Laab, a salad of ground meat and herbs seasoned with fish sauce and lime juice, is sometimes said to be the national dish of Laos, the landlocked Southeast Asian country that borders China, Myanmar, ...

The first time I had Lao food, I fell hard for a dish I then obsessed over for years. I’d think about it on the subway, while cooking dinner, folding laundry, during a run. I’d recall its flavors and ...

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ORANGE – When Xay Phengsy was growing up in Laos, her mother taught her how to make kao poon, a traditional noodle dish served with coconut milk and curry broth. Now Phengsy, who immigrated to the ...

The word "sap-sap" literally translated from Laotian means "delicious delicious." SapSap owner Alex Hanesakda strives not only for good taste, but for community outreach as well. Hanesakda learned the ...

Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. Tharathip Soulisak had never slurped a steaming bowl ...

The complex dishes require a village of ‘grandmas’ to produce their unique flavors. As Michelin-star chef James Syhabout explains in his book “Hawker Fare,” Lao food has a complicated history — much ...

You can travel the culinary globe here in New York City, but until just two days ago, you’d be hard pressed to find Laotian food. “I’ve lived in all the boroughs except the Bronx and Staten Island,” ...