Post by Silly Yak on Feb 14, 2011 9:12:47 GMT
LAOS
Mr. Ketsouvannasane Bounlonh
Food and Drug Department
Ministry of Health
Vientane Laos
Tel.: + 21 4013
Fax: + 856 21-21 4015
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LAOS:
First of all I must say, Laos is an AMAZING country! If you go to Asia, don't miss it! It's beautiful and the people are wonderful.
Be careful about the fruit shakes in Laos. FOr whatever reason, I was fine with them in Thailand but my first day In Vientiane, (capital of Laos), I had a fruit shake from a stall on the street and was severely glutened, so bad I had to retire to my room for the day. They make the fruit shakes differently everywhere so you are really taking your chances with this. After this glutening, I watched them make it different places and noticed in Laos they tend to use a powdered mix and some weird syrup sweetener mixed in with the fruit and ice. I think one of these two things was the source of the gluten. So yeah, Id avoid the fruit shakes, as yummy as they can be, unless you know the people in the kitchen and can communicate what's in them.
The main food in Laos is STICKY RICE! Which is awesome and gluten free as can be! Most meals are stick rice and some sort of meat. Check out the lap, its basically ground beef mixed with herbs like mint and some spices, and from my experience, I was able to eat it without any problems. They make everything from scratch in Laos especially in the smaller cities like Vang Veing at the local restaurants, so usually if it looks gluten free, it is. Also check out the sticky rice sweet desserts, they are a plate of sticky rice dressed with a sweet coconut milk sauce, and covered with fruit! Very tasty and gluten free, I lived off this stuff while I was in Vang Vieng.
There is also plenty of the western food minus the bread like hamburgers and what not, just be careful to make sure they understand NO BREAD like everywhere else.
Mr. Ketsouvannasane Bounlonh
Food and Drug Department
Ministry of Health
Vientane Laos
Tel.: + 21 4013
Fax: + 856 21-21 4015
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LAOS:
First of all I must say, Laos is an AMAZING country! If you go to Asia, don't miss it! It's beautiful and the people are wonderful.
Be careful about the fruit shakes in Laos. FOr whatever reason, I was fine with them in Thailand but my first day In Vientiane, (capital of Laos), I had a fruit shake from a stall on the street and was severely glutened, so bad I had to retire to my room for the day. They make the fruit shakes differently everywhere so you are really taking your chances with this. After this glutening, I watched them make it different places and noticed in Laos they tend to use a powdered mix and some weird syrup sweetener mixed in with the fruit and ice. I think one of these two things was the source of the gluten. So yeah, Id avoid the fruit shakes, as yummy as they can be, unless you know the people in the kitchen and can communicate what's in them.
The main food in Laos is STICKY RICE! Which is awesome and gluten free as can be! Most meals are stick rice and some sort of meat. Check out the lap, its basically ground beef mixed with herbs like mint and some spices, and from my experience, I was able to eat it without any problems. They make everything from scratch in Laos especially in the smaller cities like Vang Veing at the local restaurants, so usually if it looks gluten free, it is. Also check out the sticky rice sweet desserts, they are a plate of sticky rice dressed with a sweet coconut milk sauce, and covered with fruit! Very tasty and gluten free, I lived off this stuff while I was in Vang Vieng.
There is also plenty of the western food minus the bread like hamburgers and what not, just be careful to make sure they understand NO BREAD like everywhere else.