Chef Manoi leaps to a win with her innovative cuisine. What an invitation. Could I head to the Crowne Plaza hotel to help choose a winning chef as part of the Sustainable Tourism Solutions Expo? Well, of course. I love food and cooking. When I arrived, the four finalists were checking out their...
Annabelle Cafe brings a certain je ne sais quoi to Vientiane’s dining scene. When Vientiane’s second branch of Annabelle, a French bakery and patisserie, opened earlier this year, the restaurant’s management planned to limit the first week’s customers to family and friends, choosing not to...
Great food and an amazing view is no tall order. High above Vientiane, atop one of the tallest rooftop restaurants in the city, breakfast is ready. Eggs flip, bacon sizzles, and the mixed aromas of milky pancakes and freshly brewed coffee waft about on the breeze. There is no doubt the view is...
Oft-overlooked Pakse unveils reasons to stay a while longer In southern Laos, the Mekong river breaks away from the Thai border and winds its way to Pakse. For most visitors, the town is a one-night stopover before they follow the river’s course to Champasak and the Four Thousand Islands or...
A shopping visit leads to unexpected and tasty surprises. “What on earth is that?” I asked my Lao foster daughter, pointing to a small ovoid green fruit (it could have also been a vegetable) that revealed pallid pink flesh within. “It’s a Lao cucumber” she smiled. “Oh really.” Bending...
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