Laos is one of the ten ASEAN countries and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Its food culture is mainly influenced by China, France, Thailand and Viet Nam, and it has national characteristics because of the intersection of China and the West. For more than 2,000 years, the cultural exchanges between China and Southeast Asia have been recorded in writing. China's ancient culture has deeply influenced Southeast Asia in many fields, such as politics, economy, science and technology, culture, religion and customs. It has had a long-term and in-depth impact on Southeast Asia in agricultural farming techniques, crop varieties, food raw materials, cooking methods, utensils and eating customs. Countries covered by the Belt and Road Initiative, as important trade regions in modern China, have more and more frequent exchanges and contacts with each other.
The Lao people live a leisurely and self-sufficient life. The most representative dish in Laos is "cold minced meat"-LAAP. This dish must be accompanied by glutinous rice to be particularly delicious. Lapp's general practice is to chop up fresh fish or pork, chicken, beef, vegetables and tofu. And mix it with various seasonings such as pepper, tomato, coriander, lemon, salt and fish sauce. According to the characteristics of raw materials, it is processed into raw food, cooked food and semi-cooked food with unique flavor. Lapp is one of the classic dishes in Laos, and it is also a necessary dish for Laos to entertain important guests or hold parties.