Thip Soulisak, California

One of my favorite memories of Thanksgiving at my house would be a whole weekend’s worth of food. We’d start on Thursday with traditional American dishes and by Friday my mom would turn the leftovers into Lao dishes like turkey laap, but turkey pho was always my favorite.

Ever since I was young my mother made very unique Lao food that was unlike anyone else’s. She eventually started selling her food to supplement our family income. I remember my mom going to Lao social gatherings and bringing her food to sell which at the time I was very embarrassed by, however as I grew older I realized how unique her cooking was and decided to try to make some. From the very first batch using her recipe, people have not stopped asking to get more and that’s how Kohk & Sahk was born.”