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Next Time You're In... Vientiane
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The French left Laos in 1953, but today there are more French people living there than at the height of colonial occupation. The result, happily, is a plethora of excellent French restaurants in the capital, Vientiane. One of the best is Le Silapa, tel: (856-21) 219689, run by Canadian Frederic Dionne-Vachon who came to Laos because he hated the Canadian winter. Housed in a 1923 shophouse barely three meters wide, the restaurant has a classical feel with a twist of Indochina. The menu includes a local fish, known as
panine
, as well as a purple sorbet made from local
khatiep
...