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 Dinner Sets

Genuine Luang Namtha Food

(For 2 -3 persons)

Set #1

Pickled Bamboo Soup

Chicken, Pork, Duck or Tofu

Lemon Balm Chili Paste

Lemon Balm- a zesty, lemon flavored herb

Sa

Pork, Chicken, Duck or Tofu

"Sa" is a northern minced meat dish made with banana flower, lime juice, mint, basil and other local herbs.

Mixed Vegetable SOOP

Vegetable SOOP is a combination of cooled steamed vegetables mixed with roasted ginger, roasted galanga and roasted sesame seeds.

Set #2

SOOP

Chicken or Tofu

Tangy stew spiced with cilantro, mint and lime juice

Parboiled Collard Greens

"Mak Gawk" Chili Paste

Mak Gawk is a tart forest fruit

Moke

Fish, Chicken or Duck steamed with lemon grass, galanga, chili, red onion, garlic, basil, shallots, fennel.

Set #3

Green Pumpkin Soup

Chicken, Pork or Duck

Egg Plant (aubergine) Sa

An egg plant salad flavored with lemon grass

Aw Lahm

Pork, Chicken, Duck, Tofu

A typical northern stew. Some ingredients are seasonal but the main ones are egg plant, chili pepper, rattan shoots, banana flower, pumpkin shoots, lemon grass, fennel, shallots, basil. If you see pieces of wood in your Aw Lahm, please don’t eat them. This is a spice called "Mai Sakhan", a forest vine.

Nam Pik Awng

Soybean chili paste - Tofu or Pork

Set #4

Sour Soup

Chicken, Fish, Duck or Tofu

Stir Fried Mixed Vegies

Stuffed Sweet Peppers

Pork or Tofu

Young Pepper Chili Paste

The Akha Set

The villagers from The Akha Experience in Muang Sing taught us how to make this food when they trained here in July 2005

Akha Boiled Pork Balls
Minced pork garlic, saw tooth, mint, gauva leaves, cilantro, shallots, vietnamese mint

Steamed Green Beans with Sesame Seeds

Ginger Chicken Soup

Which has in addition, chili, garlic, shallots, mint and Vietnamese mint

Saw toothed herb Chili Paste

Roasted chili, garlic, shallots with vietnamese mint, saw toothed herb, a pungent peppery herb

The Black Tai Set

Our Black Tai staff have put this menu together for you.

Black Thai Stew
Chicken, Pork, Duck or Tofu
Soaked roasted rice, pepper wood, rattan shoots, garlic, mushrooms, basil, mak ken, a tingly forest spice.

 

Gaeng Naw Heo
Chicken, Pork, Duck or Tofu
Dried pickled bamboo cooked with shallots, garlic, chili 

Mak Ken Chili Paste
Roasted Mak ken, garlic, chili, shallots 

Vegetable Soop with Ginger and chili