Couchfish Day 198: Give me the casually stabbed fish

Sorry this is super–late today. I fractured my pinkie finger this morning and typing is hard!

Next stop south from That Phanom for most travellers on a Northeast tour is Mukdahan—don’t be shy about shortening it to “Muk”. A provincial capital by the Mekong, Muk punches above its weight on food and below on rooms. Don’t let the digs put you off though—com…