Orame / Or Lam, a Lao dish I had in Luang Prabang. Know in many names in different restaurants but better known as the signature dish/stew of Luang Prabang. It has so many complex flavors like bitter, spicy and the piquant taste of different herbs.

This a thick soup with eggplant, chili, lemongrass, cilantro, watercress, dill, grilled sticky rice, mushrooms, basil, pork rinds (chicaron), pork, chicken and the special spicy wood chunk of sa khan. Sa khan is spicy wood that you chew on, it gives your tongue a mild numbing sensation.