Isarn Garden Thai Cuisine

Specializes in authentic North Eastern Thai Isarn regional cuisine.

Isarn Garden gives northeastern Thai cooking a prominent place on its San Carlos menu. Thai and Lao-style papaya salads, larb, grilled pork salad, and spicy pork-rib soup offer several ways to explore herbs, lime, chili, and savory fermented ingredients. We like that the regional specialties are a substantial part of the selection. Naem khao tod combines curried rice croquettes with fermented pork, ginger, and peanuts, while larb moo tod takes seasoned minced pork into a fried preparation. Grilled chicken and marinated pork provide another starting point, and familiar tom yum and tom kha soups remain available. A meal here can be built around contrasting salads, grilled dishes, and soup rather than a single standard entrée. Isarn Garden's El Camino Real location is appealing for that depth of choice within its regional Thai focus.