So first there was ‘shabu shabu’ and now there is ‘tum tum cheng’. Don’t you just love onomatopoeia!! Tum Tum Cheng relates to the sound of the drums and cymbals Lao monks use during worship. It is also the name of the restaurant and cooking school in beautiful Luang Prabrang where I spent one summer day learning the art of Lao cooking!

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