Rice Field Rats a la Isaan Style

Coming back from Isaan, my girlfriend brought me a very special meat that I wanted to taste for a long time: rice rats. They look like round, cozy versions of normal rats and are multiplying now after the rice harvest like crazy.

Therefore it is an everyday occurence in Isaan to take a rifle and go for a little hunt in the fields. Within a really short time, you can get four or five of the little buggers, and then it is time for a nice BBQ a la Isaan Style.

And don't they look tasty? They actually are, I tried!

Links of Interest:

• Visit Khorat, also in Isaan
• Isaan delicacies: Rice Rats or Greater Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota indica)
• Fried Rat Snacks
• Larb Noo (Rice Rat) in Preparation
• Rice Harvet in Isaan