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Lao Siam, at 49 rue de Belleville in Paris, has run a Thai kitchen since 1985 and holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for 2026.
Dishes here carry codes, and Le Fooding, which listed the restaurant in 2026, points to a few. Crispy rice squares come in a coconut, shrimp and pork sauce (T18A), and Laotian sausages are loaded with lemongrass (T21). The papaya and pickled crab salad (T17C) is intense. Pan-fried prawns arrive with vermicelli in a ginger, garlic and chili broth (T33).
The lighting is low, like a Siam temple, and diners sit shoulder-to-shoulder and eat with chopsticks. Sweets include flambéed banana beignets and fresh mango carved to look like a porcupine.
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good quality, good value cooking
Dimly lit like a Siam temple, this Belleville embassy for southeast Asian cuisine has been welcoming in hungry diners for 35 years! The menu that’s as long as the Mekong brings together dozens of numbered must-try eats, to be eaten with your chopsticks while seated shoulder-to-shoulder with the other guests. A few of those specialties include: crispy rice squares with a marvelous coconut, shrimp and pork sauce (T18A); Laotian sausages with loads of lemongrass (T21); an intense papaya and pickled crab salad (T17C); lovely pan-fried prawns with vermicelli noodles and a ginger-garlic-chili broth (T33); or a crying tiger special with the house’s spicy sauce (S20). For dessert, there are flambéed banana beignets or fresh mango artistically carved like a porcupine. // A.A.
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