And we were only taught china has more ethnic mongolians than mongolia itself

This is correct. I find it funny all the time how Laotian people always try to force Thai people in Isan to self identity themsleves as Laotian. 99% of Thai people in Isan identity themsleves as Thai and they want nothing to do with Laos and Laotian people. Dishes like Papaya salad, Larb, etc are originated in Isan, Thailand but with such stupid argument that Thai people in Isan are Laotian, so these dishes must come from Laos 😂

Yes thank you Thailand for stealing lao land and our people.

Agree, and sticky rice pair well with Papaya salad and who eat more sticky rice besides LAOS people!!

@@SKYBaal-ms6xw Northern Thailand also eat sticky rice.

​@@Xenondosnorthern Thailand was once Laos..

@@viennaxay No, Lan Na Kingdom (northern Thailand) never be a part of Lan Xang (Laos).

@@Xenondos meant what is now known as the esaan region

Yeah I'm absolutely in love with these videos such a unique take on food

@@TipperProject Me too. From the very first video I watched on Portuguese. I think it's going to be huge & we were here early. Everything I've seen has been compelling. I subscribe to quite a few food related channels & this really stands out. Informative & he has a confident & engaging style.

Yeah. French separated Laos from Thailand that time. Right now Laos really happy to join China soon. Good luck. 😂

@@lexso5877 The One who created the galaxy and the earth was not willing Laos and her people to be wipe out of God's presence just like Israel. Don't laugh at her fall or you and those who are with you will not stand. Be humble. This awesome God whom I served His Majestic plans and will is just.

@@lexso5877 China and Israel God allows them to exist for God's purpose and they have been born in the ancient times. Have a blessed day 🕊️

Isaan people is Thai. We are not Laos and never wanted to Laos, a communist and underdeveloped country.

@@lexso5877 Friends from Laos told me that they were happy with the new railway built by the Chinese, especially where they had enjoyed increase of export to China therefore improving their economy.

Best way to support small channels is shilling them on social media.

@@JasonRoofie ???

@@Ploppismus oh sorry. "shilling" is slang for sharing on social media.

@@JasonRoofie ok, never heard of it

Anthony Bourdain is my main inspiration, so that means a lot to me!

Difference in Thai papaya salad vs lao/isan is Thai versions don’t use fermented fish. Lao/isan make it the same. They also eat sticky rice everyday. Thais rarely eat sticky rice.

​@@awax9221 What do you mean Thai rarely eat sticky rice. Sticky rice is everywhere in I-san and center. Actually its everywhere lol

@@iROChakri isan people eat sticky rice central Thai real Thai people that do not speak isan do not eat sticky rice and if they do it’s rare.

@@awax9221 And Isan people are Thai people. So Thai people do eat lots of sticky rice. They are all real Thai people.

@@iROChakri Then why r they called isan and not Thai? And why does a person from Bangkok call someone from northeastern Thailand khon isan. The language and food is also different. So yea a thai person especially from Bangkok with no connection to isan do not eat sticky rice and if they do it’s a rare occasion. Only places that eat sticky rice everyday is Laos and northeastern part of Thailand “isan” which are ethnically lao but now part of Thailand.

This video was already in production 10 days ago when he had 150 subs.

While in peninsula Malaysia the word "Betik" are use to refer a papaya. Which were adopted from arabic "بطيخ" (bateekh) meaning "watermelon".

cambodia had very close interactions with the spanish philippines. spain even tried to conquer cambodia and turn it into a colony. look up the spanish cambodian war in the 1500s

@kepalakentang That's very interesting! In the Philippines, Spanish people are usually called "Kastilà". This is probably from "Castela" in Galician, which is translated as "Castilla" (Kingdom of Castille) in Spanish.

@kepalakentang Also, sweet potatoes are called "kamote" which is the same word used in Mexico and other countries in Latin America. The origin of the word comes from Nahuatl "camohtli".

Some old Lao people believe papaya first reached Laos through Cambodia. """....Papaya, among other fruits, were cultivated in Cambodia by Chinese settlers who immigrated in the 1500s from Hainan, China. The Lao name for papaya is mak hung and was likely derived from l'hun or lohung/rohung as papayas are called by Cambodians and Cambodian indigenous people living in provinces bordering the Southeastern region of Laos....""" Many European explorers went to Laos through the Cambodia- Southern Laos area.

😅 Thai didn't stole. It conquered ha2

One of most idiots....hahaha.

I was born in Thai Isan. If you ask me if I want my home to be part of Laos country or not. Short answer is “No”. I’m proud to be Thai and the past is the past. And you shouldn’t use the word steal.

Why on the video it said " Did Thailand steal Papaya Salad ? " Country can not steal ! But people can ! As far as I know a Thai worker stole Blue Diamond ( Diamond of Royal Saudi Arabia. ) and many pounds of jewelry from Saudi's Royal Palace. This story is true. Here is the article from Google ... In 1989, Kriangkrai Techamong, a Thai worker, stole 91 kg (200 pounds) of jewellery and other valuable gems from the palace of Prince Faisal bin Fahd, where he was employed as a servant. Kriangkrai had access to the prince's bedroom and hid the stolen jewelry in a vacuum cleaner bag at the palace. Who is the queen of Thailand blue diamond? In what has become known as the Blue Diamond Affair, widespread rumors in Bangkok are that the gem was presented to Queen Sirikit, the wife of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, by top officials of the Thai police, which would explain why the Saudis saw the affair as going to the very top in Thailand and wasn't just ...Feb 22, 2022 What is the story of the blue diamond in Saudi Arabia? At the heart of the story is an ultra-rare 50-carat blue diamond that the Saudis say was stolen from a palace in Riyadh by a Thai janitor, later stolen again by Thai police, and which has never been returned. For many years it has been rumoured that Queen Sirikit had taken the diamond for herself. Why did Saudi cut ties with Thailand? According to Arab News: It is to be recalled that the negligence of Thai authorities to investigate a number of security cases, where some Saudi citizens were victims, led to the deterioration of relations between the Kingdom and Thailand for more than 20 years. What is the punishment for theft in Saudi Arabia? Theft (stealing in secret) is punished by the amputation of the offender's right hand, and armed or highway robbery may be punished by execution, crucifixion, or amputation of hands and feet from opposite sides of the body, depending on the severity of the offense.

Same with isan. Only Thais call it som tum.

You got that wrong, some regions of Laos still call papaya salad "tum som", even some parts of Issan and Northern Thailand. There's even a video in Thai explaining the history of som tum, and it came from the Lao word Tum som. Tum som is more used in Northern Laos than Southern Laos. I can't find the video right now because I can't write in Thai. Thai likes to say certain thing backward, for example, "ping gai (grilled chicken" in Lao, they call "gai ping". "Ping moo (grilled pork), in Lao, "moo ping" in Thai.

I had Alot of Cambodia friend They never had this dish until they hang around LAOS people, And Some of my friend married Cambodia women and that's how they learn how to make Papaya salad.

@@SKYBaal-ms6xw Not true. We do have Cambodian Papaya salad and many versions of this type of salad to compliment various meals which proves our history and knowledge of the dish and not just a copycat version. Your Cambodian friends probably don't cook or are probably part Chinese or Vietnamese. If their Cambodian side does not cook, then they wouldn't have authentic Cambodian recipes passed on to them.

@@ancientgardensculinaryarts2183 They are true Cambodian cause they're like to eat turtle.with Ginger.and.curry

​@@SKYBaal-ms6xw Seeing the ingredients, I would say Chinese immigrants living in Cambodia would eat that combination. Cambodians would never eat this as it doesn't make sense flavor-wise. It's like some people may like adding pickled carrots to their Italian spaghetti, but Italians would never eat it that way. Chinese people have a specific flavor preference and I'm not surprised your friends had to modify a Cambodian dish to suit their palate. This dish speaks loudly that they are not Cambodian.

@@ancientgardensculinaryarts2183 Cambodians imitating all kind of Vietnamese salad dishes. Papaya salad with pork and shrimp, papaya salad with beef jerky, mango salad with pork and shrimp or with dried shrimp, Lotus stem salad with pork and shrimp, Vietnamese Chicken salad are all Vietnamese dishes.

It's still up...

You said you do love issan food, basically. Those people who call themselves issan used to be Laotian

Isaan is Lao food mixed with some Thai influences, but across the River, modern Lao food is heavily mixed with Vietnamese and French influences.

U can love what ever u want.. but Papaya salad is original Laos....Thai made it sweet and add on peanut...In Laos there are a lot of variation every chef cook differently..

You have to also admit that our parents didn't help put our identity out there when they opened a restaurant wherever they settled. They called it a Thai restaurant instead of Lao, but also made some dishes that were from Laos. It was understandable at the time, only Westerners heard of Thailand but not Laos. This should not longer be the case, and I'm proud of our loon Mai generation is putting us out there as Lao food not Thai or shared with Thai.

@@sssf85k True, I understand the whole "Thai restaurant" label thing they had to do to attract customers. I'm happy to see that there are more restaurants that are straight up presented as Lao now!

Is Laos only one country in the entire world Grilled chicken (Ping Gai)? 😮😂😂😂

@@nawaphonrujiwong2367 let's use some critical thinking here, obviously when I say ping gai I'm talking about how it's marinated and prepared, how it tastes and how it's cooked. obviously "grilled chicken" isn't only a lao thing, but the way lao people make it has become popularized in thailand.

YES 100% at the feeling “strange at how our foods are so well-loved and received but the word “Lao” is basically derogatory in Thailand” part!!!!!!!!! As a Lao person I [personally] have seen so many Lao/Cambodian culture videos and the ones that don’t mention any similarities with Thai culture, there would be comments saying “Thai people do this too” or something of that nature. The videos I [personally] have seen online of Thai culture, seldom do Thai people *ever* mention similarities with Lao or Khmer culture. As a person who’s in their late 20s, growing up I have definitely have heard my parents talk about how Thai people think they’re better than us. I’ve felt this too. It’s exhausting trying to convince people who don’t want you sitting at their table, and these people expect to be able to sit at yours. We value so many of the same things in our culture yet get little to no respect because we are not a rich country. Like imagine how powerful TLC (Thai/Lao/Cambodian) would be if we all helped each other out and worked together.

Yeah, the Siamese government wanted to erase the Lao people of Thailand's identity hence why they all just refer to them as Isan now.

@@hunhoon6283Thai government stopped counting Lao population for the census back in the mid 90s. If they had continued on with accurate census counts, it is estimated the Lao population is actually higher than the Central Thai population, hence why Lao is no longer counted but lumped in the general term as “Tai.” Interestingly enough, all Tai populations (including Lao) always us “Tai” to mean “people of” and ONLY use this terminology to refer to related ethnic/tribal kin folks’ place of origins (never used for other ethnic groups or nationalities)…but yet Central Thais themselves are the only ones who don’t use or understand the concept of “Tai” when referring to themselves. I believe there is a reason for this though (and technology has caught up enough to back some Lao people’s claims that the Central Thais aka the Syam Thais aren’t related to Tai-Lao ethnic tribes at all (originally of course). DNA analysis have shown they are of primarily Mon-Malay origins with recent Southern Chinese admixture. And anyone who understands the linguistics of how languages evolve at all, it is very clear the modern Thai language is a Creole language of some form, a mixture of Tai-Lao, Mon-Khmer and a little of Hakka Chinese.

That's true, I also found the " stole " thing strange. And tbh ,I never associated papaya salad with Thailand or Asia, for that matter .I lived in Malawi as a kid, and we would have it as well. Semi -ripe ones so less sour. I think that in many countries where people have it, they don't really question about it's origins. I'd like to see the Mexican version of this dish. Another thing, if a dish is too spicy/hot, you should never ever drink water ! A piece of bread ,or a few sips of milk, even natural joghurt, is the best way to soothe your mouth. For the de-mining program, Laos is still littered with unexplosed anti-personal ones, I think that they have started to use the giant african rats, which were used in Mozambique and successfully too. Because even today, there's people in Laos who lose a leg, here, life there. The US has the moral obligation to help them.

@@coucoubrandy1079 Yep, my dad told me a story when Thai ran sak Vietiane they took all the important documents and recorded history to Thailand..I'm not sure they burn it!! ITS call Bhai Ruan..

@SKYBaal-ms6xw I don't know anything about the history of Laos, or of South East Asia tbh, it's a pity that we don't hear much about it. I have a question : can you read Thai or Cambodian script ? Because they look a bit the same to me

But Isan doesn't Lao anymore after separated. The food in Isaan was developed by combined with thai food culture and ingredients so the food the invented by Isaan is "Thai Isaan food".

That's one of the very dumbest question s I've ever read in KZfaq.

​@@shonietojve Go buy youtube premium first little kid lol.

That's correct.

of course isan was part of laos!

​@@amkha69 Whole Laos was part of Thailand lol

@@iROChakriLaos used to be under Siam’s power it’s doesn’t means Laos was a part of Thailand we are different cultures and Laos have their own life style

So true. For example: Amok is Cambodian national dish. Thai copied it and called Hormok and said Cambodian copied from Thailand, just unbelievable. They call Thai ancient letters😂 it’s Khmer letters. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8h7qLGKlb7anp8.html

More like cambodia,lol

Stop bs bro.😊

@@Gojek-fp1bm จริงๆ bro .. u the 1 should stop bs 😂😂

@@happy4ever305 🥴 sad for your ancestors