Where to eat · Lao / Thai · €€ · 13e · Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles
Lao Lane Xang 2
The 13th's reference for Lao cooking alongside the Thai standards: crisp rice salad with fermented pork, lemongrass-heavy Laotian sausage, prawns with vermicelli in a ginger-garlic-chilli broth. Minimalist room, brisk service, a queue most nights.
The €14 lunch formula is the value play; book a few days ahead for dinner. Closed Wednesday.
Getting there
- Tolbiac7320 m · 6 min walk
- Maison Blanche714460 m · 9 min walk
- Olympiades14520 m · 10 min walk
Within a few minutes' walk
- Urban Bivouac HotelBudget boutique hotel€€ · 8 minA 32-room three-star in Tolbiac, six floors of compact, well-resolved rooms that make a virtue of small footprints. A few minutes from Olympiades on line 14, at prices that undercut most of the central 13th.
- Pho Bida Viet NamVietnamese€ · 9 minA two-room canteen between Olympiades and Porte d'Ivry that locals treat as a reliable phở stop. The special with beef balls is the order; the bánh cuốn — steamed rice rolls, four to a plate — is the cheap aside worth adding.
The district · 13e
Chinatown & Butte-aux-Cailles — Asia and street artParis's Chinatown of tower blocks and excellent Southeast-Asian kitchens, the village-like Butte-aux-Cailles with its Art-Deco pool, and a riverfront of street-art murals and barge clubs.
Best for: Eaters chasing pho and bo bun, and anyone bored of the centre.
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