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 […]
Andy Ricker has become famous in the USA cooking up Thai dishes from the North of Thailand and Southeast Asia for his Pok Pok restaurants in both Portland, Oregon and NYC. Check out a handful of his recipes on our site and you can also get the ingredients and cookware here!
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.
You might ask, “Do you have to devein shrimp?” The reason that the vein is usually removed is because the dark vein is not only unattractive, especially in large shrimp, but it can also sometimes contain sand. If the shrimp is small or medium-size you may skip this step to save time.
Follow our latest cooking video, How to make Tamarind Water, using tamarind paste to quickly and easily make your own tamarind concentrate or water. Preparing it yourself will produce a thick, tangy “water”, which is ideal for using in Thai cooking, especially for Pad Thai Sauce as part of our Perfect Pad Thai recipe and […]
Join us on a visit to the local Thai Food Market and explore the wide variety of seafood, fish, shellfish, prawns and sun-dried seafood for sale. Check out our latest addition to our Thai recipe collection, Steamed Whole Fish with Chili and Lime Sauce.
Herbs and spices, not just chillis to be found! Thais famously like their food spicy (hot), but most often amongst the many dishes laid out for a typical meal, a good proportion won’t be spicy at all. These counter balance the spicy dishes. To see the herbs and spices available from our site click here […]
If you need a gift for an Asian food enthusiast or someone who just loves to cook, we have some suggestions for the budding Thai chef, new and experienced fruit carvers, and foodies exploring little-known aspects of Thai cuisine. Happy Holidays!
The new ambassador to Thailand Kristie Kenney loves Thai Food. She has set up a Facebook competition asking people to share their favorite dishes and the prize is to meet the incoming ambassador in person in Bangkok.