Lao Thai- welcome party

Welcome Party for Hoa's family-Lao/Thai food-6/14 /2014

The food

Guests

Kids and group pictures

The food

I got a lot of help so it took barely anytime to set up my buffet table.

Tam Mak Hoong, Lao papaya salad

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Cucumber salad

Tod Mun pla and Tod Man Khao Pod

Tod Mun pla, Thai fish cake

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Tod Man Khao Pod, Thai corn cake

Nem Tha Dua, Lao fried crispy rice with Nem

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Heavenly beef, Lao beef jerky.

Larb Nua, Lao beef salad

Slow cooked BBQ ribs

Chichen sate

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Thai Chicken red curry

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Mok Kai, Lao steamed spicy chicken

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Desserts

Home made Vietnamese green coconut waffles.

They were so popular that I could not make them fast enough.

Fresh ripen mango with sticky rice in a coconut sauce.

My friend Hanh brought a bunch of Banh gia lon ((literally "pig skin cake" in Vietnamese)

This is a Vietnamese steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, mashed taro, and sugar.

Co Dung made a large bowl of che Chuoi (Sweet Banana, tapioca, coconut milk soup).

Next...The guests!