LAO FOOD! (Laotian Cuisine) - Fung Bros Food

SULINA KETTIGNA

RICHIE LE

Shot by: Stanley Chen, Tim Shiiba
Edited by: Xiaohan Liu

Special thanks to: Hoy Ka Lao Thai in Monterey Park

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LAO FOOD! (Laotian Cuisine) - Fung Bros Food

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[oohdi]

If Lao people keep using the word "Thai" for their restaurants because "people aren't used to it" then the problem is just going to stay that way. People will never learn who we Lao people are if we don't speak up. Why not make the change to inform them about our culture?

[jackiecx]

Hi Fung Bros.Thank u so much for this great video of Lao food. As a Lao American I wanted to correct what the young lady say how different we are from Thai people. ("Its not that we dont speak as formal.") We share the same tradition. We are alike actually. There are so many Lao ethnicity and different regions in Laos. WE ARE THE SAME, JUST SPEAK DIFFERNT DIALECTS. Yes, our food is similar to Thai Isan. In fact Thai isan once had 16 provinces in their country. And most of the people are Lao. I dont want to get to political but I just want to address the correct answer to your question. Most of our Lao dishes are salad, soups, grilled meats using lots of herbs, stews, stem vegetables, and sauce of different flavors. And most of all, its not the padek is what you will know us for. We worship our sticky rice. Without our rice, our food will not taste right! To most Americans its bread and potatoes. For Lao people its all about OUR STICKY RICE. For all the Lao American that does not know about our cultural please feel free to READ ABOUT LAOS and understand your roots. Thank you for your time. YOUR THE BEST FUNG BROS

[BGZTV]

they left out the super basic items like kao piek, kapoon, gang nor mai, im a Lao YouTuber and i've been trying to contact FungBrosComedy for about a year and still no response... HMU if you want do another episode and have more detail about the food and culture... cuz this girl is a little off..

[Taison]

Thai and proud here but I have to say you guys dropped the ball on this one. Could've picked a better person to introduce people to Lao food. Do hit up +BGZTV and do Lao food some justice man.

Also, I got to get these off my chest;

1) Our languages are different, but is mutually intelligible to a certain degree. Whenever I go to their side of the bridge I'm quite able to survive as our languages are mutually intelligible. They're able to speak to me in Lao and if they tone it down a bit by going slower, I'm able to understand what they say and most of the time when I reply in Thai, they will understand likewise.

2) Saying Thai is more formal and Lao is more informal is WRONG. I speak standard Thai and when I want to, I can make a sailor blush. Adding "krub" at the end of the sentence doesn't make it polite (eg. พ่อมึงตายครับ sounds totally ridiculous), and Laotians can be very polite in their speech if they want. Both our languages have in common that we have 2 registers; formal speech pattern, and informal speech pattern. For example; สวัสดีครับ วันนี้คุณสบายดีไหมครับ is very formal, while หวัดดี มึงเป็นไงบ้าง is extremely rude and should only be used between closest of friends and never to elders. One of the difficulty with learning Thai is you have to learn 4 sets of word for you and I (คุณ เธอ แก มึง and ผม/ดิฉัน ข้า กู) and using the correct one in the appropriate situation (speaking to a friend, an elder, boss, elders, customers, kids, etc).

3) Like I said above; our languages are mutually intelligible, and we can also say kob jai ขอบใจ but it's only for people of equal or lower status; i.e. your friends or people that are younger than you, and it's considered rude most of the time.  

4) Thailand =/= Laos. Look at it this way; we're brother countries, and ethnically we're the same. We got more Laotians on our side (called Esaan) than in Laos. Most of our customs are basically the same, we have the same religion (theravada buddhism), we pretty much eat the same food. In the end, we're both Tai (the ethnicity, from southern china, not Thai like Thailand). 

5) What's this crap about not having last names? Unless you're from some isolated hill-tribe deep in the jungle or high up in the mountains, you'll most likely have a last name. Lao people tend to have long last names rivaling the Thai-Chinese's last names. Majorities of Thais tend to have shorter last names.

6) at 0:37, that Buddhist blessing sign is in Thai. Just something I noticed, as our countries does NOT share the same alphabet. It's like walking into a Korean shop with a sign in Japanese. Just found that a bit odd.

I really want to rip off my ears when I hear Sulina butcher Lao words.. it's like calling Arkansas, "R- Kansas".

[ayoangieeee]

So glad Lao people finally got the spotlight for once ☺️

[LaleeChan]

I'm Laotian too but I had to laugh when fung bros pronounced it correctly and she corrected them and said it incorrectly. Not hating BUT I think +BGZTV would have made a better appearance❤️

[DreamxLove]

I'm half Lao and half Viet. Thank you! Finally a Lao food video. I've been waiting for this to eventually come out. Everything looked really great and appetizing. Not many people know about the Lao culture, so this video means a lot.

[juanitashanks]

I lived in Honolulu for 3 years. During that time, I had green papaya salad made by a Laotian young lady. It was delicious. It made me love the Laos cuisine.

[richiele]

Ayoooo can't wait to get some more Lao grub! Dope video

[ririson]

I'm Cambodian, my best friend is Laos! I love how you guys are bringing our foods into the main stream. Not a lot of people know bout us or our cultures! It's awesome! Thank you!

[tiffanynolah]

I'm lao and it makes me so happy to see Laos being represented!

[IamKingJey]

I'm Lao and must give some obvious criticisms for this video.
1. There are many Strictly Lao restaurants they could've visited in the region.
2. Not to be disrespectful to the fellow Lao-Americans in the video, but the pronunciation of words and names of those dishes are completely different from what I've learned. And I am very fluent.
3. The history lesson is incorrect. Lao people do have last names. His example does not speak for all Lao-Americans.
4. Not all Lao-Americans are Buddhist.
5. Their explanation of the Lao-American profile is completely inaccurate. We are NOT a dying species. I find this very insulting, especially for those who have worked so hard for our community. Perhaps this may be a narrow minded view from a specific circle of friends.

Fung Bros, ya'll should've done your research more before producing this. Check out Lao-Americans on the east coast. Check out Laos in the House. Heck, come to the D.C. area and I am sure members of CLAY (Connecting Lao American Youth) would love to show you authentic, strictly Lao restaurants, and would love to give you a great discussion reflecting on the Lao-American community and all the great work that has been put into advancing our Lao-American profile. Again, we are NOT a dying species.

Thanks for trying out Lao Food, but please know that your videos are more than just videos for fans. Fung Bros, you are very influential with social media in the Asian American diaspora, so in my opinion, you have a bit more of a responsibility to check up your sources and produce videos that reflect Lao food and Lao Americans more accurately.

[nekotj_]

I'm Lao! :D Shoutout to my Laotian Nation!

[arenaphaphilom]

Smh! The Fung bros actually pronounced it correctly "lay-ocean" and she pronounced it incorrectly, they could have at least found another Laotian person that would not butcher our language when speaking Lao. As a Laotian American that has spoken Lao as my first language and my entire life, I could not help but cringe at her accent when speaking Lao.

I applaud the Fung Bros for shedding light on our dying nationality. Thank you!

[loasboy]

You guys haven't seen anything till you've seen Laos New Years. :)

[MinSoHee]

The Isaan people of Thailand are basically Lao. They use Lao language, they eat Lao food and share the same traditions with Lao. The main thing is, the Thai government started the "Thaification" of the country in 1933 in order to assimilate the different minority (Isaan Lao, Isaan Khmer, Mon, Karen, Southern Malay etc..) into the society. Thai became the language of education and administration.
Now you can see this in Thailand. When I go to Udon Thani (a province 50km away from the Laotian border), people speak Lao. At school, the kids learn Thai and in Thai, even if they don't use it at home

[slouchcow]

the long awaited. My country finally gets credit and noticesd

[noinoi]

I'm Lao and it's so refreshing to see a Lao person speaking on YT and interacting with FungBros, who are considered to be YT sensations. Not many people know where Laos is or even WHAT it is, so thank you for giving us a shoutout and showing a bit of our foods!

[saymoukdad.vongsay]

please do more research on the differences between lao language and thai language. its incorrect to say that the lao language is less formal considering many languages have various vernaculars.

[anniesameuchay]

Anyone else notice how she pronounces certain things like so Americanized 😂👌🏽