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Title: Lao long bean salad
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 20^th Feb, 2011 at 8:56pm

We've all heard of the mouth-watering Lao papaya (paw paw) salad, but long bean (snake bean) salad is also a healthy delicacy to Lao people.

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Lao Vientiane on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 7:00am

One of my favorite food. I actually like bean salad more then papaya salad. Papaya salad is good too. I also like cucumber salad.
:o

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by longhang on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 7:19am

i like kapoon salad, *not sure if i spelled it right, but basically its papaya salad mixxed with soft noodles. anyway bean salad is alright.

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Love Laos on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 7:24am

longhang wrote on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 7:19am:

i like kapoon salad, *not sure if i spelled it right, but basically its papaya salad mixxed with soft noodles. anyway bean salad is alright.

That very good too. I try to make them sometime. :)

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 8:04am

Cucumber salad is nice too.

Yes, kapoon (slim noodle pasta) salad is also a delicious Lao dish.

There's also carrot salad and mango salad, so there's all sorts of Lao style salads that you can make. Thais only know how to eat papaya salad, which they call "Som Tum".

Laotians know how to eat many varieties of salads, so the name of the salad is more specific, such as "Tum Maak Hoong", Tum this, and Tum that.

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Love Laos on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 10:02pm

I think Lao papaya tast the best. I has try Thai, Khmer and Hmong papaya, buy it tast different. They used different type of padak and Hmong don't used them at all.
8-)

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 21^st Feb, 2011 at 11:01pm

It depends on what your taste buds are used to. Thais, Cambodians, and Hmongs might say theirs taste the best.

Although you don't necessarily need to add padaek (fermented fish sauce), a Lao salad generally tastes better with it.

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Love Laos on 22^nd Feb, 2011 at 5:18pm

Papaya don't tast right without padak. I like crabs padak with papaya salad. You have to taste papaya from different culture to know. Thai or Lao Isan papaya salad is pretty similar
to Laos.

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Lao Pride Administrator on 22^nd Feb, 2011 at 10:23pm

Some restaurants in Laos leave out the padaek, and just add alot of fish sauce.

Thai style papaya salad is a bit different because they usually add nuts to it.

Title: Re: Lao long bean salad
Post by Love Laos on 24^th Feb, 2011 at 3:32am

Little padak is ok, but not too much. Papaya salad without padak I probably wouldn't buy it. I grew up on Sticky rice and padak man.
8-)