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Set Dinner
An introduction to Lao flavours
Welcome drink: infused lao lao shot
Chunky bamboo and vegetable soup
Platter of Lao specialities, accompanied by sticky rice. Includes Luang Prabang sausage, dips, relishes (jeow) other local favourites: a selection of Tamarind’s most popular menu items. Accompanied by detailed explanations of what the foods are & how to eat them
Stir fried young pumpkin with kaffir lime and ginger
Herbed fish steamed in banana leaf
Fragrant lemongrass stuffed with chicken
Purple sticky rice dessert in coconut milk with tamarind sauce
Lao sweet confections
Lao coffee or tea.
Price: 400,000 kip. Serves 2 people
Lao Cuisine Explorer Set
Flavours to further challenge your palate
Welcome drink: infused lao lao shot
Platter of Lao specialities, accompanied by sticky rice. Includes sa mak pi, spiced buffalo sausage, jeow mak khok (seasonal) and deep fried eggplant chips
Orlarm Gai, local ‘stew’ with chicken, eggplant, chilli wood and local greens. Unusual
Barbecue cured pork, skewers of soured pork wrapped in lemongrass
Koy Pa, finely chopped fish laced with herbs
Soop pak, a ‘salad’ of steamed local greens tossed with sesame seeds, ginger and chillies
Dessert Degustation Platter including purple rice pudding, steamed pumpkin slice with coconut custard and a selection of Lao sweet treats
Lao coffee or tea.
Price: 500,000kip. Serves 2 people
Vegan Set
Lao flavours, with a plant based twist
Welcome drink: star fruit liqueur
Make your own miang plate
Young pumpkin soup with somporn (a local leaf) for sourness, pea eggplants, basil and spring onion
Tofu laap
Rice paper rolls with peanut dipping sauce
Tam mak tua, Spicy green bean salad with ginger
Purple sticky rice with tamarind sauce and fresh fruit
Lao coffee or tea.
Price: 350,000 kip. Serves 2 people
Countryside Farmer’s Set
Welcome drink: infused lao lao shot.
Your choice of relish (jeow) - eggplant, coriander, or pungent jeow padaek
Sinh toup, barbecued dried buffalo meat
Fresh vegetables to cleanse the palate between bites
Gaeng pak gat, clear broth with greens, ginger, dill, and pork on the bone
Mok pa, fish in banana leaf
Sticky rice, essential for eating with your fingers, country style
Fresh fruit plate with chilli sugar for dipping.
Price: 350,000 kip, serves 2 people
Adventurous Lao Gourmet
Foraged ingredients, unusual tastes
A degustation-style menu showcasing more unusual Lao foods: those served in local homes, from foods found only in local markets or foraged from the jungle. Small servings of each dish & clear explanations of what they are and how Lao people would eat it will ensure a wide variety of tastes & textures, without a sore stomach. Tell us how game you are & we will adapt the experience to your taste. Only for the most adventurous and inquisitive: not all dishes may be to your taste! (Add a market tour, details in next box.)
Price: 800,000 kip, serves 2 people (please book one day in advance)
Adventuring Gourmet Market Tour.
Add a market tour the morning of your Adventurous Lao Gourmet meal. Join Joy at dawn to pick your ingredients, choose cooking techniques & get to know what else is in the Morning Market.
Additional usd $50 with Adventurous Lao Gourmet meal (left), for 1-4 people