I think Olivia is absolutely right, the raw version have the better texture and it does tastes way better! Glad you guys liked it! My white daughter in law, who is also named Olivia, likes larb but cooked version though. Her favorite Lao food are sticky rice with dried beef and Lao sausages.
You both are very brave eating Lao raw beef larb and I give you two thumbs up Mario and Olivia. 5 stars for your show. Good job guys. Lao raw beef larb just like raw Beef tartare or Beef Carpaccio from Europe. For me, the best way to eat Lao larb is have it made with medium cooked beef. If you already made and mixed Lao larb with raw beef then cook it after, you lose all the good larb taste.
thank you for all those videos i’m from Laos i’m glad you guys you’ve try all local food and i’m in united state i always eat raw larp meat and raw larp liver here in hawaii and i’ll hope to go back n try it hopefully it still the the same 😂😂😂
I'm Lao Canadian, but I like to eat most things with chop sticks. Athough sticky rice is popular and is the main staple of Lao food, I eat sushi rice grown in North America. I still get to eat sticky rice once in awhile.
Wow that is my favorite one 👍 “ Larb “ means “ lucky “ , good luck , .... It’s a very famous national Lao food . There are so many versions of Larb ... just ask them and try all of them... I’m pretty sure you’re going to love it !.... Enjoy ...!
Larb means lucky. I like medium rare filet mignon beef and cook tripe to make larb. Lao New Year next month I will cook larb beef to bring luck lol. I really enjoy your video. Thank you Seng for introducing Lao food to Mario and Olive. Hope you guys enjoy Lao food. Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully they have Lao new year in Fort Worth with the situation going here I hope but I'm waiting word from the older folks to see if they go on with it I know they cancel it last year.
Didn’t like it when I was a kid bc I preferred the cooked version and the adults ate the raw version…now that I’m older I really prefer this style more. Glad to see you give this dish a try 😋
You're my favorite girl and boy. You tried everything traditional food wherever you went. I highly respect you as you are respecting the SEA countries.
In reality the larb is really good if you try it,if you don't eat it raw,or spicy,you always tell the restaurant to make cook larb,and not spicy for you,tell them how you like them,My none Lao friends love the Lao foods,and when I cook for them to eat,I always cook how they like them.
I usually have the Larb cook...until 26 years old first time triw raw.. I Like it especially with hot sticky rice.duck larb is the best of all the larb..
Hello, I’m your new friend subscribed to your channel 😊 I am from Laos living in the USA! I love watching your channel! Raw larb is the best!😋😋 Keep it going bro! ❤️👍👍
Actually, Larb has so many versions, you can use pork meet, chickens meat, ducks meat and birds too, the raw version would be lean beef meat only. Other than that larb with be completely cooked well done. Raw Larbs are famous among men, they would be getting together and drink beer, alcohol Visky more like on happy hours in occasionally but most of Lao women prefer eating well done cooked chicken, pork & duck & beef larb also & soup is more like a side dish of any kind of larb, I am Lao who has been living in USA & I never eat raw Larb I prefer fully cooked. P.S. Raw Larb is prepared with beef only. No porks, chickens or ducks would be cooked raw period.
In some cities of some provinces, eating Larb like beef Larb will bring luck to person who eat specifically in the Lao New Year Days and no doubt I ate a lot and no matter when with sticky rice, but the cooked ones 😋. Though respect that you ate raw Larb and it's okay, lots people eat nowadays. Cheer and enjoy.
Yes Lao food LARBS are the best. Now try LARB KAI (chicken) and LARB PED(duck) You don’t have to add extra mints when eating, its included in your plate. Enjoy
Raw Larb is the same as eating rare steak. The soup contain the cow bio gastor. You should try the Korean version where the bio is not even filter the grass is still there. I like the Laos version because they cook the bio separate and filter the bio gastor like 3 or 4 times, Korean probably none. I know because I had the Korean version .
Remember if it’s really spicy, don’t drink as that just spreads the capsaicin around your mouth. Bite into a lime - the acid will help neutralise it. I couldn’t believe this was your first time to try laap!😲🤦♀️ The fish and pork varieties of this are my favourites - I am less keen on the beef version. Some restaurants around town also do a version with tofu and that works really well.
Yeah we always forget this and reach for the beer! I think next time we will try a different version, beef isn't our go to choice of food so maybe we will enjoy a different one more
My family left Laos when I was younger..and I went back to visit Laos about 5 years ago….of all these years growing up around raw larb - I can not eat it. You two are more brave than me 😂. Btw are you two still in Laos? I am in the US and thinking about going visit sometimes this fall.
You're in Laos for more than a year now and still not trying out the traditional Lao food get ?!? ( Better late than never, ah ?! ). Good to see you both gave it a go mate!. Cheers 😀😎😂
I’m a new subscriber. Love your videos! I’m wondering how you managed to stay in Laos for 13months, did you get a long / special visa? Also is WiFi good in general here? I’ve heard good things about Thai internet speeds but no reviews on Laos. SIM card info would be awesome too
Thanks! We were able to extend our tourist visa every month because of the pandemic since the country was not open. I think it's still possible to do this now, unless they will change it soon. The wifi is generally good, unless you go to places like Don Det or somewhere more remote. For Sim cards we used Unitel, I think it's the best one available but joining facebook groups like Vientiane social is a good way to find more info on these things!
What a fulfilling meal!!! It’s rare to get to eat lahpp rare. You have to trust the cook. And as a young girl, I thought it was for the old men only. I’m glad to see you guys eating it and communal style, too. Not scared to use your hands and dipping into the same bowl. 👏
Yummy... I love any kind of Larb with sticky rice but not any raw one😊Congrats!! On your 13 months in Laos well done you two👍👍👏Exploring more with the local and share more video with us
I've had the Larb equivelent in the the Philippines......really good. Not so sure about the uncooked version though. Olivia you were very brave with the blood.....good on you! Really nice video again.👍👍😊😊
Guys, the beef stomach is not raw.... only the meat. And it’s not technically even stomach. It’s a lining of the stomach called “tripe” and it’s prepared by boiling it thoroughly to soften with herbs such as lemon grass and galangal. If that lining was raw, it would not be edible. It would be too tough to chew.
Raw Lab can be very good depending how good the cook is. Not everyone can make delicious lab. No problem, you can eat it, it's just not an every day thing you wanna eat because it's raw. Just follow up with a shot of liquor after it.
It’s like medium steak 🥩. It’s more tender and better. I am glad you liked it. When eating Papaya Salad, the hottest is the juice. Don’t let the juice touch the lips 👄. Just put it in the mouth and chowing it.
This is my opinion, if I were Seng... when introducing any westerners Lao foods for the 1st time you should consider the spice level (unleash they can handle it) with larb there are cook version. But raw larb is no different to French dish beef tartar... only Larb have full of flavours and spice. "The idea is to get them to enjoy and want it more not turn off by it"
I think the Lao people love to add what they call "Pia" (bitter young fresh cow shit) in both the lab and the soup. With your now-Laotianized stomach, you are blessed! I am jealous.
@@VCseesai Actually, it's a mixture of the cow's digestive bile with the grass that the cow eat, before the remaining undigested waste products pass through the gut and are discharged as cow' dung.
wow Larb so delicious.. this is same food in Philippines called "Kilawen" ... ilove Lao food🇱🇦
Thank you for introducing Lao traditional cuisine to the world 🌎
Fc ເດີອ້າຍ
Thank you for taking us to try this food!!
I think Olivia is absolutely right, the raw version have the better texture and it does tastes way better! Glad you guys liked it! My white daughter in law, who is also named Olivia, likes larb but cooked version though. Her favorite Lao food are sticky rice with dried beef and Lao sausages.
Have to agree that sticky rice and Lao sausages is an amazing combination!
Congratulations to one year anniversary in Laos!!!
Thank you!
You both are very brave eating Lao raw beef larb and I give you two thumbs up Mario and Olivia. 5 stars for your show.
Good job guys. Lao raw beef larb just like raw Beef tartare or Beef Carpaccio from Europe. For me, the best way to eat Lao larb is have it made with medium cooked beef. If you already made and mixed Lao larb with raw beef then cook it after, you lose all the good larb taste.
I miss Lao .
When there last year didn’t think that much , but now I seem to miss all that atmosphere and the taste of Lao food
Larb is like beef tartare with a lot of Laos spices. I’m glade you two are enjoying the authentic traditional Laos food.
Thank you 😊
@@TravelsonToast we got that in an asian restaurant here in the US, you can have a cook or raw version I always get my in a cook version.
thank you for all those videos i’m from Laos i’m glad you guys you’ve try all local food and i’m in united state i always eat raw larp meat and raw larp liver here in hawaii and i’ll hope to go back n try it hopefully it still the the same 😂😂😂
I'm Lao Canadian, but I like to eat most things with chop sticks. Athough sticky rice is popular and is the main staple of Lao food, I eat sushi rice grown in North America. I still get to eat sticky rice once in awhile.
Wow that is my favorite one 👍
“ Larb “ means “ lucky “ , good luck , .... It’s a very famous national Lao food . There are so many versions of Larb ... just ask them and try all of them... I’m pretty sure you’re going to love it !.... Enjoy ...!
Thanks!
Very good love to see you guy try every things
Love you guys for Love Laoss culture, 😄Epescially, Lao food!
Larb means lucky. I like medium rare filet mignon beef and cook tripe to make larb. Lao New Year next month I will cook larb beef to bring luck lol. I really enjoy your video. Thank you Seng for introducing Lao food to Mario and Olive. Hope you guys enjoy Lao food. Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully they have Lao new year in Fort Worth with the situation going here I hope but I'm waiting word from the older folks to see if they go on with it I know they cancel it last year.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Didn’t like it when I was a kid bc I preferred the cooked version and the adults ate the raw version…now that I’m older I really prefer this style more. Glad to see you give this dish a try 😋
All these three dishes are favorite for Lao/Thai people.
You're my favorite girl and boy.
You tried everything traditional food wherever you went. I highly respect you as you are respecting the SEA countries.
Thank you so much, this is why we travel 🙂 to experience other places and cultures to the fullest
In reality the larb is really good if you try it,if you don't eat it raw,or spicy,you always tell the restaurant to make cook larb,and not spicy for you,tell them how you like them,My none Lao friends love the Lao foods,and when I cook for them to eat,I always cook how they like them.
คนลาวรักทุกคนที่มาเที่ยวลาว
On the table all my favorite food.
The first type I tried I asked for duck and it was amazing! I try to recreate it at home in Canada.
I need more practice!!
Hell Yeah!!😋😋😋 my favorite laos food 😋
Mmmm that’s look so good. My favorite food larb beef I prefer bitter taste.
I love Lao food especially raw Laab/larb spicy Sap! Sap!
I usually have the Larb cook...until 26 years old first time triw raw.. I Like it especially with hot sticky rice.duck larb is the best of all the larb..
ยากให้เพีนไปลีวีวร้านอาหานฟอยไฟลิน ไปหาอ้ายโตโต้เลื่องอาหานลาวคัก✌😍😋
so exciting
Nice, got to get that spice level up.
You are lucky guys to be in Laos on this difficult moment.
We know 🙏 and we are so grateful
Larb is delicious! I usually get the mushroom larb though, it taste similar without all the blood.
Hello, I’m your new friend subscribed to your channel 😊 I am from Laos living in the USA! I love watching your channel! Raw larb is the best!😋😋 Keep it going bro! ❤️👍👍
Thank you!! 🙂
Laos food that`s awesome
Way to explore your taste bud! Great job guys!
Cheers!
You guys haven’t try Lob ??? What????! Hopefully I’ll see you guys next year or 2?
Good job, Olivia and Mario. You have tried the Lao staple dish, larb. It’s only Lao and Isaan eat this dish.
You are the man Mario.
I like the video you made and I also like your review of eating Lao food. I'm very hungry right now. I love 🇱🇦
Thanks for watching!
19:00 I really love Olivia for her opinion 👍
🙏🙏
Anthony Bourdain is alive.. 😀
good work!
Thanks 👍
Actually, Larb has so many versions, you can use pork meet, chickens meat, ducks meat and birds too, the raw version would be lean beef meat only. Other than that larb with be completely cooked well done. Raw Larbs are famous among men, they would be getting together and drink beer, alcohol Visky more like on happy hours in occasionally but most of Lao women prefer eating well done cooked chicken, pork & duck & beef larb also & soup is more like a side dish of any kind of larb, I am Lao who has been living in USA & I never eat raw Larb I prefer fully cooked. P.S. Raw Larb is prepared with beef only. No porks, chickens or ducks would be cooked raw period.
Try chicken larb , fish larb ,duck larb and they also have the pork larb
Fish larb and chicken larb are my favorite
We will try some more different ones!
In some cities of some provinces, eating Larb like beef Larb will bring luck to person who eat specifically in the Lao New Year Days and no doubt I ate a lot and no matter when with sticky rice, but the cooked ones 😋. Though respect that you ate raw Larb and it's okay, lots people eat nowadays. Cheer and enjoy.
Thank you! We will remember for new year next month 😅
Omg! Mouth watering🤤
What happened to the sausages, beef jerky, pho, red curry noodles, etc
i love how he just dives in
Yes Lao food LARBS are the best. Now try LARB KAI (chicken) and LARB PED(duck)
You don’t have to add extra mints when eating, its included in your plate. Enjoy
Sounds good! Will do 🙂
Raw Larb is the same as eating rare steak. The soup contain the cow bio gastor. You should try the Korean version where the bio is not even filter the grass is still there. I like the Laos version because they cook the bio separate and filter the bio gastor like 3 or 4 times, Korean probably none. I know because I had the Korean version .
My favorite food 😋😍🤗
Well done guys for trying traditional Lao foods , next time you have to try chicken, pork, and fish larb.
Will do!
Remember if it’s really spicy, don’t drink as that just spreads the capsaicin around your mouth. Bite into a lime - the acid will help neutralise it.
I couldn’t believe this was your first time to try laap!😲🤦♀️ The fish and pork varieties of this are my favourites - I am less keen on the beef version. Some restaurants around town also do a version with tofu and that works really well.
Not first time trying larb. First time trying raw larb. They only had cooked larb before.
Yeah we always forget this and reach for the beer! I think next time we will try a different version, beef isn't our go to choice of food so maybe we will enjoy a different one more
My family left Laos when I was younger..and I went back to visit Laos about 5 years ago….of all these years growing up around raw larb - I can not eat it. You two are more brave than me 😂. Btw are you two still in Laos? I am in the US and thinking about going visit sometimes this fall.
It's definitely not something you have often! Not currently no, but we return every year usually
Man look so delicious hope you enjoy it Larmb some day I will go visit my back home eat some Larb there that’s Restaurant.
still eat the raw laab here in the states every blue moon, love it n delicious, but only during family gatherings 😅
Laab is good with beer
Respect Respect Brother, my favorite dish. Glad to see you finally had some 👏👏👏👍👍👍😋
Thanks for watching! 🙏
You're in Laos for more than a year now and still not trying out the traditional Lao food get ?!? ( Better late than never, ah ?! ). Good to see you both gave it a go mate!. Cheers 😀😎😂
Yeah, a bit late to the game 😂 we are getting there slowly but surely
I’m a new subscriber. Love your videos! I’m wondering how you managed to stay in Laos for 13months, did you get a long / special visa? Also is WiFi good in general here? I’ve heard good things about Thai internet speeds but no reviews on Laos. SIM card info would be awesome too
Thanks! We were able to extend our tourist visa every month because of the pandemic since the country was not open. I think it's still possible to do this now, unless they will change it soon. The wifi is generally good, unless you go to places like Don Det or somewhere more remote. For Sim cards we used Unitel, I think it's the best one available but joining facebook groups like Vientiane social is a good way to find more info on these things!
What’s the name of the restaurant and where’s located ? The foods look yummy I want to go and try
Three sisters restaurant, on one of the main tourist streets in the centre
Look 😋 yummy
Thanks!
Lao food looks so yummy 😋
What a fulfilling meal!!! It’s rare to get to eat lahpp rare. You have to trust the cook. And as a young girl, I thought it was for the old men only. I’m glad to see you guys eating it and communal style, too. Not scared to use your hands and dipping into the same bowl. 👏
I think that anyone can eat anything, it's only food 😅 you should try one time!
Yummy... I love any kind of Larb with sticky rice but not any raw one😊Congrats!! On your 13 months in Laos well done you two👍👍👏Exploring more with the local and share more video with us
Thanks! 😊
I'm Lao and I don't eat the raw larb. Glade you guy try it and enjoy the Lao traditional foods.
Thank you 😊
Lara is good, it’s for good luck.
Thank you for this awesome video! On the other note, that Lao guy doesn't seem to know anything about Lao food and dining etiquettes
It is extremely spicy laab wuuu dam
They also use raw fish for larb, but they have another name for it, it's called ghoi, it's quite delicious..
Will try sometime 🙂
I love raw larb its has an explosion of tastes which are hard to describes. Beef tartare to the European. Good eating guys take care.
Well done both of you. And a big well done to Olivia. So what do u guys think about the raw Larb? And the bile soup?
Not something we eat everyday! Hope we try some more versions of larb in the future
After I watched you eat, i am hungry now 🤪
Wow you are amazing eating, I never had rolls meat. 🤩🤩🍸🍷😋😋
Hi Mario and Olivia, I like beef larb but not raw beef. Wow! one year in Lao congrats. 👍👍🇱🇦🇺🇸
Thanks!
1:44 - yes Mr Seng says "ບໍ່ມີ" (boh mii). That means "falang no good!"
sok dii der!
Why you trying to start shit? “boh mii” means they don’t have it.
@@soudee29 Take a look on Google Translate. Sok sii der!
I'm not sure Google translate is the best for accurate translations!
@@TravelsonToast Yes - I make my Lao friends laugh. "No good falang!"
@@nickhubbard3671 I don’t need to look at google translate.... I am fully bilingual in English and Lao. Boh Mii - don't have --- no good is "Boh Dii"
🙏👍👍👍👍Congrats, by the time you leave Laos, you'll be eating like the locals...
Support your Chanel by subscribe and watching .keep doing it you both are awesome
Thanks so much!
My favorite Lao dish sap sap lieee 555
I've had the Larb equivelent in the the Philippines......really good. Not so sure about the uncooked version though. Olivia you were very brave with the blood.....good on you! Really nice video again.👍👍😊😊
Thanks! Wouldn't eat the blood again if I didn't have to though 😂
Laab is the national dish of Laos and Lao people living in different country's all over the world.
Olivia is biting or yanking on the stomach wall or cows from the soup
Now, you two can claim you have been in Laos. Cheers!!
Finally! 😂
ahh man, I really miss the food
Hello
Lab..is.good.food
Goood jobs , yummy 😋
Thanks!
😂lovely guys
Guys, the beef stomach is not raw.... only the meat. And it’s not technically even stomach. It’s a lining of the stomach called “tripe” and it’s prepared by boiling it thoroughly to soften with herbs such as lemon grass and galangal. If that lining was raw, it would not be edible. It would be too tough to chew.
Indeed, and you won't be able to clean it (the black layer on the surface).
Spicy papaya salad is my favourite salad in the world. To me it is a perfect dish. I like spice though.
It's a favourite of ours too, just too spicy sometimes 😂
Raw Lab can be very good depending how good the cook is. Not everyone can make delicious lab. No problem, you can eat it, it's just not an every day thing you wanna eat because it's raw. Just follow up with a shot of liquor after it.
We wouldn't eat this everyday, just trying for the first time 🙂
It actually does taste better raw
It’s like medium steak 🥩. It’s more tender and better. I am glad you liked it. When eating Papaya Salad, the hottest is the juice. Don’t let the juice touch the lips 👄. Just put it in the mouth and chowing it.
Oops 😅 papaya salad is soo spicy
This is my opinion, if I were Seng... when introducing any westerners Lao foods for the 1st time you should consider the spice level (unleash they can handle it) with larb there are cook version. But raw larb is no different to French dish beef tartar... only Larb have full of flavours and spice.
"The idea is to get them to enjoy and want it more not turn off by it"
It was not too bad! Just me (Olivia) being pathetic 😂
@@TravelsonToast oh Olivia ended up like it raw in the end... better then Seng 🤣🤣 just joking der Seng😝😘
yium yium
You're so braved eating raw meat larb. i'm Laotian but i never brave enough to try raw meat larb I only eat cook larb
Do it!!!
Olivia, these foods is for wild men. For me I ask for cook beef larb and the soup adding meat, with out pudding blood!
Food can be only for men? 😅 I think it was not so bad!
I think the Lao people love to add what they call "Pia" (bitter young fresh cow shit) in both the lab and the soup. With your now-Laotianized stomach, you are blessed! I am jealous.
Lao folks love eating shit 😂
@@VCseesai Actually, it's a mixture of the cow's digestive bile with the grass that the cow eat, before the remaining undigested waste products pass through the gut and are discharged as cow' dung.
Gosh I can't even eat raw larb beef. Your brave. I have to cook my larb
Thanks, but we also prefer cooked.
Two chillies in papaya salad are enough lol
👏👏👍
you can order medium rare
Larb i used to eat raw like that but my wife doesn’t allowed me any more but good video 👍🏼
Why not? Thanks for watching!