I have to confess that we have most enjoyed "foreign food" in Laos: French, Swiss, Scandinavian. The local food is, of course, delcious and interesting, but I do get tired of rice, noodles, fish, pork, and mixed vegetables. The fruit has been mainly pineapple, watermelon, and papaya, some fresh coconuts. We had an excellent dinner in Luang Prabang at Chez Pierre, a Swiss Restaurant. The chef said that he had to import the beef as local beef is killed and sold the same day, not hung, as in Canada. He recommended a French restaurant in Vientiane run by two Quebecers; we had an excellent dinner there too--the best fish I had had since leaving Vancouver. It was a local white fish, but cooked to perfection. I don't know how they cooked their white rice, but it
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