Ray From Seattle

There is a great small restaurant down the street from our hotel which is owned by Ray From Seattle, and his Laotian wife.

Funny thing about the restaurant is that Ray cooks mostly Middle Eastern food, felafel and the like.

We were talking and he informed us that in Lao most baguettes are made with rice flour, and not wheat. Laura was excited. She can eat the wonderful baguettes they have here. Mike said to be sure to buy the cheap ones because the expensive ones do contain wheat. Just like soy sauce, the cheap stuff Laura can eat, the expensive stuff has wheat added. And, he said, do not order any baguettes in a French restaurant or bakery because they will surely contain wheat.

Ray told us about the baguettes after we finished our meal so we bought a grilled baguette from him and took it back to our hotel to eat. Laura ate half the baguette and has not had any problems, so, it's pig out on baguettes time. Jim had ordered a burger which came on a baguette and he hadn't even noticed that it was made from rice flour. He thought it looked and tasted identical to a wheat baguette so he was very surprised.