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Laos
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Published 2004
Chinese tea cups. Many Indo Chinese enjoy food and drinks common to China.
A sikhara, the gilded metal tiered crown that tops many a sacred stupa (religous monument).
Wat Xieng Thong is the Luang Prabang’s prettiest temple. At 500 years old, it’s one of the city’s oldest, and is akin in design to the northern Siamese or Lanna style. Rooves sweep low and are layered, like a mother hen guarding her chicks, say the Laos.
Laos flavours
Slices of cucumber accompany many Laoation meals. The mix of salty, hot, sour, bitter and sweet must have its counterbalancers of cool and crunch.