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Authentic Thai eats purveyor Kin Kao has announced it will be opening a new Vancouver location. The concept will be setting up shop at 317 E Broadway (the former location of The Black Lodge) this summer, according to its social accounts. See also:
Laap kao cham cha. laap is the dish that they're known for, which is the minced meat salad. >> anthony: now what's that furry material there? >> andy: that's one of the many stomachs of the cow. it might be the third stomach. mm. it's bitter. it means it has just a little bit of the bile. the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the laap master. they win laap competitions. >> anthony: oh yeah? >> andy: they're killing it. they're supporting the whole damn family. the woman who just took our order, her family and her husband, who's the guy who's the cashier, the uncles, the aunties, when it gets r...
>> anthony: you famously said that you hate the word "authentic". what does that word mean? >> andy: depends on the context. if you're in the united states and you say a traditional, authentic thai restaurant, to me that has come to mean a standard thai restaurant in america. that menu. when you come here, authentic is, if you're the daughter of the woman who made this, then to you this is the most authentic version of that dish. if you're from nan provence, you still make laap but it doesn't taste like this, a little bit different. >> anthony: this laap is amazing. friday night in chiang mai ...
>> andy: this place is called laap kao cham cha. laap is the dish that they're known for, which is the minced meat salad. >> anthony: now what's that furry material there? >> andy: that's one of the many stomachs of the cow. it might be the third stomach. mm. it's bitter. it means it has just a little bit of the bile. the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the laap master. they win laap competitions. >> anthony: oh yeah? >> andy: they're killing it. they're supporting the whole damn family. the woman who just took our order, her family and her husband, who's the guy who's the cashier, the uncle...
Bit of the bile. the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the laap master. they win laap competitions. >> anthony: oh yeah? >> andy: they're killing it. they're supporting the whole damn family. the woman who just took our order, her family and her husband, who's the guy who's the cashier, the uncles, the aunties, when it gets really busy, the rest of the family comes and helps. >> anthony: you famously said that you hate the word "authentic". what does that word mean? >> andy: depends on the context. if you're in the united states and you say a traditional, authentic thai restaurant, to me that ...