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Lao News for September 24, 2008.
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Lao News for September 23, 2008.
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Today is beautiful day in Vientiane and Jimmy from Open House Open Heart is visiting the home of Miss Apone Lao 2007. SHe is no other than Miss Touny or Tunee Lasasombath who has it all, beauty and brain and doesn’t mind doing chores around the house to keep the place nice and tidy.

Tam Kin Yu Tin Lao or Making a Living in Laos from Lao Star Channel. This episode features a rubber tree plantation that grows Para rubber tree.

Tonight we have fish as the main theme. There is Tom Yum Pa and Jeow Pa Hang (dried fish jeow) and Pad Hoy.

Sao Lao Health and Beauty show from Lao Star Channel. This episode is about how to think positively and looking at the world from a good perspective. What is the real beauty? Inside beauty is what count in the second part of the show with Lao woman idol featuring a very special lady who cares [...]

What is for dinner in Vientiane tonight? Aunt Kian made sour bamboo soup with chicken and mushrooms. She also made Jeow Oat Bohn to go with the soup. This jeow is made from dried elephant ear leaves. It is quite delicious and easy to eat when you are on the go. My mother used to [...]

Lao documentary show from Lao Star Channel. This episode is about Ban Nong-Tha Tay, a Ban Wattanatham or Lao Cultural Village in Vientiane. This village grows a type of vegetable that is used in medicine, known as ya nuat mael.

Happy Friday all. I have four different recipes to share with you today from Menu Today Lao Cooking show, straight out of Laos. The recipes are from Dok Champa Restaurant in Vientiane which has menu in both Lao and Korean food: Tom Som Pa, Kin Pub, Khua Hed Nang Fah, San Nai Pik Tai Dam.
Dok [...]

Lao News for September 22, 2008. Top story for the day: Monthly meeting of the government; Meeting to review flood damages.
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The rice harvest is finally over for my neighbor, and what’s left are the rice stalks.  They started cutting them down on Monday of this week, clearing the land of one rice paddy, and they still have two more paddies to go.  I’m not sure what his plan is for the rice straw.  In some [...]

Tonight in Vientiane, we have Phun Pa or Fish Wrap for dinner. It’s a delicious and healthful meal for the entire family to chow down. If you are lucky, you’ll get a whole fish to yourself.

Here are a few delicious recipes from Dola Restaurant in Vientiane: Kai Dola or Chicken Dola, Poo Pad Pong Kali or Curry Pad Crab, and Pa Kor Loy Suan, Fish Swimming in the Garden.
Dola Restaurant is located at Ban That Luang North (behind Wat That Luang). It is near Keo Vilayvanh Guesthouse. To get [...]

1000 Stories about Laos documentary show from Lao Star Channel. This episode is about the development of Muang Viraboury in Savannakhet Province.

Lao News for September 20, 2008. Special coverage for the day: A new development project in Borikhamsay will be completed in 2013. This development zone is called Boten Dan Kham. There are modern villages, shopping center, hotel, and golf course and business center and much more. The projected is financed by a company from Hong [...]