Tag: Lao food

Letter from Laos – by Somchai Chuangbaikham

Posted on 04/08/2024 by Sarah Löhle

All Posts, Culture, Savannakhet University (SKU), The Lao students

Erasmus+ Mobility Programme PH Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University, first impression, friendship, Germany, Lao food

Hallo! Welcome to my first post on “The Laos Experience” blog about my first impressions in Germany. My name is

Dit and her Amelia Cafe – our favourite café (owner) in Vientiane

Posted on 30/06/2020 by Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck

All Posts, Interviews

Asian food, interview, Lao food, Vientiane, Western food

Our favourite café (owner) in Vientiane – Dit and her Amelia Cafe Note: Although roughly 80% of the Lao population

Letters from China – “My first research visit to Savannakhet” by Miaoxing Ye

Posted on 11/12/201904/03/2022 by IMartin

All Posts, Letters from China, Research, Savannakhet University (SKU)

Erasmus+ Mobility Programme PH Karlsruhe and Savannakhet University, first impression, journey, Lao food

Editor’s note: Ms Miaoxing Ye is 25 years old and a teaching assistant at the Hubei University of Education (Wuhan,

Our annual Lao-German Friendship Feast (no. 5)

Posted on 08/12/201917/12/2019 by Yvonne-Jacqueline Dyck

All Posts, Intercultural Activities, Partnership

Falang-Friendship-Feast, friendship, Karlsruhe, Lao food, PH Karlsruhe

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with [them]. (Cesar Chavez)1 Following Prof.

Vegan (kin j) in Laos – reinventing traditional Lao recipes

Posted on 24/05/201927/11/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Laos, Traveling in Laos

ahimsa, Buddhism, fruits and vegetables, Lao cuisine, Lao food, Laos, vegan, veganism

“If we could live happy and healthy lives without harming others, why wouldn’t we?” (Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary, 2019)1 There

An exceptional encounter: When “muan” and the “Lao-German Cultural Night” join up

Posted on 04/02/201904/02/2019 by IMartin

All Posts, Intercultural Activities

emotions, German Embassy, Germany, Lao culture, Lao food

“Muan” is a Lao expression that can be translated as “joy”. It was Friday, 9 November 2018. The sun had

A day in the life of… a PH Karlsruhe volunteer

Posted on 20/12/201808/01/2019 by IMartin

Activity time, All Posts, Laos, Mopsies, Teaching experiences

"Mopsy", Activities, Asian food, Lao food, personal highlight, Phang Heng secondary school, Sikeud primary school, smile, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers

6:30 a.m. The alarm in Natalie’s and my – Anja’s – room goes off for the first time… one quick

My first impressions – by Malin Frahm

Posted on 05/10/201805/10/2018 by IMartin

All Posts, First impressions

"Mopsy", Asian food, emotions, first impression, Lao food, Sikeud primary school, Teaching English in Laos

When I think about the last two weeks, there are hundreds of different things coming to my mind: Lots of

“Foodie’s paradise” – Lao food in pictures

Posted on 26/06/201827/06/2018 by IMartin

All Posts, Laos

Asian food, Lao food, Laos

Although we are huge “foodies”1 ourselves, we did not know what to expect of Lao food. We wanted to surprise

First Impressions – by Tara and Svea

Posted on 24/06/2018 by IMartin

All Posts, First impressions, Teams, Traveling in Laos

Activities, Buddhism, first impression, Lao food, Lao-German Technical College, Laos

When we arrived at the airport in Vientiane and walked out of the door, the LGTC volunteers of Team VI,

Half time review at the LGTC – when students become teachers and teachers become students

Posted on 04/04/201804/04/2018 by IMartin

All Posts, Laos, Personal highlight

Asian food, English, Falang, first impression, friendship, internship, journey, Lao food, Lao-German Technical College, Laos, Lending Library, personal highlight, Teaching English in Laos, teaching the teachers

Sabaidee! Perhaps you have seen our names on the Team VI page already: We are Anna Hajek and Tasja Reule,

The end of lent: Festival of lights, Boat racing festival, Teachers’ Day

Posted on 23/10/201716/11/2017 by IMartin

All Posts, First impressions, The Lao teachers

Asian food, Buddhism, dancing, festival, first impression, happiness, journey, Lao food, Lao-German Technical College, Laos, personal highlight, singing, smile

One morning when Nina, one of the volunteers at the LGTC, went for her morning run along the Mekong River,