lime leaf
Isaan cooking starts at the mortar: shredded papaya pounded with bird's eye chili, Thai eggplant, long beans and fish sauce — pounded to order, sour-spicy-salty-sweet in balance.
Come by
On Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 3
70 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai — tables ready for a fiery lunch or dinner.