A few minutes into my first visit at Banh Somtum, a small Thai-Lao restaurant in the far northwest side, I grabbed extra napkins to dab the beads of sweat about to roll down my forehead. My dining ...

Laab, a salad of ground meat and herbs seasoned with fish sauce and lime juice, is sometimes said to be the national dish of Laos, the landlocked Southeast Asian country that borders China, Myanmar, ...

At times spicy and bitter, salty and pungent, herbaceous and sour — Lao food is intensely delicious. Thum mak hoong, or papaya salad, is a fundamental dish in Lao cuisine, with as many variations as ...

A lvis Huynh pretty much always knew he was queer, the same way he pretty much always knew we wanted to be a chef. The 31-year-old has taken winding and introspective journeys in both his identity and ...

Singapore is hardly short of Thai restaurants. You can likely find decent versions of tom yum goong, pad kra pao or any of ...

You can travel the culinary globe here in New York City, but until just two days ago, you’d be hard pressed to find Laotian food. “I’ve lived in all the boroughs except the Bronx and Staten Island,” ...