All Lao people should be proud of themselves since Laos is very different from any countries in the world. For example, most Asian countries are similar in terms of their food. Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesian etc are all eating grain rice or "Khaochao" but only Lao and people who have Lao blood are eating stream sticky rice. Other countries, people may eat sticky rice but they don't stream like Lao people. Issan people eat sticky rice but their blood is still Lao.
I heard that some part of Indonesia and cambodia also eat sticky rice. In Japan, they eat something like sticky rice, wrap with seaweed and call onigiri
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I heard that some part of Indonesia and cambodia also eat sticky rice. In Japan, they eat something like sticky rice, wrap with seaweed and call onigiri
I believe its actually the same rice as plain steamed white rice, but rolled with water to become stickier. My host mother made it for me when I lived in Japan and.... she didn't put ANYTHING inside of it. It was just seaweed and... rice... It was not fulfilling at all! Usually theres something in the middle like fish or cod roe.
But the Lao Sticky Rice, Kao Nieow, is unique in my mind. That a long with Fermented Fish (pa daek). It takes skills to figure things out and it boggles me to know who ever came up with pa daek and the khaen. Lao innovation is truly unique and special to the Lao people.