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 ...

A new food vendor is on its way to the Lenexa Public Market food hall, serving a mix of Thai and Lao cuisine. Saap Saap Noodles is expected to open in the market, 8750 Penrose Lane, in January, ...

Lao food is slowly but surely gaining recognition thanks to restaurants like Mekong Cafe and Vientiane Noodle Shop, along with young Lao entrepreneurs like Alex Hanesakda of SapSap and chefs like ...

Nang Keophommavong is no rookie in the kitchen. She's been in the restaurant business for more than 20 years — both as a cook and as a consultant to help open restaurants in other states. At 60, she ...

Houston's Asiatown town is flush with options for Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese cuisine and more, but it wasn’t until early April that the first almost entirely Lao restaurant entered the equation.

Basa fillets at Olay’s Thai-Lao Cuisine can be fried or steamed in your choice of a tart cilantro and lime sauce, or a ginger or red curry sauce. The restaurant offers dining in an outdoor courtyard, ...

Tucked into West Town, Lao Peng You is a Chinese spot centered on dumplings and noodles — dishes rooted in memory, ritual, ...

At times spicy and bitter, salty and pungent, herbaceous and sour — Lao food is intensely delicious. Thum mak hoong, or papaya salad, is a fundamental dish in Lao cuisine, with as many variations as ...

Night has clanged down on City Heights like an emergency curtain at a movie theater. It’s easy to get lost in this gloom once you’re out of the #7 bus, but, just past Happy Bubbles Car Wash, I spot ...

For many folks in the Bay Area, Thai food has always been a staple in their weekly takeout rotation. And now, perhaps more than ever, the comforts of wok-tossed pad Thai or a well-spiced red curry are ...

“We have a sad news,” read the message posted to Facebook this past Saturday by Noodles Pho Me, a popular Lao-style pho restaurant in San Leandro — perhaps the only one of its kind in the Bay Area.