I arrived in Vientiane, Laos on the morning of 17 March 2013 (Sunday). This is my 7th visit to Laos in 5 years. I started working in Laos in 2009 when I made 3 working visits, followed by 3 more visits in 2012. This is my first visit this year. I have always enjoyed working and visiting Laos. It is a pretty nice country to live in, with its friendly people. There is no "rush", although lately with its fast paced development there are more traffic in the city of Vientiane. I particularly have no problem with the food in Laos. There are a wide variety of local Lao food which I enjoyed, although at times it is a challenge to try some of the food that my Lao colleagues are always very keen for me savour whenever we go visiting the provinces. Each province have their own specialties. And I am always keen to try.
In Vientiane, apart from the local Lao food, there are a mixture of Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and western food. When I arrived on Sunday, I decided to go for my favourite Vietnamese fried spring rolls. As it was still quite early and I was not very hungry after having eaten in the airplane, I decided to have a take-away lunch set to eat in the hotel. It comes with 4 spring rolls and a generous serving of fresh salad. Instead of spring rolls, you can have BBQ sausages, which is also my favourite choice. My lunch set cost 18,000 Lao KIPs (USD2.20).
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| Lunch set for one person |
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| Fried spring rolls with fresh rice noodles |
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| Fresh salad of lettuce, celery, basil and mint |
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| Raw bean sprout, cili and slices of cucumber, gourd and garlic |
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| Grounded peanuts and cili paste |
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| Sweet sour honey sauce dip for the spring rolls |
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