Lao Voices

My friends often ask me if I miss my mom’s cooking? That’s like asking me if I miss my mom. If it’s not because of Darly’s food blog, I might not remember what a real Lao/Thai food look like. I think Tum Buk Houng (papaya salad) is the only thing that I’m fixing that qualifies [...]

It made me sick to read Chinese Pork Buns posted by Salat earlier, and who said that no news is good news, this one is…I feel a lot better…No cardboard in buns.
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Beijing police have detained a television reporter for allegedly fabricating an investigative story about steamed buns stuffed with cardboard at [...]

Breakfast:
One cup light soy milk
One banana
Two mandarin oranges
Lunch:
Green papaya salad
Romaine lettuce
Wing beans
Water spinach
Left over grilled chicken or ping kai
Warm sticky rice

Dinner:
Whole wheat French bread with Munster cheese
Rooibos tea

Came across a presentation of Oudet Souvannavong, VP of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who held a presentation at the regional Seminar on Informatisation July last year. The presentation was posted on the site of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for asia and the Pacific and contained a few notable [...]

Video description: A documentary from Lao TV, previously posted at the old LP video section. This show is called Pheuy Phair Sivit Vat Tha Na Tham Lao. The following episode is about Boun Phaveth celebration in Muang Kanthao in Sayaboury Province, in northern Laos.

Did you know there are more than “80 languages” being spoken in Laos? Languages as historical documents: the endangered archive in Laos is a valuable paper for all Laotians to read.
Abstract: This paper reviews current discussion of the issue of just what is lost when a language dies. Special reference is made to the current [...]

Video description: Travel documentary of a daily life in Laos, starting with the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang then to an area infested with bombies and later Vientiane for That Luang festival.