When chef Jeff Chanchaleune and his mixologist sister Jeslyn decided to open a Lao restaurant in their hometown of Oklahoma City, the two had already worked together on several restaurant concepts. But a foray into Lao food, the cuisine of their heritage, was different. The venture felt deeply personal. Born to Lao immigrant parents, Jeff …
This Restaurant Reveals Your Favorite Thai Dishes Might Actually Be Lao Read More »
A new restaurant promising “authentically spicy” Laotian cuisine is headed for Kearny Mesa. Spicy Lao Kitchen is coming to the Spectrum Village Shopping Mall, which is already home to several standout area restaurants including Golden City and Pho Duyen Mai. Owners Joe and Linda Lou also run a beef jerky company, JL Jerkys, which launched …
The Columbus Food Hall—the collection of commercial ghost kitchen spaces formerly known as CloudKitchens—features an eclectic lineup of eateries making up its over 30 vendors, and now its offerings just got even more unique. Bella Lao Food, an authentic Laotian street food vendor, held its grand opening last month. The Columbus Food Hall is located …
New Laotian street food restaurant opens in Columbus Food Hall Read More »
Themed restaurants can be a tricky maneuver. The last time I dined at one, the Rainforest Café, the faux foliage, saline breeze and animatronics lulled me until the food arrived and snapped me back into reality. Such is life in childhood. Khâluna promises no such deception, nor gimmicks. First it magically transports you to the …
An exciting restaurant combining two glorious Asian cuisines is coming to the Heritage District in Irving: Called The Padaek, it’s opening at 120 S. Main St., where it will serve Thai and Laotian specialties and street food, and it’s opening in mid-February. The founders include husband-and-wife Art and Manee Suttisaragara, both from Thailand; and another …
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A couple from Laos recently opened a restaurant and bar that serves Asian comfort food on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Sia Xiong and Johnni Sihavong named their new business AN OX Café after their birth year: the Chinese zodiac year of the ox. The restaurant specializes in Lao and Thai cuisines, and features starters, salads, soups, curries, noodles, entrees and a hot fudge s’mores cake for …
BETHEL — The owners of Mu Noi Brunch closed the popular Center Street restaurant in June after almost a year in business to focus on their original Bethel location, teasing at the time about opportunities for growth. That growth is almost official: Le Mu Eats is moving from a food trailer on Mechanic Street into …
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While Southern California is home to a spattering of Lao restaurants and other businesses, it is by no means the epicenter of the Lao and Lao American communities in the United States like it is for many other peoples. In addition to the Northern Virginian outskirts of Washington D.C., Dallas and its surrounding area became …
PINELLAS PARK — Despite its busy, often congested thoroughfares, seemingly endless traffic along 49th Street N and the anxiety that comes from too many forced left turns, I have a real soft spot in my heart for Pinellas Park. At almost every major intersection, I’m greeted with a multicultural smorgasbord: Filipino or Honduran, Thai or …
A taste of Laos at Sap Sap Lao Cafe in Pinellas Park Read More »
A few years ago, when he was holding one-off events like Pho on the Farm, Alex Hanesakda says his Lao-fusion food business, SapSap, was better known as “that random pop-up company.” “People didn’t really know what Lao food was,” he explains. Aside from perhaps a dish or two on a Thai restaurant menu, Lao cuisine …
