Night has clanged down on City Heights like an emergency curtain at a movie theater. It’s easy to get lost in this gloom once you’re out of the #7 bus, but, just past Happy Bubbles Car Wash, I spot the place my friend Kim says “hasn’t ‘a-Lao’d’ itself to become watered down and westernized. Only …
An unassuming food stand at the Vancouver Farmers Market, WeLa Lao has been quietly churning out some of the best Southeast Asian food in the Portland-metro area since May. Last year, proprietor Suzanne Phengsy was displaced by the Almeda fire when it devastated the town of Phoenix, Oregon. She was readying to open WeLa in …
Yoyo’s Laos Sauce was established in 2020 in Halifax by Hatsadee Xayavongchanch (Yoyo), who is originally from Laos and is supporting the MAG to clear landmines and unexploded bombs, which have killed 20,000 people since the Vietnam War ended, almost half have been children. A donation from the sale of every bottle of Yoyo Laos …
Taurine, the energy-drink ingredient purported to increase stamina and athletic performance, was first isolated in beef bile — hence the brand name Red Bull. Today, the taurine in sodas and supplements is synthetic, but South Area Market, one of Sacramento’s longest-standing Lao restaurants, serves the real thing. Order thom keuang nai, roughly translated “intestines soup” …
Donny Sirisavath—the chef and owner of lauded Lao restaurant Khao Noodle Shop in Dallas, Texas—has been interested in food for as long as he can remember. In fact, it was this curiosity and obsession with trying new things that landed him in the hospital to get his stomach pumped after mistaking a box of rat …
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When Thip Soulisak moved to Los Angeles from Virginia, he came to fulfill his unique dream of becoming an event planner for the Hollywood elite. As he began coordinating more and more events, however, he found working with many of the unpredictable personalities of the industry stressful. To escape, he found comfort in watching Food …
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How about a seven-course Laotian meal prepared by chef Bob Somsith at Austin’s own 4th Tap Brewing Co-op? You know: In an enormous, soaring-ceilinged warehouse space, sparsely peopled, properly distanced – the sort of situation that’s better for safety in these pandemic times. And how about pairings of well-crafted 4th Tap quaffs to go with …
Sexy Food and Tasty Beer When Laos Is in the House Read More »
Launching in November, Snackboxe Bistro owner Thip Athakhanh teams up with the restaurant’s chef, Amkha Sayasan, to offer a Lao sushi omakase take-home experience It“It happened one night over dinner. We were discussing our passion for food and sushi because Amkha loves sushi. I’ll never turn down an invite to go eat at a sushi …
Amkha Omakase Combines Lao Flavors With a Chef’s Choice Sushi Experience Read More »
While many people in America are familiar with Thai food, or at least its “greatest hits” such as pad Thai and panang curry, fewer people have tried Laotian food. The two countries share a border, much of it consisting of the Mekong River (via Google Maps), but very different histories, particularly throughout the late 20th …
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