“Lao people are the ‘Children of the Sticky Rice,'” Chef Kevin Phanhvilay tells me. You may have heard the phrase before, but it’s hard to fully grasp until you’ve had a Lao meal. Sticky rice is not ...

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Lao cuisine is a relatively recent addition to Minnesota’s culinary landscape, yet its flavors are increasingly making their mark in the Twin Cities and have arguably reached a culinary critical mass.

Houston's Asiatown town is flush with options for Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese cuisine and more, but it wasn’t until early April that the first almost entirely Lao restaurant entered the equation.