I love each and every time I go visit my wife's family in Laos, think I've been there about 13-14 times now and the streetfood is so amazing. Also, Laotian people are just the kindest of souls. I think I've tasted all the stuff Sonny ate in this video, but there's a million morre interesting things. Big thumbs up for covering Laos, and as always excellent video Sonny and all the guys involved in this channel, you really make some amazing videos time and time again! Cheers from Norway! Oh, and my favorite dish has to be the one my wife and her family makes, named "laph muh" It's a thinner stew made of pork skin rendered so long it's no longer chewy, it just melts in your mouth along with normal pork meat in this perfectly amazing tasty broth along with some veggies and herbs like coriander, served with sticky rice or normal rice. Ok.. aaaaah peace!
N also the travel channel…but both channels he didn’t make it past the first few episodes…Sonny was the same personality on the shows…he was jus a lot heavier
My favourite thing to eat in Luang Prabang was from this street stall near the night markets. I don't know what is called, but this lady had a big table set up with chairs to sit at. It was a soup with noodles like Vietnamese Pho, but the stock was not super salty and had incredible rich and detailed flavour, a bit like a fine Japanese Ramen stock, she would add pork mince in a tomato sauce like an Italian Bolognese. On the table was a huge mound of fresh vegetables and herbs for you to top it with. Team it with a quarter BBQ chicken cooked over coals that was juicy and amazingly flavourful from the stall next door. Washed down with a cold Longneck of beer Lao from another stall close by. Then later a perfectly made banana roti topped with condensed milk, like you get in Thailand. Very cheap, very fresh and delicious. I must have eaten it at least 10 times it was so good. For a couple of dollars, seriously one of the best and most memorable meals.
That noodle dish is called Khao Soi, north east Thailand has another version. Some versions can be salty as they put too much fermented soy bean but Luang Prabang balances it with crushed tomato.
The soup you were trying to describe I believe is called, Kao soy. I think he tried it in his video with the more greasy broth. I think it's their province signature food.
@@NevarPitoufin my country you could take a 2D/3N trip(includung foods) 3.5 case of beer, install your wifi, also you could go to a high end restaurant
WOW finally a Lao episode! I fell in love with Lao and its people some 15 years ago, the best soups and sticky rice I've ever eaten, too. I laughed when I read the title though, there's no way anyone could eat 100$ worth of food in one day over there 😂 I ate rat in Lao for the first fime, also buffalo skin and dried squid. Lao culture is so welcoming, I'm glad to see things didn't change much over there, although I hardly suspect smart phones are now a common thing, as in the rest of the world. I'll take this opportunity to thank you, Sonny, and all of your amazing team for making THE very best food show ever 🎉 big fan here in Canada, sporting the "I like it raw" shirt! 😅 keep 'em coming! 🥣 PS: if you ever make a shirt with that "ricist" joke I'll jump on it in no time 🔥
@@sorinpopa862 rat was good, I had a 1/4 of one in a soup, the ribcage part with shoulder actually. meat is meat, and in a Pho soup it all tastes good anyway. my gf was happy she didn't have any and I considered myself lucky. I'm a food lover so I'll try absolutely anything, but rat meat is meat, pretty close to squirrel or even rabbit in texture and lack of fat imho
@@WoodPusher18 there's not many things I wouldn't eat. you need to go out and explore tastes more often. what are you even doing on this channel anyway? 😅
Man, I love how he throws funny analogies constantly while managing to mix them with saracasms without offending too much. It's like watching a stand up comedy with food!
12:45 It's so cool to see how in different parts of the world we basically have the same things but with a little twist. In Colombia, we have that and call it "Panela". We used it to prepare either a hot or cold beverage, with just water and lemon. In Mexico they have it too and call it "Piloncillo", and they prepare it with coffee. Oh, and we also eat small pork/beef intestines in all of Latin America.
Only thing I knew about Luang Prabang is the Dave Van Ronk song, so I really appreciate this video. Looks like a lot of really good food and a ton of hard working people who seem happy to share their culture. Thanks Sonny.
That's such a damn good song, every one of my friends I played it for immediately got hooked too. I don't know why I didn't make the connection after clicking in, ty! And this looks like an amazing place and good and people, I've had food made by folks from Laos before but geared towards American tastes and of course nothing is gonna beat at the source street food. Just wow.
This is not just a food & travel video.., this is a cultural documentary that makes me appreciate our planet and I will support this channel till I'm an old woman. 👍🥰🥰 Fact: Laos is the most bombed country in the world.
i want o say your show is more fun and more of real example of real food in a country, than any other show i have watched on any network bla bla, your show just make me want to book a trip to just eat for a couple weeks thanks for the positive attitude
Sonny I know you won’t see this but I’m from North Dakota and my girlfriends Family is from laoasian decent 100% and her grandmother makes some of the best food I’ve ever eaten, a news article was made about her entire family because it is truly a miracle that they are here in the states and alive and healthy!! I LOVE YOUR CONTENT MAN!!!
I recently visited Luang Prabang. The people, and the food culture is wonderful. The Lao sausages are best with sticky rice and iced Beer Lao while sitting next to the Mekong River❤❤❤
Thank you so much, watching you on a cold day, but i`m happy to see Luang Prabang and Sonny roaming around the market to spend 100% fun !😂👍Mission completed ! great atmosphere and food adventure with ^;;^ some good food !
I’ve been binge watching your videos and all I can say the food looks amazing and the people do the best they can with the little they have. Ultimately they eat a lot better than what we do in the states. I’m here munching on my greasy burger 🍔 while Sonny eats these delicious all natural plates.
I love your videos as a fellow Minnesotan who wishes to travel to Asia and experience all these wonderful new foods thanks for opening the door one day :) Keep up the Amazing work I know its tough. Thanks Again!!
The coconut pancake things that have 2 sides are sold commonly in the America, granted at very specific asian stores only. They also have filled versions, some with a lil bit of mango, pineapple, or fruit paste/gel in the middle. The really good ones are the savory ones. They fill them with shallots, onions, minced meat, soy marinated stuff. You might not find this in most of the states, but the major cities will have them. Just look for Laos/Thai/Vietnamese Bakeries, not the chinese types as they will sell mostly breads (some chinese cafe shops do have them though). You want to find the places that sell home style packaged meals, which is mostly mainland SEA type shops.
we do have the coconut pancake in indonesia too tha savory one call sagon and have half of round shape with sugar and coconut on topping the sweet one call wingko and have round shape
I’ve been watching so many of your street food videos lately and I have to admit, you are my favorite RU-vidr recently. Content on point… always happy, making jokes and truly showing us the great culinary highlights from all over the world.😎great stuff
I spent one month backpacking through Laos, and it was amazing. Fortunately, I never got food poisoning. The best thing I ate was a pumpkin curry in a remote river village. I miss those adventures.
I was in Laos on last March (getting in at the tail end lockdown was a nightmare!) but beautiful country and amazing food. I also ate the some of the best Sushi I’ve had in Luang Prabang. The night market is amazing and their is an amazing stall selling beautiful kimbap. I hope Sonny goes and get some Laos BBQ!
Come to the netherlands. Try the Zoute Haring, frikandel speciaal, poffertjes, stroopwafel, Dutch liquorice, patatje oorlog patatje satésaus. What you where eating looks exactly like Dutch Poffertjes.
I haven't traveled but watching people like you and other people who travel for food make me so I'm willing to eat stuff. I'm also from the Midwest, from South Dakota!
@@TeamBlind I like the videos of travelers where they interact with locals, explain cultural aspects, and showcase local cuisines. I just can't travel and experience them myself and my small South Dakota town doesn't have many authentic cuisines of anything other than some chain restaurants and diner style food.
7:35 we also have a very similar dessert like that in Indonesia, it's an assortment of different types of chewy textured bites made from sticky rice and sometimes cassava or even rice flour, such as Lupis, Gatot, Cenil, Tiwul, Ketan, which are then covered in shredded coconut and a drizzle of palm sugar syrup, served on a banana leaf traditionally. So intriguing and fascinating to see that Laos also serves this type of dessert! :)
Wow!! The foods in Asia are so cheap. Here in the US every thing went up in prices. Each week groceries always went up. More and more people are struggling to affordable groceries. You are so lucky to live in Asia right now. Thanks for sharing sonny. God bless you. 🙏🙏💕
You're experiencing my culture! I'm half Lao. They do cook like that all the time. Really gotta watch your cholesterol with that food. Make sure to eat plenty of Broccoli and fresh fish/meat Sonny! Even at my family get-togethers on my Lao side I never eat a lot of what they have. I do love Larb, Bahn Mi and Sushi though when my rents make it because they do it fresh
Sunny thank you for sharing this I was born there but don’t remember anything as I was brought to America when I was 6 months old one day I will go back to visit as I have a older sister back there that I’ve never seen in person
i think it is great sonny flips the entire commonwealth the middlefinger --- "f the palm of the hand is facing inward toward the signer (i.e. the back of the hand faces the observer), the sign can mean: An insulting gesture in Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, and the United Kingdom" ... a peaaaaaace regarding the backwards peace sign
Dude, it's nearly impossible to spend 1 Benjamin on food there. I was in Savannakhet 2 weeks ago and went to the local convenience store. I got 2 cans of Somersby hard cider, 1 Beer Laos dark, a pack of Bastos cigs and a pack of Lays original potato chips. All up, 45,000 kip. USD $2.57. They are almost giving stuff away!
Is that including the strength of the US dollar? I went a few years ago and not the dollar is over twice as strong as it was before. Just wondering! :)
That statement early in the vid, sums it up for me, when I eat pork, Seafood or beef, Im like sorry bro, you had to die for me to get food, but then I eat it and it's a celebration to the flavors and I am grateful for your sacrifice. I respect the animal that turned into a glorious culinary adventure.
Sabaidee, Sonny! The noodles that you called, "soy sauce noodles," are actually "kua mee." It's caramelized noodles that is a balance of savory and sweet.
the moment i saw the pink pandan steamed cake my heart warmed, i used to eat that and a green version back in malaysia, i went to jusco as a child with my family and always got some =)
nice video promoting local street food . more videos like in this in near future . looks tasty and delicious hope to visit there someday and try your country street food .
At 10:30 in, the pan with the dents is a Dutch poffertjes pan. Poffertjes are like mini pancakes and sprinkled with powder sugar, than a knub of butter goes on... They are nice.
8:25 Indonesia also have similar dessert like this but we put a drizzle of palm sugar (gula merah or gula jawa) instead. I’m curious if other SEA country also have dessert like this and drizzle it with palm sugar. The one that I know in Malaysia they call it gula melaka.
I love that you pointed out the intestines and that your younger self would say “ehhhh no” but your more experienced self would say “this looks like it could be delicious” - it’s true and I think I might borrow that mindset in my approach to dating!
You have to redo this video with all the great history and background of who we are as Lao people.. please do another video and spend more time with the great people from this beautiful place..
