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  • It’s that last one, known as the lau, that I’ve applied the most effort into exploring through regional folklore.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • * If you care he lives in P@lau, which is a tiny island nation that the U.S. used to own. previous - next

    drbigbeef Diary Entry drbigbeef 2008

  • The translation of lucairce was fundamentally translated on a purported association with the equally uncertain word lauχum, making the whole thing too contrived to not question.

    Etruscan 'lucairce': How good is your eyesight? 2007

  • The translation of lucairce was fundamentally translated on a purported association with the equally uncertain word lauχum, making the whole thing too contrived to not question.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • It had bacon, wild mushroom, pearl onion but the broth was very rich ( 'lau' in Cantonese).

    BC Bloggers 2010

  • Pennsylvania: Breakfast at Bob Evan's: "lau" is kind of like being filling, but not in a good way, almost like being bloated.

    Chow Times 2008

  • Suanne did not quite like this and said that it is very "lau" (that's in Cantonese but am not sure how to describe this in English).

    BC Bloggers 2008

  • Lau lau or kalua pork or loco moco … for roast meats, you might as well go to Chinatown … mad props for eating the spam musubi though!

    Downtown Lunch: L&L Barbecue is the Hawaiian McDonalds | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2009

  • A so-called "Vodööl" seat object (1989) designed by Coop Himmelb(lau) for Vitra sets an offbeat note.

    Exclusively Austrian Modern Design Margaret Studer 2012

  • I like to add in some Hawaiian dishes like poke (a cousin of ceviche) or lau-lau.

    Stefan Beck: The Grog Days of Summer (PHOTOS) 2010

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