Laotian cuisine | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 12/12/2018

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Laotian cuisine


00:01:20 1 Lao cuisine origins
00:03:32 2 Lao and Thai cuisine
00:06:53 3 Ingredients
00:07:02 3.1 Rice and noodles
00:08:08 3.2 Vegetables, herbs and spices
00:13:29 3.3 Pastes and sauces
00:13:57 3.4 Meat
00:14:34 3.5 Fruits
00:15:24 4 Kitchen utensils
00:16:04 5 Cooking methods
00:18:28 6 Eating customs
00:20:21 7 Dishes
00:20:29 7.1 Dips
00:21:04 7.2 Appetizers
00:22:45 7.3 Salads
00:23:58 7.4 Soups and stews
00:24:49 7.5 Grilled dishes
00:25:34 7.6 Steamed dishes
00:26:03 7.7 Rice dishes
00:27:31 7.8 Noodles
00:29:03 7.9 Desserts
00:30:25 8 Drinks
00:32:14 8.1 Non-alcoholic
00:32:41 8.2 Alcoholic
00:33:01 9 See also
00:33:20 10 Further reading



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Lao cuisine is the cuisine of Laos and Northeast Thailand, which is distinct from other Southeast Asian cuisines.
The staple food of the Lao is steamed sticky rice, which is eaten by hand. In fact, the Lao eat more sticky rice than any other people in the world. Sticky rice is considered the essence of what it means to be Lao. It has been said that no matter where they are in the world, sticky rice will always be the glue that holds the Lao communities together; connecting them to their culture and to Laos. Often the Lao will refer to themselves as "luk khao niaow", which can be translated as "children or descendants of sticky rice".  
The most famous Lao dish is larb (Lao: ລາບ; sometimes also spelled laap), a spicy mixture of marinated meat or fish that is sometimes raw (prepared like ceviche) with a variable combination of herbs, greens, and spices.  Another Lao invention is a spicy green papaya salad dish known as tam mak hoong (Lao: ຕໍາໝາກຫຸ່ງ), more famously known to the West as som tam.Lao cuisine has many regional variations, corresponding in part to the fresh foods local to each region. A French legacy is still evident in the capital city, Vientiane, where baguettes are sold on the street and French restaurants are common and popular, which were first introduced when Laos was a part of French Indochina.