Laos’s cuisine is quite similar to neighboring countries of Cambodia and Thailand: spicy, sour and sweet. However, it attracts million gourmets as well as visitors from all over the world every year by its particularity. The following article shows you 5 highlighting dishes that you can try once arriving in the Million-Elephant Country.
Khao Poon Nam Sin
This is a lavish soup and the perfect combination with chunks of beef and tendon which are boiled tenderly. Bamboo shoot is the additive sour flavour which balance the dark meaty soup. This food is even more delicious if visitors taste it with thin rice noodles.
Khao Poon Nam Pa
The food is a perfect breakfast for visitors in Pakse with the traditional spicy savour similar to Thailand food. Waking up with Khao Poon Nam Pa is absolutely a memorable experience of visitors with Laos food.
Khao Soy
A visit in Vientiane and Luang Prabang will not be complete without tasting the flavour of Khao Soy. Being the mixture of sauce of ground pork and tomato layered on top pork broth; the soup can be sampled with medium wide rice noodles. Additionally, Khao Soy is accompanied by fresh watercress leaves that makes the food more fantastic.
Lao Sausage
Also known as “sai oua”, Lao sausage is a perfect appetizer or snack for any visitors and can satisfy any gourmet. The chopped pork meats are seasoned with many traditional herbs like lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, shallots, cilantro, and galangal; and flavoured with fish sauce. Lao sausage is proper to be used with sticky rice and fresh vegetables.
Laap
This is a favourite and traditional dish created from chopped meat, chicken or duck. Meat spices and broth are chopped finely and then mixed with uncooked rice grains which have been dry fried and crushed. Laap can be perfectly combined with a plate of raw vegetables and sticky rice.
