All posts tagged: cocktails

Cocktails for Pii Mai Khon Khao 2017

Published by Bryan Thao Worra

It’s almost New Year’s Eve and that means it’s a good time to stock up on a variety of refreshments for your guests. As we get ready for the Year of the Dog, later in April, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll see some funny dog-themed cocktails in the future; but for now, we’re sharing a few that are relatively easy to make. Unless, of course, you’re going with plain, old usuals of Hennessy, Heineken, and BeerLao. Of course, there’s our classic Som Num Na cocktail from 2015. Our next door neighbors in Cambodia marked the 50th anniversary of Jacqueline Kennedy’s visit with their own invention. Back in the day, according to the Guardian, the Hotel Le Royal commemorated the occasion by creating a cocktail in her name: the Femme Fatale. It’s a mix of “crème de fraise des bois, cognac and champagne, topped with a tropical flower.” No proportions were given, so you’ll have to experiment until you find one that works for you. Our advice is 3:1 alcohol to flavor. Hey, it’s how we’ll create …

Recipe: The Som Num Na Cocktail

Published by littlelaosontheprairie

TBIF. It’s been a long short month. We understand. Friday is here. Spring is upon us. Pretty soon, it’ll be Lao New Year. It’s time to celebrate the weekend with a little Lao kick to your early happy hour. If you’re a Southeast Asian food junkie, you’ve probably had the Tum Yum Siam Cocktail at some point. There’s an array of alcoholic concoctions that are full of the bitter sweet flavors that’s the hallmark of Vientiane. I had the spiciest tum yum cocktail at Sticky Fingers Cafe. At Spirit House, I almost passed out from the Zombie Cocktail, which tasted like a summer dream one second, then the next second, it may have tasted like death because my brain was pretty numb. We got a bigger bite that’s our Lao Diaspora-inspired twist to the Tum Yum Cocktail original. It’s an All-Lao American cocktail to get you dazed through the midnight hour to forget those woes with a potential som num na in the morning. Cheers. The Som Num Na Cocktail   2 oz. of Lao-Lao (A type of Lao vodka/whiskey. Refer to …