Pa Loh is a kind of Chinese food, which consists of boiled eggs, tofu, pork and uses Chinese Star anise, cinnamon and other spices to pound and mix well together, and is then stewed until almost dry. It could use either duck or goose as the main protein. Pa Loh has a sweet and salty taste, it is a flavor from stewing the palm sugar, soy sauce and fish sauce. Pa Loh is also called by the type of p...
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Vietnamese Coriander is a seasonal plant with strong fragrance, because it has oil glands throughout every part of the plant. The bush grows to about 3-35 cm tall. The trunk of the bush is green mixed with a light red color. The stem stands up straight, the top part is upright as well, but the bottom part will lay down on the ground. The stem will also have joints that connect together and ofte...
Phrik Khee Nuu is a small bush with the height of 30-120 cm. It has flat, oily and smooth leaves. It has small and slender fruits about 2-3 cm long. When young the fruit has dark green color but when it ripens it will gradually change to a bright red color. It has hot spicy taste. The fruits are used either fresh or dried as ingredients in various Thai dishes to add spiciness and heat. It is a...
Boiled Rice is a dish made from rice as you might guess; how to make boiled rice is pretty similar to cooking rice with a regular pot. The difference is when making boiled rice we will add more water than when cooking rice. The timing to make boiled rice is similar to cooking rice also, or sometimes may be longer. There are several types of boiled rice like plain boiled rice and boiled rice wi...
“Laab Curry – Nam Phrik Laab” or ” Phrik Laab” is how to bring spices and herbs such as dried chilli, shallots, garlics, galangal, lemon grass, Ma- kaewn, Ma-laeb, Dee Bplee, pepper, coriander seed to shredded, chopped or grounded as desired. Dry or roast all the ingredients before mix them together. Then roast them together again until done for the fragrance and for...
Fried rice with shrimp paste is a traditional Thai food. How to make it may be a little bit difficult because it has a lot of ingredients. It has quite a few side dishes which will mean it takes a while to make everything, but it is so worth it. Luckily, all the ingredients are easy to find anywhere. The characteristic of fried rice with shrimp paste is light in color, has the taste of shri...
Laab is a verb, meaning finely chopped or minced. Laab is one of the local foods from the northeast of Thailand (Isaan) and the north of Thailand (including Laos). Laab is also one of the popular foods that people like to have for parties or festivals like weddings, new home ceremony, Songkran or cremation ceremony, etc. The main ingredients of Laab are fresh meat such as pork, beef, lamb or...
“Nam Tok” in the meaning from the Royal Institute of Thailand dictionary have 2 different meanings. First, means the water that trapped in the mountain has fallen to the cliff. Or we called the falling down water in a similar way that “Nam Tok – waterfall”. The second meaning refers to one kind of food makes from meat like pork or beef. Then grill them until done, cut into thin...
Cucumber is a kind of vegetable in Thai households that has a lot of water in it. And also cucumber can keep itself fresh longer compared with other vegetables. Small cucumber tastes good and delicious, but the large one sometimes can be a little bit bitter in taste and may not have much flavor in it. Asian people like to eat cucumber either fresh or cooked. Thai’s eat cucumber in so many varie...
Tilapia is considered one of the most delicious of the fresh water fish. Thai people like to have Tilapia in many different ways and forms whether fried, grilled, baked or even processed into other products like sun- dried. Today we have an easy and simple dish of the baked fish menu by using Tilapia. The ingredients and how to do are so easy and are as the following steps. Tilapia (whil...
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