Ueng said that after 1975 Laos had to use flour imported from Thailand which was not the particular flour for producing or making bread. His father thus needed to try new technique own way by mixing one type of flour with others in order to produce tasty and good bread, or at least as good as possible. and it was quite satisfied for general consumers . This new technique baking style was transmitted to another bread baking store in Vientiane. At present it has become a common way of making bread in the capital city. He added that at the time of the revolution in 1975 there were only 4-5 bread factories in Vientiane. One of these was his father bread factory .According to Ueng, actually baguette is the food of soldiers; it has been modified by Vietnamese people who eat it with pate, pickle, and other ingredients. Some of the ingredients, such as ham and pate from France, are expensive.
The researcher also interviewed Mr. Bernard Prisco, 40, a half Lao-French owner of a French bakery and pastry business in Vientiane. Prisco has told his own story as follows:“I spent four years in France studying in a military academy. When I was there I had to learn cooking myself; no one helped me to cook. It is common for anyone who lives in France alone to learn cooking; otherwise you will have to eat the canned-food from freezer every day”. After graduation he was back home in Laos. He and his friends engaged in a joint business by setting up French-Lao restaurant in 1996 in front of Mixay Temple ( Mekong river area). At that time there were not yet many French restaurants in Vientiane, whereas the number of tourists coming to visit Laos was increasing everyday.The idea of opening a French bakery in Vientiane occurred when his friends visited his restaurant where Lao bread was served on the table. They though it would be better if any restaurant could make real French bread of greater variety and better quality to offer the guests who were from different countries, not just Lao bread. Hence, in 2006, he rented a house just opposite his own restaurant and set up a real French bakery called “Bannetong” which means “the bread with rattan containers. He employed a specialist on bread from France, and he used flour which was made in France. He produced 14 types of bread; the most popular one is baguette. He said: “60 per cent of his customers are Lao who have been to Europe before and the rest are foreigners who have been working with international organizations in Laos.