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 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 go
anthony: what do you think it means though, that the president came here? this is a, look, this is a small country. only 7 million and change people. mama and michel: yes. yeah. anthony: not a lot of mineral resources. michel: no, not really. anthony: uh, no oil. if you were a cynical person. michel: i m not. [ laughter ] anthony: why do you think he came? michel: well you have china, you have russia, you have, ah lots of things. anthony: you think we need a we you think that maybe we think we need a friend in the neighborhood? michel: i think ah, everybody needs friends. [ laughter ] anthony: nice answer. best battery ur comps can match the power of energizer. because energizer ultimate lithium is the longest lasting aa battery in the world. [confetti cannon popping] energizer. backed by science. matched by no one. don t worry. travelocity is there for you with 24/7 customer service. now, if your flight runs out of those mini bottles? then, you can worry. t
anthony: in ventiane? mama vaughn: yeah. anthony: have you lived here all your life? no, ah mama vaughn: in france. anthony: in france. michel: by the age of 11 i went to france to study. i came back in, in, in 1971. anthony: in difficult times, 1971. very, very difficult. michel: oh yeah, it was still the war. anthony: mama vaughns 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 t
all your life? no, ah mama vaughn: in france. anthony: in france. michel: by the age of 11 i went to france to study. i came back in, in, in 1971. anthony: in difficult times, 1971. very, very difficult. michel: oh yeah, it was still the war. anthony: mama vaughns 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
james: it s a little 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.