Mee Ka Tee - Most Awesome Lao Soup!

Most awesome?  Or perhaps just my favourite... :)  As a kid I used to call it mee ka teekerzzz!   Mee ka tee is essentially a coconut milk, pork, red curry soup. 

When I was young, I once had this Lao soup dish that a family friend had made.  I loved it so much that I mentioned it to my mom and asked that she show me how they made it.  I forget how old I was exactly but definitely around my pre-teens.  Indeed it would become one of the first Lao dishes I ever learned how to make.  In fact, I often attribute this dish as to why I started cooking Lao food on my own from an early age.  To this day it's still one of my faves.

Here's our recipe.  I guarantee you'll love it.  And don't be intimidated by the amount of ingredients and steps, it'll all be worth it in the end.

Story to Share: Coverage of Diversity

We were asked recently why we post many items on our website about different provinces and ethnic groups in Laos. We're happy to explain why.

We put up such posts primarily for 2 reasons:

Turkish Travel Show Visits Laos (Translated in English)

It's interesting to see different travel shows from around the world visit Laos.  If I'm not mistaken this one is a Turkish travel shown (name unsure?).  Though it is translated with English voice over.  Shown in 4 parts on Youtube.  Here's 1 of 4 shown below.

Lao Oral Stories and Story Telling (video)

Here's a video of how oral stories were told in Laos back in the old days in the village.  This one features a funny story with re-enactments in Lao and subtitles in Thai.  Video clip 1 of 7 shown below. 

3rd Lao Music Awards 2012 - Starts Today!

Dec. 14-15 2012 at the National Cultural Hall.  Live performances by musical artists, DJs, dance competition, and much more.

Lao Film/Cinema Department

The Ministry of Information and Culture has within it the Lao Department of Cinema (aka Film Department).  They also have a Youtube channel where they post current and old film footage of news occurrences, educational stuff and even fictional shows.

The video shown here gives some background on what they do.  It's an older video but it's still interesting and informative to watch.

Lao Short Film - A Little Change / ຕົ້ນກ້າ (video)

Lao New Wave Cinema, a new start-up, made this short film.  It's cheesy but in a good way and so cute.  And it has a great message.  It's called A Little Change / ຕົ້ນກ້າ.

Watch it all the way through.  It's worth it.