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Taste the best street foods in Luang Prabang, Laos
Minh Nguyen
Taste the best street foods in Luang Prabang, Laos

Luang Prabang is a food centre of Southeast Asia. Travelers can drop a pretty penny in one of the fine dining restaurants located between the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers or venture to one of the many street food stalls in the night market or throughout the city to taste the local fares.


Fruit Shakes

Taste the best street foods in Luang Prabang, Laos
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Tropical fruits such as dragon fruit, limes, mangoes, and melon abound in Laos. Some guide books warn against purchasing these frozen treats because they are made with ice. However, the overwhelming majority of ice in Laos is purchased from companies that produce ice in a factory with purified water. Make it known ahead of time if you want the barista to skip the MSG. Try the avocado shake with condensed milk. Delish. Or in Lao, “sep lai.”


Sausage

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Pork and beef sausage is a specialty of Luang Prabang. No wedding or ceremony feast is complete without the savory addition of these encased meats. Served warm and eaten alone, or with sticky rice, peppers and ginger, Luang Prabang sausages harness the flavors of lime, garlic, ground pepper and lemongrass. Some types of sausages are “soured.” These meats have sticky rice inside the casing in addition to meat and are left at room temperature for several days to alter the flavor.


Cassava and Black Rice

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Cassava is used to make tapioca and is a staple in Lao. Called “man ton,” farms throughout the country produce the plant and process it into starch. It’s used in the production of kopiak noodles for soups and to make jellies found in desserts and bubble tea drinks. Black rice is also used in Lao desserts like mango sticky rice where it’s mixed with coconut milk and served with fresh mango.


Grilled Meats

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Lao people are known to eat organs, skin and other animal parts that are usually not included in western cuisine. Stalls barbecuing meats over open coals will start early in the morning and carry on after the sun goes down. Choose the pice of meat you’d like (usually on a skewer or sandwiched between two bamboo sticks), and it will be reheated for you on the grill. Whole chicken, slices of pork and beef or whole fish are favorites.


Grilled Eggs

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A series of three grilled eggs or “ping kai” on a skewer is a filling and easy street food snack. The eggs are washed and a hole is carefully punctured at the top preserving the shell. The yolk and whites are whisked and seasoned with pepper, fish sauce, spring onions and other flavor enhancing ingredients. The mixture is then poured back into the egg shell to be grilled to the consistency of a hard boiled egg.


Barbecued Bananas

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Grilled bananas are sold by the bag full off the streets in Luang Prabang. The bananas in Laos are small and sweet and while they can, of course, be eaten raw, they are especially delicious when heated over coals. Especially popular as an early morning breakfast food or mid-morning snack, the bananas are often prepared alongside grilled sweet potatoes and corn.


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