Pun - Thai Lao Lettuce Wraps

It has been a while since my last post and today, I felt ambitious and decided to cook, video tape, and share my Thai and Lao recipes with you.

This recipe is called "Pun" and it means "to wrap". When I host a dinner party for just the girls, I like to prepare pun because we'll eat and socialize and never feel full. Basically, it is a finger food salad recipe. Here's to your health. Cheers!

In this free video, I grilled firm tofu but you can also pun with Chicken & Shrimp curry skewers, and Fish with Thai Lao Herbs.

Appetizer Recipe: Pun Tofu
Lettuce of any type: Radicchio, Romain, and Boston
chopped tomatoes
chopped cucumber
chopped green onions
chopped coriander or mint
bean sprouts
Spring Roll Dipping Sauce
vermicelli noodle bundle

Tear a piece of lettuce to the size of your palm. Load the listed ingredients on top of the lettuce. Spoon in dipping sauce, wrap, and enjoy. Make sure each lettuce wrap is small so it fits into your mouth.

Play and watch Thai & Lao Food food cooking video.

Second Thai & Lao Food DVD and Recipe Book

The Second Thai & Lao Food dvd and recipe book are available for purchase.


$35 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food DVD and Recipe book

Depending on the amount of donation, I will mail you the following Thai & Lao Food product(s):
$20 --> Set 1 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book
$21 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book
$30 --> access to private videos, you must first have a free YouTube account
$33 --> Set 1, Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD and recipe book
$35 --> Set 2, Thai & Lao Food video on DVD and recipe book
$60--> Set 1 Thai & Lao Cooking Videos and recipe book + Set 2 Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book

Thai hair sticks are included in every set of dvds and recipe books until supplies last.

To mail me a donation, email me and ask for my address.

List of Recipes from the Second Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book:
Appetizer Recipes:
1. Sour Fruit Dipping Sauce
2. Shrimp Chips
3. Curry Peanut Dipping Sauce
4. Fried Shrimp Rolls
5. Banh Cuon - Wet Rice Paper Spring Rolls
6. Eggplant Chili Dipping Sauce

Soup Recipes:
7. Khao Bune Ba - Fish Curry Noodle Soup
8. Khao Piek - Chicken Noodle Porridge
9. Bamboo Soup

Salad Recipes:
10. Mak Bea - Banana Blossom Salad
11. Long Bean Noodle Salad

Main Dish Recipes:
12. Beef Stir Fry
13. Au Quail
14. Salted Gourami Fish Chili Sauce
15. Water Lily Stir Fry
16. Fish Stuffed with Thai & Lao Herbs
17. Lap Chicken

Dessert Recipes:
18. Coconut Flakes
19. Fresh Coconut Milk
20. Black Bean Coconut Drink
21. Fresh Soy Milk
22. Steam Cassava with Coconut Flakes
23. Sweet Corn Wrap Dessert
24. Tapioca Pearl, Taro & Jackfruit Dessert
25. Water Chestnut Dessert Dumplings

Recipes from Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book 1
26. Spring Roll Dipping Sauce
27. Ground Toasted Sticky Rice
28. Thai / Lao Curry Paste

Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD

The DVD is ready for purchase. I am really excited that it is finally available.

When I published my Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book, I specifically designed it to fit inside a DVD case.

The set 1 of Thai and Lao Cooking DVD includes all the videos that are listed the Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book.

Plus I include the video of How to apply hair sticks into the hair!

Don't forget to view all my Thai & Lao Products

Depending on the amount of donation, I will mail you the following Thai & Lao Food product(s):
$20 --> Set 1 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book
$21 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book
$30 --> access to private videos, you must first have a free YouTube account
$33 --> Set 1, Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD and recipe book
$35 --> Set 2, Thai & Lao Food video on DVD and recipe book
$60--> Set 1 Thai & Lao Cooking Videos and recipe book + Set 2 Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book

Thai hair sticks are included in every set of dvds and recipe books until supplies last.

To mail me a donation, email me and ask for my address.

Lap Shrimp with Escargot

Coming soon, I will put my free videos on dvd available for purchase. The videos include all recipes from my Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book because the book is already designed to fit inside the dvd case. I will give a discount to those who have already purchased my recipe book because I like to return my support to those who have supported me in the development of my blog.

The video shows the raw /fresh lap shrimp and the cooked lap shrimp. Not all lap recipes must have mint so in one recipe, I use cilantro. Lap is the national dish of Laos so please refer to my previous posts lap chicken and lap Lao beef.

The video is marked private and the recipe is in the video. I no longer write out the Thai & Lao Food recipes because I want to focus my work on those who have purchased my products.

Sao Lao T-Shirt - Lao Girl T-Shirt

I got this "Sao Lao" t-shirt made available for purchase. "Sao" means 'girl' or 'young lady'. For the men, there is the i hum yie t-shirt.

Every August long weekend my cousin, Vilaysith Sanoubane, organizes "bune Lao" which is a fundraiser festival for Wat Lao Veluwanh. It's an amazing event: a soccer tournament, concert bands, dancing, blessings from Buddhist Monks, food, and Lao merchandise. Over 5000 people attended. For just one day, it feels like you were in Laos.

When I was not volunteering at the food booths, I sold the "Sao Lao" and the i hum yie t-shirts and donated the profits to Wat Lao Veluwanh.

$22 donation ,towards the development of my blog, will get you the "Sao Lao" t-shirt.

Youth sizes: 2, 6, L and Adult sizes: S, M, L, XL.

Also refer to the List of product prices for all my Thai & Lao Food products.

Water Chestnut Dessert Dumplings

These water chestnut dessert dumpling resembles tapioca pearl and but with crunch and colour. The advantage of the water chestnut dessert dumpling over tapioca pearl is that the dumplings do not thicken the dessert as stated in the Tapioca Pearl dessert.

In my video, you'll see that made a dessert drink with green Ai-Yu Jelly, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, the colourful water chestnut dessert dumplings, and fresh coconut milk.

The video is marked private and is included in my Second Thai & Lao Food video and recipe book which is availabe for purchase. Please view all my products.

List of Thai Lao Private Cooking Videos

Summer is here yeh! and therefore, I am going to take a break from blogging. Have a safe and fun summer everyone!

Feel like shopping this summer? Depending on the amount of donation, I will mail you the following Thai & Lao Food product(s):
$15 --> one pair of Thai hair sticks
$20 --> Set 1 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book
$21 --> Set 2 Thai & Lao Food Recipe Book
$22 --> Sao Lao t-shirt: youth 2, 6, L and adult S, M, L, XL
$23 --> i hum yie t-shirt: youth SM, M XL and adult L, XL
$30 --> access to private videos, you must first have a free YouTube account
$33 --> Set 1, Thai & Lao Cooking Videos on DVD and recipe book
$35 --> Set 2, Thai & Lao Food video on DVD and recipe book
$60--> Set 1 Thai & Lao Cooking Videos and recipe book + Set 2 Thai & Lao Food videos and recipe book

Thai hair sticks are included in every set of dvds and recipe books until supplies last.

To mail me a donation, email me and ask for my address.

Notice that my recent postings have no list of cooking ingredients or directions? That is because I am focusing on my paid customers and will continue to do so when I get back from my summer break. All instructions are in my private cooking videos.

So for a donation of $30 to view all these private cooking videos. There are about 66 videos and recipes to date...what a bargain!

Thai & Lao Appetizer Recipes:
1. Wet Rice Paper Spring Rolls
2. Steam Bun
3. Shrimp chips
4. Fried Shrimp Rolls

Soup & Salad Recipes:
5. Cucumber Salad
6. Banana Blossom Salad
7. Long Bean Noodle Salad
8. Khao Soy - Pork & Salted Soy Bean Noodle Soup
9. Bamboo Soup
10. Chicken Rice Noodle Porridge
11. Khao Bune Ba - Fish Curry Noodle Soup
12. Sin Khao Bune - Vermicelli Noodles

Main Dish Recipes:
13. Aw Quail - Quail Stir Fry
14. Water Lily Stir Fry
15. Eggplant in Fish Sauce Stirfry
16. Bake Fish with Thai Lao Herbs
17. Lap Chicken
18. Beef Stir Fry

Thai & Lao Dessert Recipes:
19. Thai Lao Agar Gelatin Dessert
20. Tapioca Pearl dessert
21. Corn Wrap Dessert
22. Steam Cassava with coconut flakes
23. Coconut Flakes
24. Squash and Custard
25 Water Chestnut Dumplings

Thai & Lao Dipping Sauce Recipes:
26. Jeow Ba Dek - Lao National Dipping Sauce
27. Curry Peanut Dipping Sauce
28. Eggplant Chili Sauce
29. Sour Fruit Dipping Sauce

Thai & Lao Drink Recipes:
30. Fresh Soy Milk
31. Fresh Coconut Milk
32. Black Bean Coconut Drink