Krua Muang Hue Lao Yuan Kaset-Nawamin ครัวเมืองเว้ ลาว ญวน เกษตร-นวมินทร์

Krua Muang Hue Lao Yuan is a Vietnamese and Isan restaurant on Prasert-Manukit Road, opposite The Walk Kaset-Nawamin and about 100 metres past Hua Mum market, in a yellow building before the Toyota showroom. A reviewer says it has been open for more than 20 years. The owner credits the Vietnamese recipes to a grandmother from Hue and the Isan cooking to Mukdahan, the Mekong province facing Laos.

Wongnai's prices: Vietnamese pizza 280 baht, nem nuong pork sausage wraps 265, banh xeo crepe 195, pork grilled in betel leaves 180, pak mor steamed rice-skin dumplings 170, Vietnamese dumplings 160 and kuay jab noodle soup with Vietnamese pork sausage 120. Dine-in guests get unlimited fresh vegetables with the wraps, washed with ozone according to the owner. Reviewers say to eat the pizza straight away while the base is crisp, and the som tam pla ra comes with five chillies as standard.

Wongnai's band is 251 to 500 baht a head. There are 41 to 80 seats across several air-conditioned rooms, with indoor and outdoor parking. Wongnai gives 10:30 to 21:30 on weekdays and from 09:30 at weekends; Google lists 10:30 to 21:30 every day. One reviewer says phone bookings are not taken, so expect to queue. Google rates it 4.6 from about 1,570 reviews.