Angela, Trevor and I have traveled a lot and live in large melting pot cities but we've never been to a place where the food has such unusual ingredients. "Earthy" is the best word I can think of to describe the food here. There are barks and grasses and roots and a hint of the Mekong River in every bite. I had expected spicy food like Thailand. While there are hotter spices, it is not the dominant flavor. Many of the popular ingredients are bitter like the aptly named "slightly bitter but edible leaves." Sticky rice is served with almost every meal including breakfast.
Overall, we really liked the Lao food. We ate dinner at Coconut Garden, Tamarind and L'Elephant with the first 2 serving Lao food while the third is Lao-French fusion. Tamarind was our favorite for Lao food and Angela and I voted L'Elephant best overall meal.
Lao omelette for breakfast
Buffalo skewers at Coconut Garden. I had chicken skewers as well but found the chicken to be bland in most of the chicken dishes.
Pork grilled in lemongrass with a tamarind dipping sauce at Tamarind
Orange and carrot salad and medallions of buffalo at L'Elephant
We are currently relaxing and waiting for our flight to Cambodia. We were up early this morning to give alms to the monks. Every morning the monks walk along the streets with bowls and accept food from the people. The monks eat some of the food themselves and give some to the poor. Buddhist monks eat only twice a day: breakfast and lunch. People give food to the monks so that when they die they will have food to eat.
We have sticky rice in our bowls and place a handful in each monk's bowl as he walks by. They walk by fast so you have to be ready.
Next update from Cambodia.
Overall, we really liked the Lao food. We ate dinner at Coconut Garden, Tamarind and L'Elephant with the first 2 serving Lao food while the third is Lao-French fusion. Tamarind was our favorite for Lao food and Angela and I voted L'Elephant best overall meal.
Lao omelette for breakfast
Buffalo skewers at Coconut Garden. I had chicken skewers as well but found the chicken to be bland in most of the chicken dishes.
Pork grilled in lemongrass with a tamarind dipping sauce at Tamarind
Orange and carrot salad and medallions of buffalo at L'Elephant
We are currently relaxing and waiting for our flight to Cambodia. We were up early this morning to give alms to the monks. Every morning the monks walk along the streets with bowls and accept food from the people. The monks eat some of the food themselves and give some to the poor. Buddhist monks eat only twice a day: breakfast and lunch. People give food to the monks so that when they die they will have food to eat.
We have sticky rice in our bowls and place a handful in each monk's bowl as he walks by. They walk by fast so you have to be ready.
Next update from Cambodia.
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