At Subinh Hotel, crispy pork for $4.27, rice for 85 cents and Beerlao for $1.25, so $6.37 for this meal. In Pakse, you can get a bowl of soup noodles with some meat for as cheaply as 85 cents, with unsweetened iced tea for free, so any meal over $5 is considered expensive. For rice with meat and vegetables at some grungy place, you'll pay around $2.28.