Of course I zipped into the fancy Phimphone Market on Setthathirath Rd near Nam Phou Fountain, across from Khopchaideu Restaurant. I've gotta check out its shelves.
(There's a smaller Phimphone II at Samsenthai Rd at Chanta Khoumane)
I swooned when I saw the range of stuff. This wasn't quite a supermarket. Close, but not a Tesco for sure. In terms of the look and feel, it felt like a Culina. Obviously it was an air-conditioned supermarket intended for expats in the city.
The imported labels at the supermarket were expensive when you consider that the prices were similar to Cold Storage outlets in Singapore. However, Phimphone had everything I would need if I were living there. Naturally, the vegetables and fruits section stocked the freshest products delivered from local fields and farms.
I loved that dry, chewy sticky rice too much. White and brown both. I had to buy some of those packs to take them home. There was also the matter of grabbing a couple of packs of Laos' famous coffee brands of Dao and my preferred Sinouk.
2 comments:
similar to japanese sticky rice?
tuti: nope. different. japanese rice is very much like the usual Chinese steamed rice. soft and wet. this Lao version is sticky dry; chewy and hard.
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