Hong Kong has its fair share of quality Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, but when it comes to Lao cuisine in the city, just one restaurant in Central stands out from the pack. That restaurant is Sisombath.
Akin to its Southeast Asian neighbours, Lao is a boldly flavoured cuisine that’s even more fragrant with fresh herbs and vegetables, with lemongrass a dominant ingredient. Laos also has the highest consumption per capita of sticky rice in the world!
Sisombath’s menu is a great way to get stuck into this rare-in-HK cuisine. The restaurant’s menu is diverse and expansive, featuring a whole page devoted to noodle soups, cold noodles, and rice plates and another page of entirely vegetarian dishes.
For first-timers, our recommendations go to the fermented soft tofu (HKD68), cuttlefish ball noodle with coconut soup (HKD68), Laos sausage cold rice noodle (HKD78), and grilled pork neck white curry rice (HKD78).
A fun communal option to try for dinner is the Laos platter (HKD368), offering up a variety of traditional dishes to feed two or three hungry diners (a vegetarian platter is also available for the same price).
Sisombath, 4/F, Jade Centre, 98 Wellington Street, Central, 2117 0788, book here
