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 ...

The 2026 Lao Food Festival opened its doors on Monday along the scenic banks of the Mekong River in the Lao capital Vientiane, offering visitors a vibrant journey through the flavors, traditions, and ...

VIENTIANE: The annual Lao Food Festival has made a welcome return to Vientiane, turning Chao Anouvong Park into a lively ...

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 ...

Translating to “wet rice noodles,” the hand-cut ribbons in this Lao chicken and rice noodle soup recipe are made from tapioca starch and two types of rice flour. The dough requires no resting as there ...

Restaurants serving Laotian food, like C.R. Noodle House in La Vergne and King Market in Antioch, have been in the Nashville area for more than a decade. But many people may not even know what Lao ...

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 ...

21st Lao Food Festival showcases national flavours at Chao Anouvong Park ...

Join me in Vientiane, Laos, as I explore the vibrant street food scene outside The Great Stupa. Today, I discover a unique local dessert: creamy coconut ice cream served with sticky rice. Follow along ...

Find the deep, delicious flavors of this mighty Southeast Asian cuisine at these spots in the city and Orange County. By Tejal Rao Lao food has been obscured in Southern California and all over the ...

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.