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Pok Pok on The Splendid Table
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Andy Ricker, owner of Pok Pok, the lauded Portland, Oregon…Asian? restaurant (just don’t call Thai–listen to find out why), was recently interviewed on NPR’s The Splendid Table. Episode available here.
I really like his approach to making this kind of food, and the dishes sound fantastic. Just wish I could eat there… In the interview Andy mentions northern Thai-style laap and mustard leaves, both pictured above.
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is that northern-style laap? my experience with northern laap is pretty simple, and pretty unappetizing: a bowl of cubed raw beef and blood, and a plate of herbs. how is the version pictured above different from isaan-style laap?
The above is ‘laap khua’, ‘fried’ laap. The raw beef (no blood) is mixed with a special mixture of dried spices before being fried briefly. The meat in isaan-style laap is usually par-boiled (or raw) and no dried spices are used.