Isanista, this week’s subject of review, is a northeastern Thai eatery and part of a newly-opened multi-cuisine restaurant called Metro Square.
Not your ordinary Isan food joint, Isanista is where the ultimate rusticity of Isan cookery meets worldly-wise gastronomic flair.
The culinary concept is coined by celebrated young chef Weerawat “Noom” Triyasenawat, owner of award-winning Samuay & Sons restaurant in Udon Thani province.
With a Western culinary training background from the US, Noom blends his passion for Thai food and utmost respect for indigenous Isan ingredients with his global know-how.
His menu thus evolves around the region’s highly-treasured delicacies including pla ra (fermented salt-cured fish), paddy field crabs, ant eggs, freshwater harvest and…
