Lunch on Nam Ngum, Vientiane

Good food and nice view of Nam Ngum river in Vientiane, Laos.

Lao Food Blogs

I’d like to put two important Lao food blogs into the limelight. They are The Lao Cook and Laocuisine. Laocook.com is created by Viengphranom Senathit (Vienne) who grew up surrounded by foods, more precisely, cooks. The hub of all his gatherings was always the kitchen, the heart of the home. Vienne has been a “Jack [...]

Vientiane Morning Market Food Court

Exploring the many different flavours of Lao Cuisine on the third floor of the new morning market in Vientiane.

Som Tam

From the Amphawan Floating Market in Thailand an instructional movie of how to make Som Tam. Add green beans, red chilis and garlic cloves, give it a good pounding then add dried shrimp, peanuts, tomatoes, lime juice, shredded papaya and there you go: Som Tam. Delicious and healthy.