Gaeng Bawt Pork, Chicken, Duck or Tofu A typical Yuan Kalom stew from our home village. This stew is has a potpourri of vegetables flavored with roasted rice, pepper wood, banana flower, lemon grass, fennel, shallots, basil. If you see pieces of wood in your stew this is called Mai Sakhan or pepper wood. You can eat it. Be careful it can be spicy.
Aw Lahm Pork, Chicken, Duck or Tofu A typical Luang Prabang stew. The ingredients are more finely cut than Gaeng Bawt. 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 stew this is called Mai Sakhan or pepper wood. You can eat it. Be careful it can be spicy.
SOOP Pork, Duck, Chicken, Tofu "SOOP" is a fresh, tangy soupy stew flavored with cilantro (coriander), mint and Lao limes
Black Thai Stew Chicken, Pork, Duck or Tofu Soaked roasted rice, pepper wood, rattan shoots, garlic, mushrooms, basil, mak ken, a tingly forest spice.
