LUANG PRABANG, Laos — It was 1974, and American bombs had only recently stopped falling here. In less than a year, Pathet Lao rebels would take over the entire country, establishing a communist ...

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 ...

Text by JC Gibbs, Video produced by Crystal Rie and Cecilia Peterson Opening a Lao restaurant was Seng Luangrath’s lifelong dream, but she was unsure whether the American palate was ready. In the few ...

When it comes to noodle soups, Asia is the best. Lao is the cuisine of Laos, a South-Asian country. Lao meals typically consist of a soup dish which is sipped throughout the meal. Now strain the ...

Little-known, but very worthwhile, Lao cuisine is absolutely packed with flavours that make for incredible marinades. This BBQ chook is served with a spicy tomato dipping sauce. To prepare the chicken ...

On Saturday, amid the cacophony of firecrackers and other pyro-noise, most of China will be up all night to welcome in the Year of the Tiger. Here in the north, that will mean televisions blaring, ...

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 ...

Lao New Year, or Boun Pi Mai, falls in mid-April and takes place over 3-4 days. It marks the beginning of a new solar year, as the sun enters Aries and comes close to the Vernal Equinox. The exact ...

Lao cuisine ranked 96th out of 100 in the world's best cuisines list this year by international food magazine TasteAtlas, up three places from last year and the lowest among Southeast Asian countries.

The cuisine of Laos is not nearly as well known outside the country as the traditional food of its neighbours, such as China, Vietnam and Thailand. There aren't any Laotian restaurants in Hong Kong ...