From the kitchen
Notes on Lao & Thai food
Practical writing from a working kitchen — how to order a share table, what is actually gluten-free, where to eat at Woden on a Tuesday, and what it takes to cater an event.
Featured · Catering
Catering a Canberra Event with Lao-Thai Food
Choosing between the Street Eats truck and restaurant catering, working out quantities, handling dietary requirements, and what the team needs from your venue.
3 min read ·
Guides
How to Plan a Lao-Thai Feast for a Group
1 min read · · How To · Group Dining
A practical, share-style ordering plan — how many dishes, how to balance heat and texture, and sample spreads for 2, 4 or 6.
Read the guide →How to Eat Sticky Rice the Lao Way
1 min read · · How To · Sticky Rice
Sticky rice is the cutlery in Laos. A practical guide to what it is, how to roll and scoop with it, and why it belongs with larb and som tam.
Read the guide →Lao vs Thai Food: What’s the Difference?
1 min read · · Lao Cuisine · Thai Cuisine
A plain-English guide to how Lao and Thai food differ — sticky rice, herbs, ferments and heat — and where Two Sisters fits between the two.
Read the guide →Local
Lunch at Woden: What to Order from the Container
2 min read · · Woden · Lunch · Menu Guide
What is on the Woden board, what travels well back to the office, and how to order without holding up the queue.
Read the guide →The Canberra Guide to Lao & Thai Food
3 min read · · Canberra Food · Dickson · Woden · Local Guide
Where real Lao and Thai food lives in Canberra, what to order, and how our Dickson, Woden and Street Eats kitchens fit the city.
Read the guide →Dietary
Eating Gluten-Free and Vegan at Two Sisters
2 min read · · Dietary · Menu Guide · Gluten Free
The dishes that are naturally free of wheat, where wheat hides in Lao-Thai cooking, and the honest limits of a shared kitchen.
Read the guide →Our Story
What Makes Two Sisters Lao Thai Special?
2 min read · · Our Story · Heritage
Not a franchise — a family business built on real recipes, real heritage, and a genuine love for sharing Lao and Thai food with Canberra.
Read the guide →Dish Library →
A plain-English entry for every dish we cook — what it is, how it is made, dietary notes and how to order it in Canberra.
Dishes · Lao · Thai
Hungry now
See the menu →
Dickson's full menu and the Woden board.
Feeding a crowd
Catering & Street Eats →
Platters and banquets, or the mobile kitchen at your event.