The Boat Landing Restaurant attached to the Boat Landing Guesthouse has undoubtedly, the best food in northern Laos. They specialize in authentic Lao food and have both a la carte options and several set menus that generally consist of sticky rice, a chili paste (of which they have many and they are all great, some incendiary!), a soup dish, a vegetable dish and a meat dish. Of course they have great drinks too, including the best beer in South East Asia, Beer Lao as well as some really tasty non-alcoholic drinks like a lime and lemongrass iced drink that was great. For the more adventurous, they offer lots of local delicacies like water beetles, moth larvae, etc. If you stay here, an excellent breakfast is included too. This was our favorite place to eat in Laos and we ate here every night we were in Luang Nam Tha!
http://www.theboatlanding.com/menu/menu.html has their menu and some recipes too.
