I see this one. I was like you guys have to try it because it's so Isaan.
You dip it in the sauce. Yeah I like it, especially with the sauce the lime chili
garlic sauce. You see this food like when you go in the southern part and in Bangkok?
Like you don't see it. Like you have to come to Isaan in order to get it.
Welcome to Korat and since Korat is a gateway to Isaan region, we are so excited for the food
here. Becoming one of our favorite local Thai towns. In this video, we are going to show you
many night markets and we love Isaan food and if you are like us who love Isaan food,
then this is the video for you.
So we got our food. We love Isaan food as I said earlier. Isaan food is just one of our favorite food in the entire world.
Isaan specialty here gai yang, is the grilled chicken. This one's really cool they
actually have the whole chicken butterflied grilling over a charcoal pit. I love it
It's just spread out. He took it right off the grill fresh. I really appreciate that
He hacked it up and he added some looks like fried garlic on top and he threw some pepper.
Mmm that chicken is so smoky. Just that charcoal really had permeated the meat.
It's a little bit sweet on the outside slightly but it's really
that smoky flavor is dominant and that pepper and that garlic coming in.
Awesome. I'm a huge fan of charcoal grilled meats and this gai yang it's a must try when you're
here in Isan. You've got to get it when it's grilled over charcoal like this. Delicious
for this moment
Up next we have a sweet. This is something that is very non-descript. If we had just walked by, we never would
have even noticed it. It's recommended by our friend Tah, she has Isaan roots. She says
it's a real Isaan sweet. And what it is it's rolled up like dried mango. It's really interesting.
I love that it's not so sweet. It's got that natural sweetness to it and it really reminds
me of eating like fruit leather like in the US like it kind of reminds you of that.
It's that beautiful mango flavor just fresh mango. Absolutely delicious
Welcome to Save One Night Market, the largest night market we've ever been to in our lives. And we've
been to many many many many night markets in many countries. This one is different and you'll see why.
So this market is so big that they even have their own
like they even have a shuttle that will take you to from point a to point b to point c
It's amazing
I think it looks so interesting. Looks it really looks at first glance like arepa from Colombia it's a
yellow round disc really curious to try. Smells good right? It smells very eggy and
smoky. And it's grilled on charcoal. So it's really really interesting. It's very hot still.
Look at the texture though. Jee mean grilled in Isan in Isaan language.
Rice cake that's dipped in egg and then grilled on charcoal.
Very eggy flavor. Chewy
Smoky taste from that charcoal too. It reminds me a lot of arepa. It looks like arepa. Kind of like an Isaan arepa.
Technically. Yeah. I tried arepa. Yeah you can you can consider stuff like that to make it
kind of like. The rice is so staple here. Yeah. This one is classic to this region.
Yeah especially if you go to the countryside part of here of this region it's like classic that
people like wake up in the morning and then they would just like
like kind of like make the rice into this form kind of like mold it like shape it and then
they grill it in this like charcoal grill. It's like classic breakfast in countryside part of
Isaan region. Do you see this food like when you go in the Southern part and in Bangkok? See like you
don't see it like you have to come to Isaan in order to get it. Yeah. Like this one is like
my grandma is from like countryside part of Isan and this is like every time we go to her house
we have this like for breakfast. This is like my childhood memory. It's so hard to find in Bangkok too.
One of our favorite dishes, Thai dishes period is hor mok. This one's really unique because
it's actually not wrapped in the banana leaf, it's just the banana leaf underneath it.
And when you cut it you actually see veggies underneath it. Actually looks like cabbage.
This is always just so satisfying. The really rich flavor, it's spicy, that crunchy element
from the veggie. I love that steamed fish. It even has that little coconut cream on top.
That coconut cream gives it like a more luxurious flavor and texture.
Delicious. Besides having all these like explosive flavors like the galangal, turmeric, lemongrass, all
that good stuff the beauty is that he even told us that there's not really starch in here it's
all fish it's really fresh. Like you can even taste it like the texture is different and you got that
nice layer of the Thai holy basil at the bottom. Even more flavor. Man I absolutely love these.
This is another night market here near a university here in Korat here at NBK
Night Market. There's a lot of action going on. This is just it's so big that this is only the food
section. Another section is for clothing and stuff. This is only the food section and the food section
is huge. It's kind of like overwhelming. Gonna stroll around and hopefully we can get something
to eat that we really like. Of course we're gonna get something to eat. Just the looks of this place
This looked incredible right away because I saw all the lemongrass, lime leaves, galangal and these
looks like snails, type of snail here. Really a very very rare dish here in Isaan to get. Look at this.
It's almost like an earthy taste, but you dip it in the sauce. Magical.
They taste so fresh and so clean.
They're tender
This place is so cool. Right across the night market has a two-story
seating area. People sitting here eating you can bring whatever you want I guess. There's
no there's barely stalls here, but the main area where the food court is that's where you get your food.
You come here across the street and you just sit down and just enjoy and hang out enjoy your food.
I love the vibe of this NBK Night Market. It's got - it's very chaotic inside, but it's like a
food paradise in there. There's so much food - it's really hard to narrow down what to get, but we got some
really cool dishes here. Especially this one in particular. Can't get any fresher than this. They're
in that big tank, they're still moving around she pulls them out she puts them in this bowl.
And we have here a really funky dish I've never seen before. It's an Isan specialty
it's called yum goong ten and that also translates to dancing shrimp salad. Can see there's lemongrass.
Oh it smells incredible. I'm gonna try a big spoonful of this. Wow
You feel the little antenna of the baby shrimp and they're quite crunchy. But there's also
crunchiness from the lemongrass, the toasted rice powder. It's very similar flavor to laap.
Lime, chilies, lemongrass, all these herbs. A very bright, funky, vibrant dish. I love it
It's got all these little herbs in here. I think this is some Vietnamese coriander in there.
It's a really nice refreshing light dish. I love it
Great way to eat this dancing shrimp is to wrap it in betel leaf and just eat it just like that.