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The last set of photos from the Lao New Year celebration at Wat Thong Phong in Vientiane, on April 15, 2008. There are plenty of food and activities to keep you busy after religious ceremony part. I’ll take ping kai and bung khao larm anytime.

A continuing coverage of Laos from The Today Show on MSNBC, Matt Matt Lauer. Laos has the world’s widest waterfalls in Champassak and a great place for food lover.
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Its that time of year again, when we are looking for Interns to be a part of our team during the summer.
We all know that Darly makes a mean “Tum” and that Ginger has a deft hand at “Rolls”, so I expect to see you both applying.
I think that Internships are good, it [...]

There are plenty of food stalls to be found between Wat Chanh and Don Chanh palace. In the evening this is where many local residents will hang out for good food and music late into the night. For those that don’t feel like cooking or can’t cook, you can never go hungry.
Right after work, many [...]

I had a chance to attend a Baci Ceremony on Saturday, and a Baci is used for many special events, but it’s sometimes called Sou Khuane which we often hear in events such as a Lao Traditional Wedding, a homecoming, after a birth of a new born and the Baci is for both the mother [...]

Lao community in Sanford, Florida hosted the 2008 Lao Food Festival at Wat Navaram earlier this month on March 02. The event was organized by the Lao Women Association of Florida and included many activities to keep everyone busy and happy. Keep your eyes and ears open to see if the Lao Food Festival will [...]

More photos from the Lao Food Festival 2008 in Vientiane last month. The first dish is soup phak from the northern region of Laos followed by another dish with a fancy name but to most of us would know it as soup nor mai som. The third dish is the famous Luang Prabang sausage that [...]

Samples of Lao stews from various regions of Laos at the 2008 Lao Traditional Food Festival. The Or Sien or Lao Beef Stew looks quite tempting to me. The Or Bohn looks delicious as well.

Samples of home made products in Laos that were on display at the Lao Traditional Food Festival 2008, at the Lao National Culture Hall last month (February 22-23). The colorful candles would be something that I would buy for myself or give away as gifts. I particularly like the candles in a shape of Dok [...]

There was more than Lao food on display at the 2008 Lao Traditional Food Festival in Vientiane on February 22-23. In addition to the 100 booths displaying delicious Lao dishes from all the Lao provinces, many Lao homemade products as well as Lao textiles, arts and crafts were on display and for sale to [...]

To honor the Lao Traditional Food Festival 2008 that is taking place at the Lao National Culture Hall in Vientiane today and tomorrow, I have selected a few photos to showcase Lao dishes that would be presented at the festival.
This is the second Lao Traditional Food Festival and it is expected to be bigger and [...]

Most of my relatives like to eat laap duck and even the raw version of it. I am not a fan of eating duck and it could be due to the fact I have a nickname of little ducky. When we came to the US and my parents would make laap duck, freshly killed from [...]