Taste Khao Piak Sen in laos ( Laos Noodle Soup)

Khao piak sen is a rice noodle soup that is a part of traditional Laos cuisine. It literally translates to wet rice strands. It is a common food that’s great for a cold day.

This’s not really the course official for the morning but very commune in most of area. Materials aren’t rich (pork or chicken broth and white noodle) and the recipe isn’t too complex. This food is high appreciated by local people as well as foreign tourists. It is often made in large batches to eat with a large people group. Khao Piak Sien is a great dish to serve a crowd.

The noodles in Khao piak sen are chewy fresh noodles and add a lot of starch to the overall dish. The noodles are made of tapioca starch, rice flour and water. The noodles cook directly in the broth, releasing starches that give khao piak sen it’s distinct consistency. The noodle soup is garnished with shredded chicken, sliced green onions, chopped cilantro, fried garlic, fried shallots, cabbage, lime, fried garlic chili and/or fish sauce when it is served. Bean sprouts are sometimes added.

Khao Piak Sen chicken-( Laos Noodle Soup)

In addition to the Laos main dishes, Laos desserts are also really attractive tourists you should explore.

The Best foods tourist Must try in Laos

Laos cuisine is the most important activity throughout the day. Cuisine is often the topic of many conversations, especially when eating and sharing dishes between your friends and family. In addition, Laos people take great passion in sharing traditional dishes with curious travelers. Do not leave Laos without taste them in your Laos traveling.

Laos Sausage (Sai Oua)

Laos Sausage is not so different to the famous Chiang Mai Sausage next door in Thailand (Lanna Food). A meat treat which fuses the regions signature flavors with sours of lemongrass and the kaffir lime and the fiery kicks of chillies and galangal fused together with minced pork and pressed into skins. Laos Sausages are often seen drying at roadsides or strung up at local markets. Unlike the Sai Oua of Lanna Thailand food, the Laos Sausage comes served with a tasty dry chilli dip (Nam Cheo) and of course sticky rice.

Laos Sausage (Sai Oua)

Laos Beef Jerky (Sien Savanh)

Laos equivalent to beef Jerky. Not overly exciting but Sien Savanh do make great for nibbling on traveling and are often found at bus stations or pit stops along the way. Sien Savanh are small bites of beef, marinated in dark soy, oyster sauce, pepper, , garlic and palm sugar. Occasionally with sprinkles of sesame seeds. The marinated beef is left to dry in the sun to find the perfect glaze. A quick grilling at roadside street food sellers adds a smoky flavor and the result is a chewy, sticky, bubbletastic beef snack. Sien Savanh come hand-in-hand with a bag of sticky rice and if lucky a spicy tomato chilli dip (Jaew Mak Len).

Laos Beef Jerky (Sien Savanh)

Green Papaya Salad (Tam Mak Hoong)

The casual observer might dismiss Tam mak hoong as being the papaya salad seen everywhere in Thailand, or the milder versions eaten in Vietnam or Cambodia. Actually, there’s a bit of controversy as to whether the papaya salad originated in Isaan, in northeastern Thailand or Laos. It is quite same to Nom Vietnam. With salad it is always a fresh dish. I love all of salad dishes.

Green Papaya Salad (Tam Mak Hoong)

Minced Pork Salad (Laab Moo)

While famous in Thailand’s Isaan region this fiery, minced pork salad originates from Laos. Easily it becomes one of my favourite foods in Asia and a must try for any visitor to Laos (or Isaan). While Laab moo doesn’t have variations the most popular dish comes with stir-fried minced pork cooked with shallots, chillies, coriander and mint leaves. Salty of fish sauce and sour of lime for seasoning. Laab can be found using raw uncooked meat which I advise against eating strongly. As most of Lao food Laab comes served with sticky rice( Khao Niew) an accompanying staple.

Minced Pork Salad (Laab Moo)

Lao Noodle Soup (Khao Piak Sen)

This top-notch noodle dish is probably the most common of Lao food and it is a staple not so different to Pho which is synonymous with their Vietnamese neighbours. While popular as breakfast Khao Piak Sen is also good for lunch and pretty much anytime of the day. This tasty soup generally comes as Pork belly or Chicken served in like broth over flat rice noodles and flavourings of fresh herbs. Laos noodle soup is often accompanied by optional garnish of chilli oil, lime juice, bean sprouts, long beans, holy basil and cilantro.

Lao Noodle Soup (Khao Piak Sen)

Klao niaw (Sticky rice)

The foundation of all Laos meals, most Laos people prefer sticky rice to regular steamed white rice. In fact that they eat on average 345 pounds of it per person annually, more than any other country. Because sticky rice takes longer to digest than regular white rice, therefor people can go longer without eating, important in an agrarian society like Laos. Expect to see a small woven basket of it at every meal. The rice is rolled by hand into small balls, dipped into food, sauces like jeow, a dry, non-oily chili paste with a bit of buffalo skin mixed in, and eaten with the fingers.

Klao niaw (Sticky rice)