Cuisine of Laos - Beverages

Lao cuisine is the cuisine of the Lao ethnic group of Laos and Northeast Thailand (Isan). Lao food is distinct from other Southeast Asian cuisines. The staple food of the Lao is sticky rice. Galangal and fish sauce are important ingredients. The Lao national dish is larb, a spicy mixture of marinated meat and/or fish that is sometimes raw (prepared like ceviche) with a variable combination of greens, herbs, and spices. Another characteristic dish is tam mak h ...

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Lao coffee is often called Pakxong coffee (cafe pakxong in Lao), which is grown on the Bolovens Plateau around the town of Pakxong. This area is sometimes said to be the best place in Southeast Asia for coffee cultivation. Both robusta and arabica are grown in Laos, and if you ask for arabica, there is a very good chance the proprietor will know what you are talking about. Most of the arabica in Laos is consumed locally and most of the robusta is exported to Thailand, where it goes into Nescafe. The custom in Laos is to drink c ...

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Grilling, boiling, stewing, steaming, searing and mixing (as in salads) are all traditional cooking methods. Stirfrying is now common, but considered to be a Chinese influence. Stews are often green in color, because of the large proportion of vegetables used as well as ya nang leaf. Soups are categorized as follows, tom, tom cheut, keng, and keng soua. Keng is soup that contains ginger and padek, and keng soua is keng that contains both galanga and ginger. In effect it is similar to the Siamese tom yum. Tom cheut i ...

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The traditional manner of eating was communal, with diners sitting on a reed mat on the wooden floor around a raised platform woven out of rattan called a ka toke. Dishes are arranged on the ka toke, which is of a standard size. Where there are many diners, multiple ka tokes will be prepared. Each ka toke will have one or more baskets of sticky rice, which is shared by all the diners at the ka toke. In recent times, eating at a ka toke is the exception rather than the rule. The custom is maint ...

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Cuisine of Laos, Cuisine of Laos - Batterie de cuisine, Cuisine of Laos - Ingredients, Cuisine of Laos - Cooking methods, Cuisine of Laos - Characteristics of Lao food, Cuisine of Laos - Eating customs, Cuisine of Laos - Representative dishes, Cuisine of Laos - Beverages, Cuisine of Laos - Books

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The typical Lao stove, or brazier, is called a tao-lo and is fueled by charcoal. It is shaped like a bucket, with room for a single pot or pan to sit on top. The wok, maw khang in Lao, is used for frying and stir frying. Sticky rice is steamed inside of a bamboo basket, a huad, which sits on top of a pot, which is called the maw nung. A large, deep mortar called a khok is used for pounding tam mak hung an ...

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Cuisine of Laos, Cuisine of Laos - Batterie de cuisine, Cuisine of Laos - Ingredients, Cuisine of Laos - Cooking methods, Cuisine of Laos - Characteristics of Lao food, Cuisine of Laos - Eating customs, Cuisine of Laos - Representative dishes, Cuisine of Laos - Beverages, Cuisine of Laos - Books

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