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While I was in Udon Thani, a pretty decent sized city in the northeastern region of Thailand, I went to a restaurant called Udon Miang Pla Pao (อุดร เมี่ยงปลาเผา). Pla pao (ปลาเผา) in Thai is roasted or grilled fish, often covered in a thick layer of salt, then roasted over charcoal. If you’re interested in making Thai style salt crusted grilled fish, here’s my full recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuZ_0A97xRU
Back to the restaurant, one of the things you’ll immediate notice as you walk into Udon Miang Pla Pao (อุดร เมี่ยงปลาเผา) is how fresh their fish is. The fish is still alive and swimming in little containers of water, and they fish them out, take out their guts, and then stuff them with lemongrass, pandan leaves, and lemon basil, and then coat the fish in a thick layer of salt. The fish then go onto the grill, and roast over an indirect charcoal fire for about 15 minutes. One of the things I loved is that they stick a sticky down the fish, and the grill master removes the stick and judging by how wet the stick is, he can tell when the fish is fully cooked – that’s how he can cook the fish perfectly without overcooking it.
Miang (เมี่ยง) is a word that means to wrap in leaves, and pla pao (ปลาเผา) is roasted fish, so the combination is grilled fish wrapped in leaves and herbs… and it’s even more glorious than that. At this awesome restaurant in Udon Thani, they served our grilled fish along with a basket of green leaves and vegetables that included lettuce, wild betel leaves, sweet basil, cilantro, dill, and Vietnamese coriander. On a separate plate, there were all sorts of sliced ingredients as well, including ginger, lemongrass, shallots, chilies, garlic, mustard greens, khanom jeen rice noodles, pork rinds, and a few more. Finally, this amazing Thai dish was served with not just one, but four different dipping sauces of different heats and flavors. All of them were tasty, but I liked the original garlic chili sauce, and the fermented fish sauce chili sauce.
In order to eat miang pla pao (เมี่ยงปลาเผา) you first grab one of the larger base leaves, fill it up with some grilled fish, then go crazy adding in as many of the sliced ingredient toppings as possible, and then add some sauce. Then wrap up the handheld treat, and eat it like a miniature taco. The fish, which was tilapia, was incredibly juicy and tender, and the meat was naturally sweet from being so fresh. Along with the miang pla pao (เมี่ยงปลาเผา), Ying and I also got miang pla tod (เมี่ยงปลาเผา), a deep fried fish. The same fish, a tilapia, was sliced up and hollowed inside out, then deep fried to a golden crisp. The fish was served with the same basket of green veggies and herbs and complementing ingredients. Instead of the juicy meat of the grilled fish, this was crunchy and crispy. Both were amazing, but overall I preferred the healthier version, the miang pla pao (เมี่ยงปลาเผา).
Udon Miang Pla Pao (อุดร เมี่ยงปลาเผา) is a wonderful restaurant in Udon Thani, Thailand. On top of serving delicious food, I also really liked the atmosphere of the restaurant, sitting in nice private covered tables. It was a meal I won’t forget, I loved it.
Udon Miang Pla Pao (อุดร เมี่ยงปลาเผา)
Address: Soi Phibun 2, Udon Thani, Thailand
Open hours: 10 am – 10 pm (only closed on Buddhist holidays throughout the year)
Prices: It cost 250 THB per fish
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Udonplapao
ถนนพิบูลย์ ซ. พิบูลย์2 อ.เมือง จ. อุดรธานี 41000
โทร. 093-996-1465
เปิด 10.00 – 22.00 น. หยุดทุกวันพระ
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Mark
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Miang pla pau….something like that.
Mark you are king…
Mark.. Thanks a lot! This reminds me my childhood and family in Udonthani. My mouth is watering while watching.
1:17 i hate how so small that bug is flying around that fish. Like id never notice it if it ever lands on me. So tiny. I hate random bug bites >_<
Omg!!! One of my favorite. Im salvating over here??.
ชอบตอนเอาอาหารเข้าปากแล้วอื้มมมมคือชอบมากค่ะดูท่าทางอินและเอร็ดอน่อยไปกับอาหารนั้นๆ
ok seriously why so much garlic in one bite ? there is nobody on earth that can find that tasting good ? just no way
ทำคำน้อยๆพอดีคำก็พอนะครับ คำใหญ่ๆมันดูมูมมามเกินไปครับ
This is one of my favorite meal in Laos and Thailand!! Sooo delicious! I can eat a whole fish with all the yummy side dishes by myself…nom nom nom
Boy you give me heartburn just wtching you stuff that lettuce full of ginger, fresh garlic, onions, your stomach must be very healthy. Can I ask what is the average life time of these people for the way they eat. Do they suffer alot from diabetes, or cancers?
That whole chilly will kill the taste
We call it here in Laos is "pan pa"….. what matters most is the sauce/paste that creates the taste of all….
You call that beautiful
คำใหญ่จัง
You never touched the tomato or eggplant, that's what I'd have gone for first!
You born wrong country …!!must born in thai…
Hi Mark – can you get this lovely food anywhere in Bangkok or Phuket?
กินเผ็ดโคตรเก่งเลย ตัวผมกินพริกได้นิดเดียวเอง
I love this dish. I also like Galangal and green eggplant along with lemongrass ginger and peanuts. We serve with a pineapple chili sauce
Always love your facial expressions. This meal looked perfect. Thanks for sharing.
You are are a gluten, I hate the way you eat and hate the way your that your wife doesn't eat.
your site rules!
I would love you to make some videos on how to make these sauces Mark, they look so good!
that looks so delicious!
mark mrs mark where?
sorry to tell you Mark…but this dish is originally from Laos not Thailand
Hi Mark! Congratz with the new job, being a dad 🙂 wish you guys the best. Love the vidoes. I am having a marathon these days, as I'm going back to Thailand in 3 weeks. I will be staying mostly in Phuket – so my question to you is: Do you know any places near Phuket, who serves the dishes in this video? It looks so amazing. Thanks
Was that fish a tilapia? Looked like one. Interesting how the entire fish is rubbed down (coated) with salt & cooked. Not salty?
I tasted this in the jungle in the pre province, it was the best fish i have ever tasted. I have been looking for this dish ever since, Cant wait to make this.
Great channel! keep it up!
We just went out to dinner at this place with some old friends. I can attest that the food at this place was excellent. We ordered two fish hot pots, one grilled fish, and about 10 other dishes with cokes and bottle water. Feeding 7 people, we left paying 1600 baht = $46. What a deal and an excellent meal.
Thanks you Mark and Ying for the recommendation and review.
ร้านนี้อยู่ในซอยบ้านเราเองเดี่ยวกลับบ้านต้องไปกินให้ได้คุณมาร์คน่าจะไปครัวคุณนิดด้วยนะค่ะมีอาหารพื้นบ้านที่หายากขายเลยร้านนี้ไปไม่ไกล
Soooo cheapppppp ?
that looked so refreshing and crisp….I probably would like the grilled one too instead of fried…but everything else looked beautiful
he said fresh dill XDDDDDDD
Trying this place for sure.