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Best restaurants in Penang
I am interested in all food, so I will get a copy in KL or Penang.
Thanks
Best restaurants in Penang
Thanks penang-rojak. If you ever come to Lao I will return the favour.
Ron
Best restaurants in Penang
Yes, it is a long time. I live in Lao now and only go back to Australia about once a year. Even in one year you can see changes in Australia - let alone a 30 year period. Thanks for the food tip.
Best restaurants in Penang
Thanks for this. We will be staying at Tanjung Bungah, which I believe is only 10 mins or so from Batu Ferringhi. My last visit was 30 years ago.
Best restaurants in Penang
I will be flying to Penang shortly and have not been there in a long time. Could anyone help with the names of some good restaurants there, particularly seafood restaurants? Thanks in advance.
Luang Prabang
Actually I just re read some of your older posts. It appears that the S B in LP is nowhere near as good as the one in Vientiane.
Luang Prabang
Hard for me to comment on Luang Prabang, as I have not been there for a year. However in Vientiane I would rate the Scandinavian Bakery as far better than Joma. It is cheaper and has better pastries and far better coffee. Joma attaracts more customers because it is featured in Lonely Planet, so you get all the backpacker crowd. The expats go to the Scandinavian Bakery on Nam Phou square.
El Jeffe, Swedish Bakery/Pizza and Scandinavian Bakery are two different places in Vientiane. Are you sure they are the same place in LP?
Luang Prabang
I agree with El Jefe regarding Tamarind. L'Elephant has a Lao tasting menu, by the way. Look at their website.
Regarding the French food, remember that Lao was a French colony and hence has a tradition of French food. Even the Lao themselves eat it at times.
Luang Prabang
Well Gordon, there is plenty of Lao food in Luang Prabang. Did you try any of the small restaurants by the river? Did you go to Tamnak Lao or the Three Nagas? Did you have the Lao menu at L'Elephant which is owned by a Frenchman and his Lao partner?
Amusing menu gaffes - what's yours? [moved from Boston board]
At a restaurant in Phuket - "fried crap"
2 suggestions in Vientiane, Laos
Hardly Yummy. I spent a lot of time in the boondocks of Savannakhet and Sepon.
Luang Prabang
Hi el jefe, I must admit I was speaking more about Vientiane than LP. There are 3 Jomas here in Vte and 2 of them are nearly always full, but it is usually b/packers. I much prefer the Scandinavian Bakery next to Nam Phou fountain. The coffee is better and the cakes and pastries are much better. The best western style coffee in Vte imo is in the small coffee shop right in the corner of the morning market mall, which uses beans from their own plantation. I have started drinking more and more Lao style coffee as well.
Cheers,
Ron
Luang Prabang
Actually we are meeting up with a Lao friend who is studying in Lyon. He asked us to bring some food - Khao Niau, padaek etc, so we will have supplies with us.
Ledoyen: A Sad Experience
Sorry to say this, but the wines are your fault. If you like over oaked buttery fat wines, you should have said that to the sommelier. personally I hate this New World style with a passion.
Luang Prabang
Yes, my wife is from Vientiane, which is also where we live. She has been to Australia twice and we are off to France and Germany at Christmas which will be an experience for her. I hope its not too cold! Anyway, I know she will like the food and she even eats and likes cheese, which is very unusual for any Lao I know.
You are a Lao living in the States I assume?
Btw best Larb I ever had was made by my mother in law. Turkey larb for a barsi given for us, and absolutley beautiful.
Luang Prabang
Hi Yummyrice,
Even the Nth Laos use padaek. my mother in Law comes from the Nth and she makes her own padaek. It stinks out the neighbourhood when she does. :-)
Tamarind has toned down its style to suit foreigners. They also use some ingredients not commonly used by traditional lao. As I said, that does not matter if you like it, just don't think it is authentic. I know LP cooking pretty well, as i often have to go their for work. One of my favourite dishes of all time is Or Lam. I also love anything cooked with river weed.
By the way, my Lao wife refuses to go to Tamarind again, just as she does not want to go to Makphet here in Vientiane. This is another Lao restaurant, serving good, but westernised, (and overpriced) food. Try Tamnak Lao in Luang Prabang if you want a real food experience.
Luang Prabang
Tamarind does not serve authentic Laos food, but rather food tuned down for western palates. I am not saying the food is not good, it is, but it is NOT Laos.Padaek, after all is an aqired taste and one many foreigners don't like. If you want to try authentic Lao food, try Tamnak Laos.
By the way, I agree with you regarding Joma. Joma became popular after getting write ups in Lonely Planet. It is full of tourists. Expats eat better elswhere.
Peanut butter in France
I don't think those comments are off topic at all. When you visit other countries you should at leats make some attempt to follow those countrie's mores. Else, why do you travel?
Vientiane highlights (and one lowlight)
You might be interested in a local slant form someone who has lived in Laos for some years now.
Kua Lao is popular with locals, Laos and expats who can afford to eat there. It actually does serve the best Lao food in town.
2 suggestions in Vientiane, Laos
You might be interested in a local slant form someone who has lived in Laos for some years now.
Makpphet is not popular with locals, and is really aimed at tourists. The food, while good, is not traditional Lao food, but rather a watered down version, specifically ndesigned for western palates. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but just be aware that you are not gettig real lao food..
La Frégate
Hi,
Can anyone tell me what La Frégate is like? Is it worth a "last night in Paris" meal?
What about Le Clarisse? Both of these are close to my hotel.
Thanks in advance.
Some advice please
I will be taking my wife, (Laos), to France and Germany in December/January this year. This will be her first visit to Europe. I am looking for suggestions for cheaper, but good restaurants, (Maybe one splash up meal), in the following places: Paris, the Alsace, Vannes, Dinan, Munich. my wife eats western food and is particularly partial to seafood, especially oysters.
If any of you have any special places you can recommend, (souphie??, have read your posts), I would be particularly grateful.
