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Food market @ Luang Prabang old city
Kees wandered about the old town food market while I shopped for ingredients to take out to Vandara’s Kuang Si Falls Guesthouse, where we planned a magnificent cook-up together. More on that later!...
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Vandara’s Lao organic food garden
Vandara holding edible torch ginger flower in her garden Vandara Amphaiphone is an amazing woman and a Luang Prabang institution who’s creativity and holistic life approach imbues all she does: weaver,...
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Cooking with Vandara
Salad Vandara’s organic garden has a profusion of fruit, herbs and vegetables. In our cook-up Vandara produced a superb salad using firm but creamy avocados as the main ingredient. Whopping great...
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Indigenous food of the Bunong people
Ma's mother transferring stew from the bamboo in which it was cooked This is not Lao food, but this post describes how to cook food in a bamboo tube, as was common in Laos. While in Mondulkiri...
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I had a request for a recipe for miang, which is basically a plate of small tasty bits and pieces such as ginger, garlic, roasted peanuts, shallots, lemon grass, dried shrimp, Lao sausage, star fruit,...
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How Tai Neua make fermented soy bean paste for Khao soi noodles
Tai Neua tua nao paste fermenting Ever since I first espied the towers of richly deep reddish brown piles of tua nao paste resting in large basins in the Luang Namtha and Muang Sing markets I have...
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How to make Khao Soi meat sauce Tai Neua style
Well cooked khao soi paste after salt and msg is added The family's khao soi meat paste, naturally preserved with oil and chillies You cannot go to khao soi village Ban Siliheuang in Muang Sing without...
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Ginger, garlic and fermented soybean jeow
Ginger, garlic and fermented bean paste jeow (Tai Neua style) This Tai Neua jeow was prepared for us in Ban Siliheuan and bursts with flavour. The sweetness of the sugar and the sharp tang of the...
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Khao soi noodle making Tai Neua style
La with finished khao soi noodles Kees and I were fortunate to be able to watch 16 year old La make her Khao soi noodles in Ban Siliheuang, Muang Sing. The workspace she uses is shared with other...
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River weed or rock algae, Chlorophyta spirogyra ໄຄ່ິກ kai hin (raw); ໄຄແຜ່ນ...
Dried river weed from Luang Prabang Long strands of river weed grow in flowing Lao rivers. In Luang Namtha province they are collected by the locals and served up either as a thick, simmered, spicy...
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Khamsouk’s wedding, Part 4 and final
The bride, groom and family lined up to receive the guests At the entry, big signs announce the event, and the family and some village elders line up to welcome the guest. A heart shaped box to receive...
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Jeow Bong ແຈ່ວບອງ Luang Prabang Chili Paste
I was wandering along Thanon Sakarin in old Luang Prabang when I chanced upon jeow bong being made on the street. This is the signature chilli paste of Luang Prabang. Making jeow bong Jeow bong is...
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Tamarind’s Or Paedek (padek) ເອາະປາແດກ
Morn cooking or paedek The Tamarind Restaurant – A Taste of Laos in the Old Quarter of Luang Prabang is one of our favourite Lao restaurants. Besides their scrumptious food and the best cold drinks in...
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Fermented fish sauce ປາແດກ padek, paedek
Padek (paedek) for sale This extremely pungent, opaque fermented fish sauce incorporates chunks of fish. It is eaten raw or cooked in a variety of Lao dishes; it is used extensively in Thailand’s Isaan...
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