http://thegastrognome.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/viengthong-wow-its-actually-thai/ She eats and tells Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thegastrognome.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/viengthong-wow-its-actually-thai/#comment-497 guest Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:56:47 +0000 http://thegastrognome.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/viengthong-wow-its-actually-thai/#comment-497 The owners of Viengthong are Lao, but they offer Lao and Thai dishes. The green papaya salad and sticky rice are actually Lao food items, but because the northeastern part of Thailand (Issan region) are mainly comprised of ethnic Laotians who are now classified as "Thai" citizens, people tend to mistakenly refer to those Lao dishes as Thai, even though they're actually Lao dishes. The owners of Viengthong are Lao, but they offer Lao and Thai dishes. The green papaya salad and sticky rice are actually Lao food items, but because the northeastern part of Thailand (Issan region) are mainly comprised of ethnic Laotians who are now classified as “Thai” citizens, people tend to mistakenly refer to those Lao dishes as Thai, even though they’re actually Lao dishes.

]]> http://thegastrognome.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/viengthong-wow-its-actually-thai/#comment-19 Leslie Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:40:36 +0000 http://thegastrognome.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/viengthong-wow-its-actually-thai/#comment-19 I had the pleasure of eatting at this place a few months ago. To be honest, the food was good, the beer cold, the waitress interesting with a wall of hair to her feet, but it was the large rat that ran out on the wall bench that got me.Twice. Needless to say my visiting family thinks we always pick the most interesting locations when they come to town. Am not sure if rat is somewhere on the menu and this one was making the great escape? I had the pleasure of eatting at this place a few months ago. To be honest, the food was good, the beer cold, the waitress interesting with a wall of hair to her feet, but it was the large rat that ran out on the wall bench that got me.Twice. Needless to say my visiting family thinks we always pick the most interesting locations when they come to town. Am not sure if rat is somewhere on the menu and this one was making the great escape?

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