I wanted to share a photo of a meal, for a friend’s birthday lunch. It is an illustration, how Thai’s eat at home, i.e. with a great variety of dishes. Often not all are finished (you must always have more than enough food!) but instead what is left is kept back and eaten the next […]
Roasting your own peanuts to use in Thai cooking is much more delicious, with no salt added, compared to buying already roasted off-the-shelf. Also it insures their freshness without any preservatives. Watch our how to cook video, to see how easy it is to make Roasted Peanuts.
Malaysia’s char kway teow, fried rice noodles with seafood and egg, is similar to Thailand’s Pad See Ew. Join Kaitlyn as she enjoys the food and the beaches on the Malaysian island of Penang.
Pad Thai is Thailand’s most famous food export, but the history of Pad Thai might be a bit of a surprise. Pad Thai exemplifies the balance of sweet, hot, salty, sour, and bitter flavors that is key to Thai cuisine, while creating an interesting mix of textures from the cooked noodles, crisp bean sprouts, and crunchy dried shrimp. Some stands are even creating new Pad Thai varieties out of green papaya!
Pad Thai is not the only option in Thai fried noodles. Pad See Ew, Raad Na, and Pad Kee Mao all use similar ingredients and small alterations to create their unique flavors. A noodle shop in Chiang Mai’s Old City serves up great versions of all three, plus spicy green mango salad.