Ngenxa yokuthi i-Pakbeng ayisekho ukwedlula indawo yokushintshana kwabahambi be-mekong, futhi akukho ezinye izindawo eziseduze, abantu bendawo basebenzisa kakhulu indawo yabo yamasu. Kufaka phakathi, kusebenza ekudleni. Kubiza amaphesenti angama-20-30 lapha kune-wangguan efanayo noma uLuang Prabang. Kodwa-ke, ukuqonda izinga eliphelele lamanani okudla ngokujwayelekile eLaos, lokhu kungabonakali kubuhlungu, ngisho nangokwengeziwe, ngamaphesenti angama-99% edolobhana aphuze.
Inani elikhulu lamakhofi nezindawo zokudlela ePakbeng litholakala emgwaqweni omkhulu otholakala kumamitha ayi-100 ukusuka ePier lapho bonke abavakashi. Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi akukho okukhethekile futhi okukhethekile lapha. Ukudla okujwayelekile kwe-LAO, kanye nezinye izikhungo nezinye izitsha zaseThai zilungiswa. Lawa wonke amasaladi afanayo lapho alengiswa (kusuka ku-papaya kanye ne-pepper ebukhali) ne-nam nuang (kusuka enyama, amakhambi, amakhambi wezinhlobo eziningana futhi ajwayele wonke umuntu owayeseningizimu ye-Asia - laap (inyama eqoshiwe noma izinhlanzi zibhalwe e-Lyme Juice). Uma lezi zitsha zikhathele, khona-ke esikhungweni kukhona indawo yokudlela yase-Indian Hassan, lapho ungayidla khona i-curry ephekwe kahle. Ezinye izikhungo zinganikeza futhi okuhlukile kwendawo, ngohlobo lwezilwane ezingenakuphikiswa ezifana namagundane, kepha lokhu sekuvele kwawo wonke amateur.
Uma ngingefuni nje ukudla, kodwa futhi futhi nokuningi kakhulu ukuze ngibe nokuncane, khona-ke kulolu bha phezulu, olusekupheleni komgwaqo omaphakathi, lingadansa uma liyadingeka, futhi lisebenza isikhathi eside kunazo zonke izikhungo.
Ekuseni, ngaphambi kokusuka, ungadla ibhulakufesi kunoma iyiphi ikhekhi kule ndawo yonke yezivakashi. Nezeluleko. Qiniseka ukuthi uthenga isidlo sasemini esigcwele, ngoba ezikebheni eziningi, ukudla akunikezwa, futhi umgwaqo oya eLuang Prabang uzoba okungenani amahora angu-9. Futhi ama-sandwich asemgwaqweni angathengwa emakethe yendawo noma emathayi aseceleni komgwaqo.
