Ua hoʻoukaʻiaʻo ia ma ka'ākau a me ka palena o ka muliwai Mekong ma kona palena komohana me Thailand, ʻo ka'āina a me nā wai o Laos hua mai i nā meaʻai hou eʻano likeʻole i nā wahi a me nā kau. ʻO ka wai o ka wai, nā mea hihiu hihiu, a me nā iʻa o nā iʻa Lao-kumu waiwai o ka protein-e pāpale kokoke i nā laiki, nā ulu lāʻau, a me nā muliwai.
ʻOiaiʻo Lao ka meaʻai e like me ka meaʻai Thai , uaʻoi aku ka hohonu o kaʻokoʻa ma mua o kaʻikeʻana. ʻAʻole e like me Thais,ʻo ka Lao ke kīpala pū me ka dill a me ka mint, me kahi makemake no nā'ō'ī hou.
Hōʻole ka Lao i ka meaʻai, makemake i nāʻawaʻawa a me nā mea'alaʻau i kā lākouʻai. Aʻo ka'ōlelo mua o Lao no kaʻaiʻana me ko lākou mau lima e hōʻike ana i keʻano a me ka mahana o kā lākou meaʻai (ʻaʻole e hoʻohana mauʻo Lao i ka meaʻai wela!).
No laila, i ka manawa e hiki mai ana iāʻoe eʻimi i nā mea maikaʻi a Laos e hāʻawi aku ai , e hele i kēia mau mea laʻa maikaʻi Lao a hoʻopau i kaʻike kūloko!
01 o 09
Ke kuʻuna liʻiliʻi
ʻO kahi khao khao piha i ka laiki. ʻO Richard Nebesky / Getty Images Ua wehewehe ka Lao iā lākou iho ma o kā lākou maʻamau o kaʻaiʻana i ka laiki ( khao niao ). ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hauʻoliʻo Lao i ko lākou inoa'āina mai ka'ōlelo luk khao niao , aiʻole ka "hua o ka laiki".
ʻO kēlā me kēia pāʻina no Lao kahiʻai laiki i ka lālā, a ua lawelaweʻia kēia mea nui i ka mahana i loko o kekahi pahuʻohe i ulanaʻia he inoa khi . Hoʻopiʻi ka Lao i ka laiki i ka pīpīʻana i kekahi ma ko lākou lima'ākau, e hoʻohana i kēia mea e kiʻi ai i ka meaʻai a me ka meaʻai'ē aʻe, a hāpai i ka pā i loko o ko lākou waha.
ʻO kaʻaiʻana o kaʻohana Lao kahi i piha i ke khao piha i ka khao niao , aʻo ka hapa nui o nā loina Lao kahiko i heluʻia ma lalo nei, lawelaweʻia i ka manawa like. Kūleʻa nā mea hoʻomana Buddhina i nā kakahiaka e kali ana i kahi laina e hāʻawi i nā mōneka i ka haʻawina o ka laiki i kā lākou lā, ma kahi moʻolelo i kapaʻiaʻo Tak Bat .
02 o 09
Laap
Carlina Teteris / Getty Images Ināʻoe e kapa iā ia he laap a iʻole ia,ʻo kēiaʻano kahiko ka mea e pono ai kaʻike Lao me kona kaulana i nā haleʻaina Thai.
ʻO ka laap keʻano o nā meaʻai āpau a me nā innards-puaʻa, ka pipi'ohopopo, ke kēpau, a me ka moa paha e hanaʻia-i huiʻia me ka mea iʻa, coriander, Mint, chili,ʻoho wai puna a me ka wai lime, me nā'ākī laiki maloʻo. ka'ōpala paʻakīnī, a laila ua kuke. ʻO ka laiki a me nā mea kanu hou e hele pū me kahiʻoi aku o ka laap , ma kahi āu e hele ai i Laos.
Hoʻokumu ka poʻe holokaʻi i ko lākou laap maʻemaʻe maoli , akāʻo ka purists ma Laos a me ka'ākau o Thailand e like me ka loaʻaʻana o ke koko a me ka ulu , i kapaʻia he laap seua , aiʻole ka laulā ( ʻoiai no ka mea,ʻo kēia ka mea eʻoi aku ai kaʻai i nā meaʻai).
03 o 09
Nam Khao
ʻO Austin Bush / Getty Images ʻO ka huhū o Lao e hoʻonāukiuki ana i ka laikiʻoihana nui, makemakeʻo ia eʻohi i nā keu i loko o nā kīʻaha e like me nam khao. ʻO kēia sālalā paʻakikī paʻakikī, he mau kīleʻa laiki-i ka palaoa, i hoʻoliliʻia a me kaʻaila me nā aniani kalo, ka pīni, ka paʻipaʻi paʻipaʻi, ka pīni, nā mea kanu, a me nā'āpana o ka hausa pua puaʻa i kapaʻia he som moo .
Hāʻawiʻia ka'ati i ka ipu i kahi kīʻaha kīʻaha e pili ana me keʻano o nā mea kanu a me keʻano o ka'opena o kaʻulu laka. No kaʻaiʻana i ka nam khao e like me ka poʻe o ka'āina, loaʻa nā'ōmole hou ma kaʻaoʻao, e like me ka'atihi: nā meaʻai e kāwili i ka liʻiliʻi o ka inoa khao me nāʻele ma mua o kaʻaiʻana.
04 o 09
ʻO Tam Mak Houng
ʻO Austin Bush / Getty Images Ua lohe pahaʻoe i ka hua'ōlelo Thai o kēia salakeke'ōmaʻomaʻo-papaya i kapaʻiaʻo som tam , akā ua haʻaleleʻo Laos ' tam mak houng i ka momona momona, makemake i ka ikaika nui i hāʻawiʻia e ka crab fermented a me kahi iki iʻa iʻa Lao-specialty i kapaʻia pa paʻi .
Hele kēia mau mea i ka papaya'ōmaʻomaʻo me nā'ōmato, nā kālaiki chili, a me ka wai'alamū-paʻiʻia i loko o ka mīkini-a-pestle, aʻaiʻia me ka laiki pākuʻi,ʻo ka mak mak houng he laeʻaoʻao Lao piha loa e hele pū me nā hoʻomākaukau meaʻai ma kaʻohana. pākaukau.
Mahalo i ka mīkini a me ka pestle i hoʻohanaʻia no ka hanaʻana,ʻo ka inoaʻo tam mak houng i unuhi maoliʻia i "papaya papaya".
05 o 09
ʻO Ping Kai
ʻO ka ping kai ma nā skewers. ʻO Tim Gerard Baker / Getty Images Hoʻopiliʻia me ka lāʻau laiki a me ka makama , ua hoʻopihaʻia kēia mela moa i kahi hoʻolāʻauʻai Lao, i lawelaweʻia ma nā wahi a pau mai Vang Vieng a nā mokuʻo Isan o ka'ākau o Thailand. ʻO ka mīkiniʻo ka mīni kai yang- he mea maʻamau no nā haleʻai Thai he nui-ʻano like me kēia laʻa.
No ka hanaʻana i ka ping kai , lālauʻo Lao i ka moa a pau, eʻokiʻoki ia, paʻi pālahalaha, a hoʻokaheʻia i loko o kahi hui iʻa, cilantro, turmeric, kāleka a me ka pepa keʻokeʻo ma mua o ka'ōhinuʻana i kahi ahi wela.
Hiki ke kaupaleʻaina ma nā wahi āpau, me ka hoʻohuiʻana o ka soy sauce, ka hulu pua a me nā meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe e hele ana ma kahi o Laos.
06 o 09
Khao Soi
Huna / Getty Images Hiki i nā Luang Prabang ke koli i nā kumu likeʻole me ko Myanmar makemake pono'ī , akā, ua paʻa ka like i nā noodles. Hoʻomaʻoʻia ka Lao ma kēia papa noodle i kahi puaʻa puaʻa maikaʻi, ma kahi o kekahi me ka waiu niu.
Hāʻawi nā'ūniki laiki i ka papa i kona inoa; noi keʻano "eʻokiʻoki", aʻo ka hanaʻana o nā Lao noodle-i nā noodles me nāʻala. ʻO nā noodles, i hoʻolakoʻia me nā'ōmato, nā kulu, ka pua memeu a me ka puaʻa i ka lepo ma mua o ka makeʻana i ka waiwai, ka puaʻa pua puaʻa, ua hoʻohanaʻia me nā lau waiʻulu hou, Mint, Thai basil a me ka lime.
Hoʻokipa nuiʻia nā noodles e lilo i ka malo noodle o Luang Prabang, ka nui ma muli o ka waiwai e ulu nui a puni ke kūlanakauhale nui ma mua.
07 o 09
Lao Pausa
ʻO ka lao i ka Lua Market Prabang Night. Isriya Paireepairit / Creative Commons ʻO ka lao ma mua o ka hanaʻana o ka Lao e hoʻopau i nā mea a pau loa, akā,ʻo kaʻoua oua ,ʻoiaiʻo Amanda Hesser ka meaʻai meaʻai mea i aʻo i kekahi mau makahiki i hala iho nei: "A hiki i koʻu wā i kipa ai," i hoʻomanaʻoʻo ia, "ʻo ka ho'ākāka piha loa i hāʻawiʻia iaʻu no kaʻai ua likeʻo ia me nā Vietnamese akā me ka maikaʻi maikaʻi loa. "
I kēia lā, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻo Lao i kahi kiʻekiʻe i ka laap, akā ua hoʻomauʻia i nā manawa mau i nā mea punahele Laos, e like me ka nam khao i'ōlelo muaʻia. Akā, hiki keʻaiʻia i kaʻulu o Lao ma kona iho pono'ī,ʻoiai i kukeʻia i nā mākeke ma Luang Prabang.
ʻAʻohe mea likeʻole o ka lole Lao:ʻano likeʻole nā mea i hanaʻia ma Luang Prabang, i hana mauʻia me ka puaʻa momona a me kaʻohi maikaʻi o nā lau nahele a me nā chilies; naem , kahi hānai momona, pua puaʻa momona i hāʻawi inoa inoa khao kona inoa; a me kekahiʻano hua'enela i hanaʻia me ka bee beeffalo wai.
08 o 09
Ping Pa
ʻO nā mea hōʻailona o ka ping pa, a me ka iʻa iʻa. ʻO Tim Gerard Baker / Getty Images E hoʻomākaukau i kou alanui i kahi alanuiʻo Vientiane a loaʻa iāʻoe ka nui o nā iʻa iʻa nui, e kauʻia ma nā kohuʻohe, e hoʻouluʻia me ka lauʻo kaffir kalo, ka galangal, lemongrass, cilantro a me ka wai lime ma mua o ka'ōhinuʻana me kaʻili.
ʻO ka helu ping paʻo ia ka "meaʻai wikiwiki": kaʻaiʻana ma ka hele me ka lawaiʻa i ka laiki, he meaʻai nui aʻono ia no nā uku peni.
09 o 09
Khao Nom Krok
Khao name kok street food stall, Laos. Mele Kalikimaka / Getty Images Ke hana nei ka hana khao inoa krok no ka hopena maikaʻi loa o kāu kālepa kūʻai kūʻai pō. E like me ka lawelaweʻia ma Luang Prabang, e hana nā mea kūʻai i ka palaoa pālaiki, ke kō, a me ka waiu niu, e kuʻi i loko o kahi hana maʻamau e pākī ai i ka pā, a laila lawelawe i ka wela.
Hiki iāʻoe keʻike iā lākou i loko o nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, i hoʻolakoʻia ma luna o nā'ōpala lau-lau; hōʻikeʻia kēlā a me kēia pahu i waho waho e hele ana i kahi hale mālū, kokoke i ka liʻiliʻi. He nui a hoʻolimalima hoʻi lākou, no ke kūʻaiʻana aku i kahi 20 mau keneta.
I koʻoe heleʻana i ke kūkulu hema, kulika nui loa ka khao nom krok : i Pakse, he khao inoa kok ka mea maikaʻi e hele mai me kahi mea momona-mea puaʻa a me ka meaʻonoʻoluʻolu.