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Lao City Thai

Lao City Thai
Lao City ThaiSupplied

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Sidestep the unremarkable bain-marie up front and you’ll feel like an explorer making a fabled discovery; let’s call it the lost Lao City Thai. Most nights, the intimate space and authentic food draw a full house of Thai students. Standards like beef salad and tom yum are uncompromising and flavour-packed. But it’s the lesser-known gems that distinguish. Tum tang, a fish sauce-rich Lao salad made with cucumber; catfish larb, uber-spicy and aromatic; or pork stir-fried in eye-watering chilli paste and thin kaffir lime leaf strips. Roti with banana and ice-cream or silky rich mango and sticky rice will cool you down.

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