Papaya Salad with Raw Crab in Vientiane
Lunch in Vientiane with Lao Green Papaya Salad with Raw Crab, made by my favorite Tum Maak Houng maker at Gok Pho Market. She has no cooked crab and added the raw crab from the raw padek or fermented fish sauce bucket. The papaya salad itself has no garlic and no MSG and used cooked padek and crab paste. We ate the papaya salad with roasted chicken, soured pork sausage, pork rind, and vermicelli rice noodle or khao poon.
Papaya Salad just like in Luang Prabang
During the last three weeks in Laos I didn’t get to eat Lao Green Papaya Salad on a daily basis. I went without green papaya salad for like six weeks before I started eating it again in Luang Prabang. My plan was to have it for lunch everyday while I was in Luang Prabang and later in Vientiane but the plan didn’t turn out the way I wanted with such heat and humidity and I was not hungry at all for food and only had…
Green Papaya Salad in Luang Prabang for lunch
It has been six weeks as of last Sunday since I’ve eaten green papaya salad. I finally treated my self to a plate of green papaya salad with fried mushroom and pork rinds in Luang Prabang yesterday for lunch.
International Women’s Day at Seripap Restaurant
Happy International Women’s Day! The special day is celebrated across the country in Laos, especially in Vientiane. The last time I was in Laos on International Women’s Day, I took my relatives out for lunch at Seripap Restaurant. It was an afternoon full of good Lao food dishes like green papaya salad and minced fish salad and to reflect on the achievements of the Lao Women in recent years.
Papaya Salad and Fresh Spring Rolls at Three Sisters
Dinner after watching the sunset by the Mekong Riverside in Vientiane. I ordered Lao Green Papaya Salad and Fresh Spring Rolls at Three Sisters Restaurant, which is located on the left side of Wat Chanh Temple. This restaurant is known for delicious papaya salad and few other dishes. A plate of papaya salad and three spring rolls was more than enough for a meal.
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