Food from Northern Laos

Kees5 · Member

Food from Northern Laos

Thaonoy · Member

khonthakek · Guru

i love Jeo sam Nua

khonthakek · Guru

this one should be " Somp Pak" thats right?

Kees5 · Member

>this one should be " Somp Pak" thats right?<

If you mean the bean dish on the front page, we have it down as Soop Mak Tua Nyaow, or steamed green beans with sawtooth herb and either ginger or sesame seeds.
The staff of the restaurant obtained it while they were working with a few Akha villages near Muang Sing, developing a community based ecotourism trekking business. So we have it down as an authentic Akha dish.

-- Edited by Kees5 on Tuesday 21st of September 2010 12:59:05 PM

old buff · Veteran Member

Kees http://www.pbase.com/kees5

old buff · Veteran Member

People in Luang Prabang call the dish Soup Phak. Soup Phak with Semame Seeds.

tinko · Guru

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thank you.
great photo gallery of lao food.

your book will make a great christmas gift:

http://www.amazon.com/Food-Northern-Laos-Landing-Cookbook/dp/0473172364/ref=sr_1_1

tinko

khonthakek · Guru

Kees5 wrote:

>this one should be " Somp Pak" thats right?<

If you mean the bean dish on the front page, we have it down as Soop Mak Tua Nyaow, or steamed green beans with sawtooth herb and either ginger or sesame seeds.
The staff of the restaurant obtained it while they were working with a few Akha villages near Muang Sing, developing a community based ecotourism trekking business. So we have it down as an authentic Akha dish.

-- Edited by Kees5 on Tuesday 21st of September 2010 12:59:05 PM

is there akha people live in Laos??

Kees5 · Member

>is there akha people live in Laos??<

Are you joking?

Tens of thousands, especially Pongsaly and Luang Namtha province.

http://www.pbase.com/kees5/laos_akha_villages_in_luang_namtha&page=all

Enjoy!

-- Edited by Kees5 on Tuesday 21st of September 2010 04:46:56 PM

khonthakek · Guru

Kees5 wrote:

>is there akha people live in Laos??<

Are you joking?

Tens of thousands, especially Pongsaly and Luang Namtha province.

http://www.pbase.com/kees5/laos_akha_villages_in_luang_namtha&page=all

Enjoy!

-- Edited by Kees5 on Tuesday 21st of September 2010 04:46:56 PM

sorry, I missunderstood, i thought you were talking about Hakka people, however it's good to know more the minority in Laos. I really want to visit the villages in Northern Laos 84344086.UdqhBW7o.zDSC07876p.JPG

eye_sky · Guru

My gosh! They look delicious, my mouth is watering as I watch the photos.

http://eye-in-the-blue-sky.blogspot.com/2010/09/ahsan-manzil-pink-palaces-rich-history.html

Kees5 · Member

Tinko:

>thank you.
great photo gallery of lao food.<

If you like lao food pix, see many more on my photo website;

http://www.pbase.com/kees5/food__food_preparation&page=all

I couldn't respond earlier, we drove from our Thai house to Vientiane last week, then up to Luang Prabang, where we met our friends at the Tradinional Arts and Ethnology Centre (www.Teaclaos.org), and ate some wonderful LP food.

Then on to Luang Namtha, by minibus, the road was too damaged by recent rain to take our tiny Honda Jazz. In LN we presented the book to the cooks at The Boatlanding GuestHouse. They loved seeing the final book in print, and were also delighted to hear that people online in USA and other countries are now able to see their food, and are actually discussing it.
Until 10 years ago there was no electricity in Luang Namtha province, and no internet.

We ate ouselves silly for 4 days, and just got back to Viantiane yesterday.
We'll be doing a presentation about Northern Lao Food tomorrow night to the Womans international Group in Vientiane.

Chok Dee Der!

-- Edited by Kees5 on Wednesday 6th of October 2010 02:46:46 PM