How to eat your way through a Lao morning market

Sticky rice, khao jee pate and the herbs nobody can name for you — a first-timer's order of operations.

Arrive at 6am. The market is a working place first and a sight second, so buy something at the first stall you photograph.

Start with khao jee pate, then a bag of sticky rice, then jeow bong to eat with it. Finish with Lao coffee, sweet and thick.