Lao cuisine is the cuisine of Laos. It is distinct from other Southeast Asian cuisines, with its closest relative being the cuisine of the Isan region of Thailand. The staple food of the Lao is sticky rice, although Laotians enjoy a very wide variety of foods and ingredients, including wild plants and insects. Galangal and fish sauce are important ingredients. The Laotian national dish is larb, a spicy mixture of raw, marinated meat and/or fish (prepared like seviche) with a variable combination of greens and vegetables.
Laotian cuisine has many regional variations, according in part to the fresh foods local to each region. A French influence is also apparent in the capital city, Vientiane, such that baguettes are sold on the street, and French restaurants (often with a naturally Laotian, Asian-fusion touch) are common and popular. Vietnamese cuisine is also very popular in Laos.
Laocuisine is the cuisine of the Lao ethnic group of Laos and Northeast Thailand (Isan).
In Laos, a French influence is also apparent in the capital city, Vientiane, such that baguettes are sold on the street, and French restaurants (often with a naturally Lao, Asian-fusion touch) are common and popular.
There is a saying in Laocuisine, "van pen lom; khom pen ya," which can be translated as, "sweet makes you dizzy; bitter makes you healthy." A couple of the green herbs favored in Laocuisine but generally ignored by their neighbors are mint and dill, both of paramount importance.
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known as Burma) and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
The early history of Laos was dominated by the wider Nanzhao kingdom, which was succeeded in the 14th century by the local kingdom of Lan Xang that lasted until its decline in the 18th century, after which Thailand assumed control of the separate principalities that remained.
Laos is a landlocked country in southeast Asia and the thickly forested landscape consists mostly of rugged mountains, the highest of which is Phou Bia at 2817 m, with some plains and plateaus.
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