Isan Food Festival 2008
Travel to Khon Kaen Thailand in March 2008 for the inaugural Isan Food Festival and its culinary masterclass. Festival dates are 7-16 March 2008.
Thailand’s remote Northeast Isan region is renowned for some of the kingdom’s tastiest cooking. Not only that, the area hosts the finest examples of ancient Khmer temples to be seen outside of Cambodia, and the country’s most intricate silk weaving.
Bordered by Laos to the East and Cambodia to its south, Isan’s capital city of Khon Kaen lies some 450 km from Bangkok, and today is a major regional development centre and university city of 200,000.
Isan is alive with the flavours of neighbouring Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, and the region’s cuisine is some of the best on offer in the Thai kingdom. Bangkok foodies have long clamoured to Isan eateries in their capital city.
Please visit Isan Food Festival website for more information.
Make sure to try out some bugs and insects at the Isan Food Festival.
I have been to Khon Kaen twice and have enjoyed myself and stuffed myself silly!
Apart from the people and food, they great thing about the town is its Universities and the fact that when I speak, they can understand my Lao.