10 Facts About Lao cuisine

1.

The most famous Lao cuisine dish is larb, a spicy mixture of marinated meat or fish that is sometimes raw with a variable combination of herbs, greens, and spices.

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Lao cuisine has many regional variations, corresponding in part to the fresh foods local to each region.

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3.

Lao cuisine originally came from a northern region that is part of China.

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4.

However, unlike most of its neighbours, Lao people's affinity for glutinous or sticky rice and Lao cuisine's heavy focus on sticky rice meant that coconut milk and noodles never played a significant role in Lao cuisine.

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5.

Some estimate that more Lao cuisine are there than in any other city in the world, including Vientiane.

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6.

Unlike […] ethnic specific stores, Lao cuisine-owned restaurants are doing better in reaching out to the general public.

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7.

The Lao cuisine probably prefer their food this way, because they wish to keep their hands dry and clean for handling sticky rice.

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8.

Lao cuisine desserts are generally made with the combination of tropical fruits and glutinous rice products.

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9.

Lao cuisine coffee is often called Pakxong coffee, which is grown on the Bolovens Plateau around the town of Pakxong.

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10.

Lao cuisine hai means jar alcohol and is served from an earthen jar.

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