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.

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.

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.

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.

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.