Bobby Pradachith Fuses Classic Lao Flavors with Modern Influences

"There are a lot of reasons why Thip Khao is a remarkable restaurant serving world-class food. For one, the cuisine of Laos is a beautiful palette from which to draw flavors. Mountains of herbs and sliced chiles are a standard feature in Lao dishes, as is the joyful funk of fermented fish and meat. Fragrant soups, taught noodles and planks of crispy fried snakehead and catfish drizzled with pungent fish sauce don't hurt either. But Bobby Pradachith might be Thip Khao's true ace-in-the-hole and one of the big reasons it's held the Bib Gourmand designation for two consecutive years." - Jacob Dean