Thai Kitchen

... of a week. I spent nine days in the old town, which had a community feel to it. Lots of good food (The African Kitchen), long sunny days, and easy to approach friendly people. Big shout out to the Tallinn Backpackers gang! Latvia: I love this country, ...

... place to sleep.  She understood, and pointed to her personal bungalow.  As we huddled inside the restaurant/bar/kitchen/living room/garage/hen house to stay dry, she was busily preparing her bedroom for two unknown foreign guests.  It is ...

... in light blue or green. The women here were Chinese looking and attractive however they also seemed to always be working in the kitchen or gardening or collecting firewood which was one of the disadvantages of being born a woman in Asia. This area was ...

... our curry then once finished we throw in the Chicken Cashew, pots and woks a clanging, smells are flowing around this little outdoor kitchen and everyone looks pleased to be here! At the end we do our final touches and decoration, heat up our soups ...

... . The quiet, sunny farm was a delight after the noise and pollution of the town. I wished I could stay there, instead! Our kitchen was a big, open-air room with high ceilings. We each had our own little station set with everything we would need, including ...

... camp, in the middle of nowhere, which would be our home for the next week. We had a nice wee bungalow, with it's own kitchen, for the first time since leaving South Africa we could cook for ourselves, which was good for both the belly and the wallet. We ...

...  relationship between the increasing number of smiling food pictures and the decreasing number of bikini snaps. Thai curries are a staple in my kitchen back home. Green and yellow curries are in regular dinner rotation especially when I can get ...

... different foods"; I thought I would humour her and take on the challenge though their is nothing envious of "ME" being in the kitchen since I have a habit of burning pots from simply boiling water. And further, this 1 year journey IS about my own personal ...

... kitchen.  It turns out that the accommodation is over three floors and looks like a Butlins camp run by Stalin.  The kitchen is an outdoor affair with each person having one gas burner connected to tanks by hose pipe that you trip over, and ...

... Cooking School, which was a large, open aired, yet covered attachment to our instructor's home.  On two ends of the kitchen were cooking stations equipped with gas stoves, burners with woks and cooking utensils.  In the center was a high table ...

... classes are held in an outdoor classroom in the midst of an orchard of mango, banana, papaya and coconut trees, and a kitchen garden of fresh herbs and spices used in the recipes. Lessons featuring brief lectures, the preparation of ingredients, hands-on ...

... taste and they were delicious. Next, we all gathered around the preparation area. Each of us had a station with a chopping board and kitchen knife.  Pong explained all the ingredients and one by one, how to chop, dice or smash them accordingly. Then, ...

... me there, but we had a blast (editors note: I went along with this just to see DH's reaction to completely foreign territory- a kitchen). We were met at 8 am in the morning by a lovely woman called Mam.  At the designated launch point we met our ...

... garden, showing us the herbs and vegetables we would be using throughout the day.  We then entered the open-air kitchen to make our first dish of the day: green curry chicken.  After chopping green chilis, coriander, garlic, shallots, ...

... made for a great evening. We cooked some of the best thai food we'd had on our trip and seeing Bows in the kitchen was definitely worth the money.  After our feast we hit the Saturday walking markets, these markets are more local, with lots of ...

... of carving a lotus plant, leaf and other garnishes with cucumber, tomato and other vegetables. She then moved to the outdoor kitchen and explained the 5 dishes that we would be learning, starting with Pad Thai.  Each dish would take about 15 ...

... not even close to being done though. We drank our coffee, tea, and water and returned to the kitchen. We proceeded to make our two favorite American Thai dishes-Pad Thai and Drunken Noodles. As Westernized as this may seem, they are both pretty standard ...

... . We were taken to the market and educated about all the vegetables, spices and herbs. Then we were brought to a Masterchef style kitchen and I'm proud to say that I am now proficient in the art of making spring rolls, Pad Thai, Massaman curry, sweet and ...

In an effort to improve my kitchen skills, I took a Thai cooking class today from Nan and Pot at Siam Rice cooking school.  Pot took us to the market to get supplies, taught us about odd fruits and veggies, then it was off to their home where they ...

... when it is green, and then fruit when it is red. After buying all of our supplies for the day we were off to the kitchen, which was in the open air kitchen and over looked a garden. Beautiful! We stared with Tom Yum Soup, then Curry (panang and red), on ...

... the norm, went to Na's Kitchen for dinner. Na is from Chiang Mai and opened her kitchen restaurant 7 years ago. She has a great reputation for excellent Thai cooking at local prices, and the variety of Thai and Western customers are testament to her ...