Without grass there would be no spicy beef salad or Larb. First of all the cows eat it the stuff and turn it into meat. The sticky rice traditionally served with Larb belongs to the grass family as well as the roasted rice in the beef salad. And even the boiled bamboo shots are – biologically spoken – members of the grass family. Hans Fritschi has just planted Black bamboo at Discovery Garden Nong Khai whereas the Golden bamboo has longer been rooted at this Northeastern Thai Botanical Garden.