james: it s the only way to get like public education, just to become a novice. mr. see: yes, yes. anthony: ahh! james: yeah, unless, unless anthony: so everybody. james: everybody, yeah. that s where you learn english. mr. see: yeah. james: and you speak french too? mr. see: no, no. anthony: mr. see lives with his extended family here in this compound, on the outskirts of luang prabang. anthony: looks awesome. so, what do we got here? james: or lamb is in a iconic lao dish. with mushrooms, and dill. the key ingredient is the pepperwood. these, ah, wooden blocks with has like ah, white peppers. anthony: that infuses the dish, you don t eat it? james: it s like a you don t eat it. it s a very herbaceous, peppery, really rich. mr. see: yeah. anthony: unlike anything i ve ever had. james: mmhm. we have two types of larb, one s raw, one s cooked. anthony: mmhm. so it s cooked buffalo, raw buffalo. james: buffalo. but yeah. anthony: man, it s real
anthony: mama vaughn s long time friend michel is a journalist, though what that means in a communist one party state like laos is necessarily different than what you and i might define it as. michel: when i was in paris, i studied ethnology. when i came here, they said, ethnology can wait. what we need it journalists. mama vaughn: journalist. that s why you get your job. michel: that s how i became a journalist. anthony: american involvement here remained a particularly painful and even taboo subject with the lao government. anthony: obama, the united states president, just came here to visit. what do you think it means for lao? michel: well, i think one important thing is the uxo, unexploded ordinances. anthony: right. michel: american b52s, they came on bombing missions in laos. every day, every day, every day. and after bombing, they have to cross mekong back for and, and land. but they are not allowed to land
there was a real relationship there, and i kind of out of sight, out of mind with everything else. and deep inside, i did have a lot of guilt. but i still continued. you believe, though, that he had real feelings for you? of course he did, mm-hm. i know he did. he would say that? he did. were you in love with him? i was, yeah. and do you think he was in love with you? he was, yeah. did donald trump ever say to you that he loved you? all the time. he always told me he loved me. yeah. of course. did he have any nicknames for you? he would call me baby, or he d call me beautiful karen. would you always see him just in los angeles? no. no, i wouldn t. i actually went to a golf tournament with him in lake tahoe. i went to his golf course in california. i went to his golf course home
sight, out of mind with everything else. and deep inside, i did have a lot of guilt. but i still continued. you believe, though, that he had real feelings for you? of course he did, mm-hm. i know he did. he would say that? he did. were you in love with him? i was, yeah. and do you think he was in love with you? he was, yeah. did donald trump ever say to you that he loved you? all the time. he always told me he loved me. yeah. of course. did he have any nicknames for you? he would call me baby, or he d call me beautiful karen. would you always see him just in los angeles? no. no, i wouldn t. i actually went to a golf tournament with him in lake tahoe. i went to his golf course in california. i went to his golf course home in new jersey. i went to his home in new york.
so, what do we got here? james: our lamb is an iconic lao dish. with mushrooms, and dill. the key ingredient is the pepperwood. these, ah, wooden blocks with has like ah, white peppers. anthony: that infuses the dish, you don t eat it? james: it s like a you don t eat it. it s a very herbaceous, peppery, really rich. mr. see: yeah. anthony: unlike anything i ve ever had. james: mmhm. we have two types of larb, one s raw, one s cooked. anthony: mmhm. so it s cooked buffalo, raw buffalo. james: buffalo. but yeah. anthony: man, it s really good. james: yeah. this was kinda improvised. um, lut bang. lut bang translates to, ah, fixed blood. so, it s buffalo blood. it s a really tricky way to prepare the dish, because you want the blood to set, so the way you do it is to dilute the blood with water. anthony: right. james: and just pour it over herbs and that s it. laos panna cotta. [ laughter ] anthony: mmm, this is really, really good. you know the balance is