You might miss it if you aren’t looking. After all, Vientiane Noodle Shop is marked by little more than a green awning and a simple neon sign which declares its name, an homage to Vientiane, the ...

At one point, James Syhabout, the chef behind Commis in Oakland, wasn't proud of his Lao heritage or the food central to it. But now, after finding his way through coming up in his mother's kitchen ...

Done right, there are few things as restorative as a bowl of noodle soup. Lao Tao, a 25-seat shop on the second floor of Chinatown’s Far East Plaza, has an excellent version. But its bowl of Tawainese ...

Tse-Ming Wang, owner, operator and chef at the eponymous, beloved noodle house at 945 South Federal Boulevard, has passed away at the age of 76. The news was announced in a Facebook post by his son, ...

The complex dishes require a village of ‘grandmas’ to produce their unique flavors. As Michelin-star chef James Syhabout explains in his book “Hawker Fare,” Lao food has a complicated history — much ...

You need to go to the suburbs to find the Bay Area’s current champion for Lao food, one of the region’s most underrated cuisines. Opened in a Concord strip mall in 2022, Spicy Joi makes some of the ...

Tse Ming Wang, the “elder” of his eponymous, beloved Lao Wang Noodle House in Denver, died on Wednesday at the age of 76. Wang’s family announced the news over social media to patrons and fans of ...

Catch it while you can: There's a new pop-up vendor serving Lao food inside a southwest Phoenix restaurant. Khon's Lao Fusion operates out of Mingo's Louisiana Kitchen, located in Laveen Village on ...

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