About

Ava

CookingOutLao

Ava Phengsy is a Lao American who created her CookingoutLao social media platform to showcase her underrepresented Lao cuisine. Ava learned to cook Lao food growing up by watching and assisting her mother in the kitchen. This has played a pivotal role in priming her taste buds to constantly crave her native cuisine, basically any foods that are spicy, funky and adventurous. One of her favorite dishes to make and what she’s become known for on IG is thum mak hoong- Lao papaya salad! Ava has cooked for private catering and community pop-up events making her specialty thum mak hoong to the delight of her guests.