Sometimes we just get lucky in life…. Being in the right place at the right time (or something along those lines)
There’s nothing like being in the center of a happening when you’re abroad. Suddenly all the tourist attractions minimize compared to this cultural flow the floods you when attending any local fiesta festivals happen here and there,
and as a foreigner you get to hear about the big ones, but not always about the important ones. Read more...(194 words, 1 image, estimated 47 secs reading time)
(Sweet Sticky Rice With Mango – Image by Ifood.tv )
Many dishes, fruits, sauces and so on… got ‘labeled’ in one way or another. To be honest, I think that rice definitely didn’t get the place of honor in the west as it has in Asia. In the west rice is nothing more then a side dish you eat with other dishes. or at best mix it with something. I guess the whole concept of rice, or ‘the pyramid of rice’ (just made that up) is reversed in Asia, were rice is the main food and the other dishes (such as meat, curries, etc…) come in small quantities and usually on top of the rice. Read more...(365 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)
Had a chance to try out Kao Chae. It is an incredible dish traced back to the royal thai palace. it’s such a delight! if you ever go to Thailand around the songkran season.
A month ago, on my way to a new fresh food market I discovered a treasure!. it was laying between the dried fish, lychees & rice.
Mushrooms…but not any kind of mushrooms, the kind that costs a fortune (in thai figures) and tastes great. I’m not sure about their name in English but in thai they are called “Hed -Tod”
