- Any taste
- Savory7
- Spicy4
- Sweet3
- Sour2
- Smoky1
- Rich1
- Fresh2
- Any ingredient
- Beef3
- Pork6
- Chicken4
- Fish1
- Dairy & cheese1
- Rice5
- Wheat & flour1
- Vegetables3
- Nuts & seeds1
- Any type
- Main dish3
- Noodles & pasta2
- Street food1
- Snack5
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How to pronounce Jaew bong
Jaew bong is written ແຈ່ວບອງ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /t͡ɕɛ̄w bɔ̀ːŋ/. In plain English letters that is JEW BONG, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.
What is Jaew bong?
Jaew bong is a snack of Laos. Where it comes from: Luang Prabang. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are vegetables and pork. It tastes spicy and sweet.
Where Jaew bong comes from
Jaew bong is one of 12 signature dishes of Laos on this map. See all dishes from Luang Prabang.
- Khao piak sen ເຂົ້າປຽກເສັ້ນ
Khao piak sen, "wet rice strands", is a soup of thick, chewy noodles made from rice flour, often mixed with tapioca starch, cooked in a chicken or pork broth so the starch thickens it slightly.
- Or lam ເອາະຫຼາມ
Or lam is a thick, peppery stew from Luang Prabang, the old royal capital of Laos.
- Sai oua ໄສ້ອົ່ວ
Sai oua, "stuffed intestine" in Lao, is a sausage that the sources say originates from Luang Prabang, once the royal capital of the Lan Xang kingdom.
- Khai paen ໄຄແຜ່ນ
Kaipen are crisp sheets of river weed from northern Laos, especially popular in Luang Prabang.
- Larb ລາບ
Larb is a salad of minced or finely chopped meat or fish, cooked or sometimes raw, mixed with fish sauce, lime juice, chilli, toasted ground sticky rice, shallots and plenty of fresh herbs such as mint and coriander.
- Nam khao ແໜມເຂົ້າ
Nam khao, also called naem Thadeua, is a crispy rice salad that originated in Tha Deua, a small Mekong port village in Vientiane, where the Friendship Bridge to Nong Khai in Thailand begins.
Dishes like Jaew bong in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Jaew bong:
- Nam phrik ong น้ำพริกอ่อง
Nam phrik ong is a northern Thai dip that looks more like a sauce of minced pork.
- Bing-tteok 빙떡
Bing-tteok is a Jeju rice cake that is really a thin buckwheat pancake: buckwheat batter is fried in pork fat and rolled around seasoned shredded radish.
- Olive ascolane olive all'ascolana
Olive all'ascolana are large green olives, pitted in a spiral, stuffed with a mixture of beef, pork and chicken cooked in wine, with cheese and nutmeg, then breaded and fried.
- Seeni sambol සීනි සම්බෝල
Seeni sambol, also called sini sambol or sawi sambol, is a Sri Lankan relish of onions cooked slowly until they caramelise, with a taste that is spicy, sweet and aromatic at once.