Laab, a salad of ground meat and herbs seasoned with fish sauce and lime juice, is sometimes said to be the national dish of Laos, the landlocked Southeast Asian country that borders China, Myanmar, ...

Work your way down the menu at Thum, and you’ll get a taste of Darleen Vanmanivong’s journey. This is Lao cuisine, and these are her family recipes. Vanmanivong trained at Le Cordon Bleu, then worked ...

The first time I had Lao food, I fell hard for a dish I then obsessed over for years. I’d think about it on the subway, while cooking dinner, folding laundry, during a run. I’d recall its flavors and ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos — It was 1974, and American bombs had only recently stopped falling here. In less than a year, Pathet Lao rebels would take over the entire country, establishing a communist ...

At times spicy and bitter, salty and pungent, herbaceous and sour — Lao food is intensely delicious. Thum mak hoong, or papaya salad, is a fundamental dish in Lao cuisine, with as many variations as ...

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Andi and Dianna Sanesanong opened Nang Nang Lao-Thai in late February at the Crossroads Food Stop, a “cloud kitchen” with 10 local restaurants under one roof. But they only accept delivery and takeout ...

Say it Lao’der for the people in the back. The Lao New Year is in April, which is traditionally called Pi Mai. Technically it’s from April 14 to 16, but the fellas at Goldee’s Barbecue will be ...

SIOUX CITY -- The intoxicating aroma of Laotian cuisine filled the Marquee as area cooks gave a sneak peek of some of the dishes that will be featured at the second annual "Let's Get Lao'd" food ...

It started with Bida Manda, which opened downtown in 2012. Next year, Bida Manda’s owners, Vansana and Vanvisa Nolintha, will open another Lao restaurant, Luang Prabang, in The Dillon in the Warehouse ...