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Laos - Food

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The staple food of the Lao is sticky rice. Galangal and fish sauce are important ingredients in Lao cuisine. The national dish is laap (sometimes also spelled larb), a spicy mixture of marinated meat and/or fish that is sometimes raw (prepared like ceviche) with a variable combination of greens, herbs, and spices. Another characteristic dish is tam mak houng (som tam in Thai), green papaya salad.
Baskets with fish