Food

Lao-American Chef Saeng Douangdara to Release Debut Lao Cookbook in April

Saengthong Douangdara grew up eating food most American restaurants don't have on their menu. Padaek, beef bile, jaews, the bold, fermented flavours of a Lao household in the United States, cooked by a mother who saw no reason to drastically change what she had always known. That upbringing is now...

Thahao Reservoir Irrigation Project Set to Benefit Over 2,100 Families in Savannakhet

The Thahao reservoir and irrigation project currently under construction in Savannakhet Province is expected...

Australia Commits AUD 1.5 Million to Strengthen Food, Alcohol Safety in Laos

Australia has pledged AUD 1.5 million (approximately USD 1.06 million) to strengthen food and...

Laos’ National Dish Larb Eyes UNESCO Heritage Status

Larb, the national dish of Laos, is on track to join UNESCO Intangible Cultural...

Laos Sends First Banana Shipment to China as Rail Cargo Volumes Continue to Rise

Laos has completed its first banana export to Chongqing, China using sealed rail-to-rail transport,...

Or-Laam: A Dish Fit For A King

It wasn’t an easy job, being a Lao king. Imagine the discomfort of having to dress in the finest silk and adorned in the...

Naked Espresso: Bringing Café Cool to Vientiane

When he arrived in Sydney as a student in 2001, Ariya Khamvongsa spent his first days sightseeing. But as he took in the famous Darling...

Put on Your Stretchy Pants; 6th Annual European Food Festival on May 6th

With more than 30 European food vendors and restaurants scheduled to partake at the European Food Festival this year, festival goers in the capital...

Laos to Raise Standards with First National Food Safety Laboratory

As of this week, Laos has launched its first official National Food Safety Laboratory in Vientiane. The much needed two-storey building boasts 25 laboratories...

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Mango Ice-Cream!

Nothing screams ‘summer’ louder than ice-cream, and no one does ice-cream better than Swensen’s. With the hottest time of year steadily approaching, Swensen’s variety...

Four More Reasons to Visit The Pizza Company

When people think of ‘pizza’  it’s undeniable that The Pizza Company will be one of the places that will pop into their heads. Known...