Luang Prabang

Best Food truck in Madison. The squash curry is an absolute favorite — though chili sauce once made me give up on ⁵⁄₆ eaten spring roll. Whenever I walk by the food trucks during lunch time, I have my eyes set on Thai food and nothing else tempts me: not the line of healthy people dressed in running gear waiting to get a smoothie and a spring roll, not the adorable fluffs of pink smoke around the buns, not the fiery decoration around bulgoggi burritos. Nothing. Squash curry has your vote and you know it.

One of the best food carts in Madison, and much cheaper than some. The avocado spring rolls are great. If you order a dish spicy, it will be very spicy– be prepared.

The $ 3 avocado spring roll is a lunch and a half (they did raise the price fifty cents from the former $ 2.50)! It’s the size of a Chipotle burrito and packed full of fresh veggies. I always order medium spice and find that it tends to vary a fair amount. But aside from that, it’s the best Library Mall Food Cart deal you can find. The staff are speedy and super friendly too!

Can’t go wrong with Pad Thai & Squash curry. They are both amazing. Spring rolls are alright but it gets too messy when u eat em. I wish they make it as two smaller ones instead.

This food cart is my go to for lunch on campus. Not only is the food affordable, it is delicious! I’ve had the avocado spring roll, papaya salad with bbq chicken, pad thai, and salad. It’s definitely a place I will continue to go to as long as I’m on campus. The lady is one of the nicest!

Best pad thai in Madison and the owner is super friendly. She remembers what I like and we always have a have a nice little chat.

The pad thai is usually my go-​to dish when benchmarking a Thai restaurant (or in this case, food cart), and I am sad to say that the Luang Prabang pad thai is extremely underwhelming.
Although the flavor was okay, the noodles were overcooked, resulting in sad, limp clumps at the bottom of my take-​out box. The chicken was also way too dry. The only real thing that Lunag Prabang has going for it is their prices, which undercuts their competitors by $ 2 – 3 per entrée.
I may be back on a whim to try out the avocado spring roll, but that remains to be seen.

Super nice! I go downtown just to eat here. The pad thai is awesome, u can get it super spicy. Spring rolls are great and inexpensive.

No use repeating what’s already been said, yet I’ll do it anyway!
Avocado Spring Roll. Get it. Only $ 2.50? Get 2? OK!
Huge. Delicious. Avocado-​y. Avocado makes everything better.

Ka’s review was an inspirational delight to try an avocado spring roll, though ill disagree and say the lady who runs slide is the nicest food cart operator :)
A lady in front of me ordered a spring roll when I pranced up to the window and the woman inside inquired if I wanted one also, yes please, I would like two. Two rolls are placed in front of the girl and I and off she goes with one of them. The woman asks the girl behind me if she would like a spring roll, spicy or regular?
Woah spicy is an option. Rad. I ask her if I may have another roll and could it be spicy please. She placed the rolls in bags and with some sauce to put with the non spicy one.
Oooooh the peanut and hot sauce tantalize the crunchy goodness within.
2 goals for the school year: do all of the readings before class and TRY not to buy one of these delicious harmonious delights every day.

How can you not like this food cart? The cook here is the friendliest among all the food carts at Library Mall, and every single person I watched ordering here know Kai by name and obviously, she knew them by name too.
Food — cheap and large portions. Haven’t found anything I do not like here, but I usually order the same few favorites.
(Monday special) Laotian sausage. The sausage and the sticky rice is the perfect combination, you just keep going back.
Khao Moo Deng — pork with fried sticky rice and super tasty avocado salad. Really good. The pork is like chinese BBQ pork (Char siew), and tender and great flavor. I’m not sure what they put in the sticky rice, but its brown instead of white and so much tastier!
Mango sticky rice — mangos are always sweet. Rice, the last time I had it, was more like a pudding, but still tasty sweet and sticky like you would want it.
Avocado spring roll — favorite among most people I watched ordering, and you can request for not ordering certain things in there.
Pad Thai — very very very tasty. the best you can get in Madison.
I love the food cart so much, I will brave the Bascom Hill back and forth just so I can get some tasty Thai food. Good service, good food, cheap and large portions — what more can you ask for?

Izzy D pretty much has it covered, but I’ll reiterate anyway. This little food cart has the most amazing burrito-​sized avocado spring roll! For $ 2.50!!! When is the last time you ate lunch out for $ 2.50!!!
Yes, it has no meat in it, but I have taken many a carnivore to get a spring roll here and every one of them has loved it. Next time you’re at Library Mall and don’t feel like waiting in the endless line for Banzo, go get yourself a spring roll at Luang Prabang. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.
The only reason this isn’t a 5-​star review is that I’ve never tried anything else at this cart, so I have no idea how anything else is. I’ve been here a bazillion times and can’t get myself to try something other than the awesome avocado spring roll.

AVOCADO SPRING ROLL. For $ 2.50 it’s a steal that you get essentially a large burrito of avocado-​y, cabbage-​y, spicy, peanut saucy goodness with mint and noodles bundled in a rice wrapper. This is my go-​to grab on Library Mall for something veggie-​filled and cheap on the go. Sometimes I go over there just for the spring roll actually.

I hate to open up a business listing with a mediocre review, but so it goes. Luang Prabang dishes up inexpensive Thai food in large portions, and that ultimately means shortcuts. Consistent with that expectation, my dish was pretty forgettable. Friendly service, low prices, and a smile could not make up for chopped rice noodles in red curry paste dressed up to look like Pad Thai.