Khon’s Lao Fusion is a “Pop up Restaurant” that has been serving Lao Fusion Food at Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen in Phoenix on all day Sundays and Monday evenings while Mingo’s is closed till the end of January. I read about Khon’s Lao Fusion at azcentral.com. Khon’s Lao Fusion is also on Facebook. I thought the pictures of the food looked good and my favorite Thai Restaurant used to be Lao Thai that used to be in Scottsdale so I wanted to give this restaurant a try. The operator of this “Pop up” restaurant is from Lao and is thinking about opening her own restaurant and is giving it a try first at Mingo’s to see how things work out.

These are today’s choices….

We order and seat ourselves. While we are waiting her very young son runs us a sample cup and ask if we would like to try the Lao Beef Jerky. We said yes and here it is.

It is good! It’s soft, tasty and mildly Asian flavored. I never liked beef jerky but this is good!

I go with the chicken combo $10.00

I got four small pieces of bone in chicken, a pork egg roll, a bag of sticky rice and our choice of mild or spicy papaya salad (went with spicy). I also got two sauces on the side that seem similar to fish sauce. The large one is for the chicken and the small sauce is for the sticky rice. The chicken is tasty and is very crisp and seems free of oil. The rice is very sticky. I’ve read that you are suppose to use the sticky rice like tortillas with your fingers and eat it with a little chicken. The Papaya salad is the spiciest papaya salad I’ve ever had. I love spicy but I almost can’t eat it. It’s studded with bird’s eye peppers, tomatoes and is very fresh tasting. I think it was made to order. It doesn’t have Thai Basil in it like it does from Vietnamese restaurants but it sure has a lot of heat.

My husband got a beef combo plate ($10.00) and a side of Lao Sausage ($3.00).

He got the side of Lao sausage, chunks of seared beef, a pork egg roll, sticky rice, papaya salad and this sauce that is a popular Lao sauce made with pork rinds, chili peppers and all kinds of things that adds funk, flavor and substance. I was told that all Lao People eat this sauce with sticky rice too as a meal or whenever you are hungry.

The beef was good with the Lao Sauce and the sausage was tasty.

Then the chef runs out of the kitchen and gives us a sample of a Lao Dessert that I think is called Nam Van (melon in coconut milk.

The coconut milk has a very nice flavor from the melon. There are some pieces of fruit floating around and jelled pieces.

That was my trip to Khon’s Lao Fusion in Phoenix AZ. It’s a little taste of Lao in Phoenix while it’s here.

It was written on azcentral.com that Khon’s Lao Fusion will be open for business at Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen on Sunday January 26th 11am-9pm and Monday January 27th 4-9pm. Check their Facebook page incase they changed hours.

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EVERYTHING is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.