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Larb (ลาบไก่ หมู เนื้อ) — Warm minced meat, red onion & chili flakes in a hot-sour dressing, toasted-rice powder for smoky crunch. Served at Narwhal Thai Table, Huntington Beach.
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Larb

ลาบไก่ หมู เนื้อ

Isaan's good-luck dish — 'larb' echoes the Thai word for fortune, and no northeastern celebration happens without it.

Spicy
$14

Where it comes from

Larb came down the Mekong from Laos into Isaan and became the dish of weddings, new years and homecomings — its name sounds like laap, fortune, so eating it is halfway to a blessing. Warm minced meat is tossed with lime, fish sauce, chili flakes, mint and khao khua: raw rice toasted in a dry pan and pounded, the smoky crunch that makes larb larb. Tradition gives the head of the family the honor of mixing. Ours is mixed in the kitchen — the luck transfers anyway.

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