eating in laos
the thing i love most about lao food is how multi-dimensional the flavours are. tangy, spicy, comforting... all at once.
i don't think "complex" is the first word that comes to mind for most people when they think of lao or thai cuisine. you see vendors whipping up spicy salads and omelettes at streetside stands and shophouses all over the place, and it all seems a bit easy. but watch the chefs closely and you'll often see that it's more complicated than it looks, sometimes involving 30-or-so steps of fast-as-light motions... so much so that you give up any notion of recreating them at home. lao and thai dishes are some of the least understood and most underestimated cuisines in the world. they make french cuisine seem simple by comparison.
i don't think "complex" is the first word that comes to mind for most people when they think of lao or thai cuisine. you see vendors whipping up spicy salads and omelettes at streetside stands and shophouses all over the place, and it all seems a bit easy. but watch the chefs closely and you'll often see that it's more complicated than it looks, sometimes involving 30-or-so steps of fast-as-light motions... so much so that you give up any notion of recreating them at home. lao and thai dishes are some of the least understood and most underestimated cuisines in the world. they make french cuisine seem simple by comparison.
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