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Lao language
Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Tai–Kadai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language. Being the primary language of the Lao people, Lao is also an important second language for...
ຜັດສີອິ໊ວ) is a Chinese-influenced stir fried noodle
Noodle
The noodle is a type of food, made from any of a variety of doughs, formed into long thin ribbons, strips, curly-cues, waves, helices, pipes, tubes, strings, or other various shapes, sometimes folded. They are usually cooked in a mixture of boiling water and/or oil. Depending upon the type, noodles...
dish that is commonly eaten as street food in Laos and Thailand
Cuisine of Thailand
Thai cuisine is the national cuisine of Thailand. Blending elements of several Southeast Asian traditions, Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components. The spiciness of Thai cuisine is well known. As with other Asian cuisines, balance, detail and variety...
. It is also quite popular in Lao and Thai restaurants around the world.
The literal meaning is "fried (with) soy sauce" and it is very similar to the char kway teow
Char kway teow
Char kway teow, literally "stir-fried ricecake strips", is a popular noodle dish in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore. The dish was typically prepared at hawker stalls especially in Penang, Malaysia.It is made from flat rice noodles of approximately 1 cm or...
of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and Malaysia. Phat Si Io is normally dry stir fry while the other similar dish, Lard Na
Lard na
Lard Na is a Lao-Chinese noodle dish covered in gravy that was made popular as a street food by the Chinese ethnics in Laos....
(in Laos) or Rad Na
Rad Na
Rat Na is a Thai-Chinese noodle dish. In Thailand the name of this dish is often pronounced as lat na as many Thais substitute the r for an l....
(in Thai), is topped with gravy and generally has lighter taste.
It is made with dark soy sauce ("si-io dam"), light soy sauce ("si-io khao"), garlic, broad rice noodles
Shahe fen
Shahe fen or he fen is a type of wide Chinese noodle made from rice.-Names:While shahe fen and he fen are transliterations based on Mandarin, there are numerous other transliterations based on Cantonese, which include ho fen, hofen, ho-fen, ho fun, ho-fun, hofoen , hor fun, hor...
, called "kuai-tiao sen yai" in Thai (commonly abbreviated to just "sen yai" meaning "big strip"), Chinese broccoli, egg, and some form of thinly sliced meat — commonly pork, chicken or beef — or shrimp or mixed seafood. The name comes from the soy sauce used in the dish, which is called "si-io", or "si-io" sauce, a loanword from Teochew. Phadt Si Io is sometimes called "kuai tiao pad si ew" which reflects the general practice of using flat rice noodle as the main ingredient. However, other types of noodles can also be found.