Ubon Ratchathani Food and Markets
Ubon eats differently from the rest of Isan, and breakfast is where you notice it first: a century of Vietnamese settlement and the Lao connection across the Mekong layer noodle soups, stuffed baguettes and one very famous pork sausage over the usual Isan fire. Budget low, eat often — this is one of Thailand's great cheap food cities. Moo Yor — The Sausage Ubon Gave Thailand Moo yor Ubon is nationally famous: a firm, peppery Vietnamese-style steamed pork sausage, sold everywhere in the city, sliced into salads (yum moo yor), noodle soups and rice dishes, and bought by the armful as a souvenir. Shops around the old town and the big market compete on quality; a good one is springy, fragrant with black pepper, and never mealy. If you buy one thing edible to take home from Ubon, it is this. Khao Piak Sen and Kuay Jap Yuan Ubon's signature breakfasts are Vietnamese at heart: Khao piak sen — thick, chewy home-made rice noodles in a rich pork broth, topped with moo yor, pork r...