{"id":7415,"date":"2018-12-18T18:25:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T23:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2018-12-18T18:25:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T23:25:37","slug":"i-eat-lao-food-laab-het","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7415","title":{"rendered":"I Eat Lao Food – Laab Het"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe first time I tasted anything from I Eat Lao Food was when they popped up at the Queens Night Market. I was blown away. For real. Clearly, they would be a major hit on the food scene and anyone who has sampled their wares can attest to that. If you like Northern Thai food (Isan Thai), you ain\u2019t had nothin\u2019 until you\u2019ve tasted Lao food, and more specifically the recipes turned out by these remarkably talented folks.<\/p>\n

This is Laab Het (you might see \u201clarb\u201d), a spicy Laotian salad of saut\u00e9ed mushrooms (het), chilies, a mixture of herbs, and toasted rice powder. (Toasted rice powder is exactly what it sounds like: start with raw sticky rice, toast\/roast in a pan, then pulverize; it adds a definitive crunch and a nutty flavor that\u2019s classic laab.) The unique character of each of the ingredients is balanced against each of the others\u2019 to create synergistic perfection. Use your fingers to pinch off a bit of sticky rice (it comes in a mini steamer woven from bamboo) and pick up a bit of laab. Savor and pledge your eternal devotion.<\/p>\n

But you have to act fast. I Eat Lao Food is at North 3rd St Market, 103 North 3rd St (of course), in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for only a while longer. I seldom say this, but: Go. There. Now. (Um, unless it\u2019s a Tuesday \ud83d\ude09).<\/p>\n

More to come from I Eat Lao Food. (But don\u2019t wait. Really.)
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No hyperbole: this place offers some of the most delicious food I’ve tasted in 2018! Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,6],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-7415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instagram","category-restaurants-food-courts","tag-laotian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7417,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7415\/revisions\/7417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}