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Thai Food – Phad Ka Prao and Kaeng Liang Recipe

Published by seeking on February 5th, 2012 - in Thai Food

Phad Ka Prao

Ingredients

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Phad Ka Prao sauce 80 g

Chicken fillet 80 g

Steamed rice 250 g Cut in 0.5 cm

Vegetable oil 20 g

Water 5 g

Sliced red spur chili 25 g

Note: This portion is for 2 servings.

How to cook

1. Stir-fry sliced chicken with oil until the meat is cooked.

2. Add spur chili, steamed rice and Phad Ka Prao sauce, mix thoroughly. Put basil, mix together before removing from the heat and it is ready to serve.

Phad Ka Prao sauce Ingredient

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Basil 50 g Garlic 375 g

Galangal 50 g

Shrimp paste 15 g

Palm sugar 100 g

Vegetable oil 500 g

Hot chilies (green/red) 150 g

Shallots 125 g

Grounded pepper 2.5 g

Fish sauce 375 g

Salt 25 g

Water 1000 g

Note: This recipe makes 2.5 kg of Pad Ka Prao sauce

How to cook

1. Ground hot chilies, garlic, shallots, galangal, pepper and shrimp paste together. Add basil and roughly grind them.

2. Stir-fry Pad Ka Prao paste with oil until fragrant.

3. Add fish sauce, palm sugar and salt.

4. Pack in plastic bags, 80 gram per bag.

Strong point of Khao Phad Ka Prao: Lower calories and fat compared to Phad Thai. High phosphorus from chicken.

Medical Benefit

- Basil: Release tension, high blood pressure

- Red & green hot chili: Digestive, laxative, expectorant, cold relief

- Shallot: Relief cold, catarrh

- Garlic: Reduce cholesterol, cancer, infection, antifungal

- Galangal: Carminative, expectorant

Kaeng Liang (Spicy herb vegetables soup) Main Ingredient

Ingredients

Kaeng Liaeng soup 500 g z

Peeled and sliced pumpkins 450 g

Peeled and sliced sponge gourd 300 g

Mushroom 250 g

Ivy gourd 150 g

Lemon basil 70 g

Note: This recipe is for 3 servings.

1. Add Kaeng Liaeng soup in a pot, bring to boil.

2. Add sliced pumpkins first and then add other vegetables such as sponge gourd, mushrooms and ivy gourd. Bring to boil. Remove from the heat and then sprinkle lemon basil.

3. Ready to serve.

Kaeng Liang Soup Ingredient

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Grounded pepper 100 g

Shallot 750 g

Dried shrimps 600 g

Food seasoning (pork flavor) 270 g

Shrimp paste 260 g

Thai chilies 40 g

Water 13 kg

Note: These ingredients are for 13 kg.

How to cook

1. Pound dried shrimps finely. Add pepper, Thai chilies, shrimp paste and shallots in the mortar and pound finely.

2. Put Kaeng Liaeng paste and water in a pot. Add food seasoning and bring to boil.

Strong point of Kaeng Liang: Low fat and low calories. Fibers from vegetables.

Medical Benefit

Pepper: Peptic, carminative, cooling

Shallot: Relief cold, catarrh

Hot chili: Digestive, laxative, expectorant, cold relief

Sweet basil: Carminative

Gord gourd: Carminative, relief fever, nourish eyes

Sponge gourd: Nourish heart, laxative, cooling

Pumpkin: Nourish eyes

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Spices For Depression – They Really Can Spice Up Your Mood

Published by seeking on January 29th, 2012 - in Thai Food

Some spices such as saffron, sage, cardamom and chillies are known to have specific anti-depressant effects; while others work indirectly by improving the general health of the individual.

General effects of spices

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Spices have the highest antioxidant activity of all food types including fruit and vegetables (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006). Antioxidants are very important in countering free radical damage which can in turn aggravate or cause many degenerative diseases.

All chronic degenerative diseases are associated with free radical damage and an increased incidence of depression. Therefore preventing or treating them by eating antioxidant-rich foods like spices, will also help to reduce the incidence of depression.

Saffron

For centuries, saffron has been used to treat depression in traditional Persian medical systems.

Recently several clinical trials have shown that this yellow spice is indeed as effective as many of our current anti-depressant drugs in treating mild to moderate depression.

The first of these was a double-blind placebo controlled trial where patients with depression were given 30mg of saffron extract daily for six weeks. By the end of this period depression in the treatment group had improved by a far greater extent than the placebo group.

In two other clinical trials depressed patients taking saffron were compared to those taking two commonly prescribed anti-depressant drugs, imipramine and fluexitine (Prozac). In both these trials saffron was found to be at least as effective as the two modern drugs. An important bonus was that no side effects were observed in the patients taking saffron.

Chillies

Chillies also have mood elevating effects. They work by stimulating a specific type of pain receptor (called TRPV1) on sensory nerve endings. When these nerves are stimulated they signal the brain to release chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins, in turn, stimulate the release of the brain chemical, dopamine which in turn acts as a mood elevator and relieves depression.

Many modern antidepressant drugs also work by increasing levels of dopamine in the brain.

Sage

A double blind placebo controlled trial has shown that sage reduces anxiety and elevates mood. It has been known for several years that compounds in this spice work by inhibiting cholinesterase, an enzyme that is intimately involved in the transmission of signals across nerve synapses.

Sage has the added benefit of improving memory.

Cardamom

Cardamom has been used by traditional Ayurvedic practitioners to treat depression in India for thousands of years. Although there are no clinical trials to back up the use of this spice to treat depression there are biochemical reasons that give an indication as to why it is effective.

As with other organs the brain is subject to toxins, free radical damage and other environmental and genetic insults. Aging and damage caused by environmental agents can aggravate a propensity to develop depression. However this susceptibility can be reduced by using one or more of those spices known to have anti-depressive properties. In addition the diet should include a variety of other spices most of which contain neuro-protective phytonutrients; some of which may also have yet-to-be-discovered mood-elevating properties.

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8 Best Thai Sweets

Published by seeking on January 1st, 2012 - in Thai Food

Sticky rice with mango is one of the most famous and overly popular Thai sweets choices. Sweet sticky rice paired with a sweet yellow, non-stringy mango, and a thick coconut cream make sticky rice with mango a treat that everyone enjoys!

The Thai ice cream sandwich is an interesting and delicious dessert choice. Coconut ice cream is loaded into a hamburger bun along with sticky rice and peanuts at the bottom. The bun provides a great way to hold the ice cream and soak up the melting cream!

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Sang Kaya Fug Tong is basically the Thai version of custard. The creamy custard is filled into a sweet cooked pumpkin and left to harden. A slice of the pumpkin includes a chunk of custard and the two extremely complement each other.

Khanom Thuay can be described as Thai coconut custard bowls. These small bites of coconut cream custard are formed in tiny bite sized bowls. The vendor then scoops them out into a dish and serves them!

Bua Loy is one of the best Thai dessert treats. They are small balls made from mochi rice flour and filled with pounded up black sesame seeds. These small dumplings are usually eaten in a bowl of sweet ginger soup.

Sticky rice with durian is one of the most unique and flavorful Thai sweets available. A slice of overly ripe durian is placed on top of a bowl of sweet sticky rice and then the entire dessert is covered in sweet coconut cream. The result is an incredible creamy mixture with a sensational durian flavor!

Thai Pancakes, known as roti, are popular as a dessert and also as a snack. A thin layer of pasty dough is fried in butter and oil on a hot pan. There is a choice of adding banana, chocolate or an assortment of other ingredients to make the pancake just like you want it!

Roti Sai Mai is similar to a cotton floss candy. Sweet hair like strands of sugar are wrapped into a thin pancake to create a Thai cotton candy wrap.

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Getting Introduced to Thai Food

Published by seeking on December 31st, 2011 - in Thai Food

Are you having a standard American dinner tonight? Bored with chicken, potatoes, salad and pasta? Thinking of Thai food but nah it seems hard to cook? Well, Thai food should be easy and quick to prepare. In Thailand, street food or food vendors are everywhere in a city or small town. There are all kinds of street food, appetizers, noodle soup, curry, desserts, fruits, etc. I would say this is our way of life in Thailand. It is common to find a very good food vendor, even better than a restaurant. Most street vendors in Thailand did not go to a culinary school. How do they make such yummy food? Mostly it is from helping in a kitchen.

As I mentioned, Thai food is prepared easily and quickly. Thai food is all about putting the right ingredients together. In America, finding a restaurant that serves authentic Thai food can be somewhat challenge especially if you are not living in a big city. I have been to many Thai restaurants in Oregon, and most of them offer Thai food that is very Americanized. Some dishes are way too far from the original Thai food except the name of the dish.

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If you have not been to a Thai restaurant or eaten much Thai food before, going to your local Thai restaurant is an option to get acquainted with Thai dishes. Go with your friends so that you can try a variety of dishes. Also, using the Internet, you can find authentic Thai recipes. You might ask what kinds of elements define an authentic Thai recipe.

Ingredients make a difference. If a recipe requires lots of standard American vegetables, it is not likely to be a real Thai recipe. If you find a recipe that has lots of unrecognized names or something that is uncommon to find in the local grocery store, that might be it. For example, in Thailand, a green curry dish has four main vegetables: Thai eggplants, pea eggplants, kaffir lime leaves and Thai basil. Americanized green curry might have green beans, carrots, eggplants, or perhaps tomatoes.

If this is your first time to make a Thai dish, plan ahead. Find the dish you like on the Internet or in a Thai cookbook. Learn about the ingredients and visit either a local or online Asian grocery store. Templeofthai.com and importfood.com are popular websites specializing in authentic Thai ingredients and products. They carry almost everything from flour, sauces, curry paste, noodles, cookware, fresh produce and vegetables.

Don’t be discouraged. Really, making Thai food is not too complicated. It is easy once you have and know your ingredients.

Another component is having the right cooking equipment. Many people say having a wok is a minimum requirement, but I would say it depends. It is a nice thing to have. If you have an electric stove, using a wok is not going to do much for some dishes. But if you have a gas stove, adding a wok in your kitchen could spice up your meals because of how gas stoves distribute heat. I have a wok at home but also an electric stove. So I do not really use my wok that much at all because with the electric stove, it does not distribute heat evenly to the side of the wok. Mortar and pestle are needed if you like to make your own paste. Many people find ways to use a food processor instead. It is certainly a substitute, but in my opinion, it does not deliver the same texture of paste.

When you are ready to cook, following your recipe directions is a good start. However, when it comes to taste, follow your own preference, given that taste varies from person to person. You will need to find your own balance for seasoning your dish. If the recipe tells you to add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, add 1 tablespoon first. Taste it and see how you like it. If you would like more, then add more. As my mom always told me, “it is easier to fix the taste if you add little at the beginning. If you add too much at first, you might not be able to fix it.”

Thai cuisine is versatile and offers a range of flavors and textural variety. It is aesthetically pleasing, and there are many ways to make Thai cuisine part of an enjoyable culture experience. Cheers to Thai food!

Napatr Lindsley

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Authentic Thai Chicken Stir Fry

Published by seeking on December 5th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Want to cook Thai stir fry just like the restaurant? Surprise your family and friends with this authentic Thai recipe.

The key of having that authentic Thai stir fry taste lies in the coconut milk, every other ingredient has to maintain the same ratio with how much coconut milk you put in.

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Basic ingredients:

1 quart water
3/4 cup coconut milk
2 cups uncooked jasmine rice
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh basil leaves
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh ginger root, minced
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
3/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 medium onion, sliced
5 green onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1/2 inch strips

Ingredients adjustment (base on personal taste):

Spicy – Add more red pepper flakes and chile oil.

Blend – Less vinegar and more mushrooms.

Directions:

1. Boil rice and water in a pot.

2. Cover pot, reduce heat to low for 20 minutes.

3. Mix the following in a bowl:

- coconut milk

- soy sauce

- rice wine vinegar

- fish sauce

- red pepper flakes.

4. Heat oil with skillet over medium-high heat.

5. Stir in ginger, onion and garlic.

6. Cook until lightly browned.

7. Add chicken strips, cook for 3 minutes (or until browned).

8. Stir in the sauce from the bowl.

9. Cooking until sauce is reduced to 1/3.

10. Mix in green onions, basil and mushrooms.

11. Cook until everything is heated through.

12. Serve over the cooked rice.

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Thai Recipes And Cuisine

Published by seeking on November 30th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Thai food offers many delicious dishes flavored with spices, lemon-grass or coconut – although different regions of Thailand, each tend to have their own preferred ingredients – for example, coconut milk and tumeric in the South, and lime juice in the Northeast. No matter what part of the country a dish is from, all Thai dishes or meals aim to achieve a balance between fundamental flavors common to the cuisine: spicy hot, sour, sweet and salty, as well as optionally bitter.

Rice forms an important and fundamental part of Thai food, and jasmine rice (which is native to Thailand) is used in many dishes as well as being served plain. Some other popular Thai dishes include:

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- Pad Thai – Fried rice noodles with fish sauce, sugar, lime or tamarind, peanuts and egg, mixed with chicken, tofu or seafood.

- Pad see ew – noodles stir-fried with thinly sliced pork or chicken, and flavored with fish sauce.

- Green curry – A curry flavored with coconut, green chillies, and Thai basil, containing vegetables and chicken or fish.

- Red curry – A very hot curry made with plenty of red chillies.

- Yellow curry – A curry that is colored using fresh tumeric (hence its yellow color), and also containing black mustard seeds, cumin, nutmeg, brown sugar, kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, coconut milk and fish sauce.

- Gai pad khing – Fried chicken with vegetables and sliced ginger.

- Tom yam – A hot and sour soup made with seafood (often shrimp) or chicken.

- Som tam – Grated papaya salad. There are several variations: the salad can be served with salted black crab, with peanuts, shrimps and palm sugar, or with salted fish, eggplant, and long beans.

- Satay – Originally from Indonesia, Satay has also become a popular dish in Thailand. Satay is grilled meat (usually chicken or pork), usually on skewers, served with cucumber salad and a peanut sauce.

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Thai Food – Rich in Culture and Flavor

Published by seeking on November 6th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Thailand, located in Southeast Asia, is known for its gorgeous mountains, scenic beaches and bustling shopping districts. One of Thailand’s most memorable features is its delectable cuisine. Thai Food is a mixture of several flavors blended into perfect harmony. Balance is essential in the Thai culture and is exemplified in its cuisine. There are 5 fundamental tastes that are merged in each dish. Thai dishes often consist of foods that maintain a delicate balance between being salty, sweet, sour, bitter or spicy. It is this detailed attention that garners the praise that Thai food is often given. Thai food is among the most internationally known cuisines available in the world.

Thai food is most commonly known for being spicy. Dishes like Kaeng khae and Tom khlong are just a few examples. Kaeng khae is a spicy curry that consists of vegetables, herbs, meat and leaves from an acacia tree. Tom khlong is a spicy soup with a sourness that is derived through the addition of tamarind juice. Vegetables like tomato, mushroom and drilled chillies along with meat are common in the dish. The Thai cuisine balances certain flavors together. Spicy and sour foods are often paired to balance the taste as well as sweet and salty foods. No one flavor ever truly overshadows the other.

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Thai food is said to be a blend of flavors from the four regions in the country. Each region, ranging from Isan to Southern Thailand, has cuisines that have been influenced by their surrounding cultures. Isan, for example, has dishes that are unique to its particular area. The food is slightly different from that of other Thailand regions. In Isan, sticky rice and chillies are an essential part of every meal served. The Isan cuisine consists of hotter, spicier foods with increased sourness. Central Thailand, in contrast, consists of milder flavors with jasmine rice served at many meals. Southern Thailand, located along the Malay Peninsula, has a cuisine that is uses coconuts heavily. Coconut is used as a garnishment for meals as well as for oil and milk.

In addition to specific tastes from the four regions, Thai food is also influenced by the Chinese cuisine. Techniques such as deep frying and products such as soy were introduced to the Thai culture from China. Chinese influence as well as the influence from various areas around the culture all share in shaping the exotic and flavorsome cuisines that Thailand is well known for.

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Thai Crispy-Fried Noodles Recipe

Published by seeking on October 15th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Total cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients for Thai crispy – fried noodles recipe:

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100 g (3 1/2 oz.) rice vermicelli

2 cups (500ml/16 fl oz.) oil, for frying

100 g (3 1/2 oz.) deep-fried tofu puffs, cut into strips

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

5cm (2 inch) piece fresh ginger, grated

150 g (5 oz.) pork mince

100 g (3 1/2 oz.) raw prawn meat, finely chopped

1 tablespoon white vinegar

2 tablespoons fish sauce

2 tablespoons soft brown sugar

2 tablespoons chili sauce

1teaspoon chopped red chillies

2 small knobs pickled garlic, chopped

1/4 bunch fresh garlic chives, chopped

1 cup (30 g/1 oz.) coriander leaves

Directions for Thai crispy – fried noodles recipe:

1. Place the vermicelli in a bowl of hot water for 1 minute; drain and allow to dry for 20 minutes. Heat the oil in a wok, add the tofu in two batches and cook for 1 minute or until golden and crisp. Remove from the wok and leave to drain.

2. Add the completely dry vermicelli to the oil in several batches, cooking for 10 seconds or until puffed and crisp. Remove immediately to prevent the vermicelli absorbing too much oil. Drain on paper towels and cool.

3. Drain all but 1 tablespoon of the oil from the wok. Reheat the wok over high heat and add the garlic, ginger, mince and prawn meat. Stir-fry for

2 minutes or until golden brown. Add the vinegar, fish sauce, brown sugar, chili sauce and chillies and stir until the mixture comes to the boil.

4. Just before serving, add the noodles and tofu to the wok and toss thoroughly. Quickly toss through the pickled garlic, the coriander and the chives and serve immediately.

Nutritional Value for Thai crispy – fried noodles recipe:

Protein 8.5 g;

Fat 13 g;

Carbohydrate 17 g;

Dietary Fibre 2.5 g;

Cholesterol 37mg;

Energy 900kj (230cal)

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Thai Dining Etiquette – The Moo Kata

Published by seeking on October 7th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Thai food is becoming increasingly popular, with a growing number of Thai restaurants opening throughout the UK. The consumption of foreign foods is now a common occurrence in our daily lives, possibly encouraged by the increase in people choosing to take holidays in more exotic locations.

Either way, food manufacturers at home are noticing that there is a growing demand for flavours that are more exotic. They are supplying that demand with an ever-increasing amount of foreign dishes for us to choose from.

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Despite the increase in choice, the most obvious way to truly appreciate foreign food is still to experience it first-hand in the country that it originates from. There is no substitute for freshness of ingredients, and Thai food in particular is famous the world over for using only the freshest of ingredients. Often, when people return from a trip to Thailand, it is the food they miss most. They find that what faces them on the dining table at home to be bland by comparison.

It is no secret that Thai people love to eat, and dining in large groups is something that they have down to a fine art. Whereas Westerners tend to order individual dishes they share only when offering the occasional ‘tasters’ to friends, Thais prefer to go about it in a far more communal manner.

Thai diners pass dishes around, with all the food available being shared. It’s a social event, with everyone making sure they have a dip of all that is on offer. It would be an alien concept for a Thai person to go to a restaurant and order only the one dish for themselves.

An interesting mode of Thai communal eating, uniquely perfected over the centuries, is called Moo Kata – which literally means ‘pork skillet’. It consists of a dome shaped metal pan with a trough running around the edge, not dissimilar to a large, metal bowler hat.

This strange contraption sits on top of hot coals and is placed in the centre of the table. It is then loaded up with a variety of meats while the trough around the edge is filled with hot water. Juice from the meat runs down the side of the dome and mixes with the hot water, quickly turning it to a broth. Green leafy vegetables such as water spinach are added to the mix. In time, this turns into a tasty soup, which is in then ladled into individual bowls.

You really can’t compare the experience to anything else; at times it feels like a team sport, where cooperation and skill is required to ensure that every one gets their fair share and that what’s cooking on the Moo Kata is cooked to perfection before being served.

If you happen to be with a large group, however, make sure your chopstick skills are up to scratch, as everyone will be working feverishly to cover every square inch of the hot surface.

To travel and to not experience the food is a trip wasted, and Thailand has such a vast array to be discovered that you could possibly eat a different dish every day for the duration of your stay, no matter how long that stay may be!

With the increase in cheap flights there has never been a better time to explore Thai food at its source.

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Organic Food in Chiang Mai – Living Healthy While On Thailand Holiday

Published by seeking on August 31st, 2011 - in Thai Food

Have you recently moved to Chiang Mai, are you planning to move there, or are you just planning a trip to this cultural capital of northern Thailand? Are you worried that you will have to pause your super-healthy diet or worse ruin it while on a holiday? Have no fear-the city has enough healthy food and organic supplies to go around, providing for all your diet-conscious grocery needs as well as breakfast, lunch, dinner… all the way down to coffee and ice cream (yes indeed, there is such a thing as organic ice cream as well as fat-free versions). Just walking around the city, or the city’s largest mall the Central Airport Plaza (also known as Robinson Airport Plaza) will spoil you for choice, and that’s just the start.

Suan Pak

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This lovely restaurant boasts their very own hydroponic vegetable garden and takes great pride in feeding you those vegetables in innovative, tasty salad dishes that are a fusion of western and Thai salads. Located just next to the Central Airport Plaza. Don’t forget to ask for a tour of their gardens!

Royal Project Outlets

The Royal Project focuses on increasing the living standards of northern hill tribes. One of the ways they do this is by making agricultural produce from said tribes economically viable: Royal Project outlets throughout the country sell these products, which are very much organic and grown on the lofty heights of Doi Suthep, at affordable prices. They range from grocery (fresh vegetables, mushrooms, chili paste, jam, fruit juice) to bakery products including but not limited to excellent cereal arabica biscuits, potato bread, and-when you are lucky enough to catch them during a food fair or exhibition-amazing cake (passion fruit and orange highly recommended). In Chiang Mai, you can find a Royal Project shop at the airport, though there is also another near the University of Chiang Mai.

Rimping Supermarket

Remarkable for its range of imported goods, but also because it sells both fresh groceries from the Royal Project as well as gives support to many local farmers and agricultural firms, giving you an even bigger range to choose from. Many small Thai brands, especially those originating from Chiang Mai and surrounding provinces (Lampang, Lamphun) get their first commercial distribution here. There are at least four branches of Rimping in Chiang Mai, but the three largest ones are located respectively near Central Airport Plaza, near the Mae Ping river by Nawarat Bridge, and in Tarad Ruam Choak.

Doi Tung Coffee

A café franchise as supplied by the Royal Project! A little pricey but considerably cheaper than Starbucks and much, much more Thai and authentic. Doi Tung outlets also sell handicraft made by hill tribes such as mugs, coasters, tapestries, carpets, bags, notebooks, stationery and more. Some of the larger branches can be found in Nimmanhemin Road and the Night Bazaar.

Smooch Angel

A little café in the Central Airport Plaza, third floor. Sells organic fruit-based ice cream and various drinks.

The Vegetarian Society

Non-profit canteen operating during breakfast and lunch times located between Ku Ruang moat and the Central Airport Plaza on Mahidol Road. The food is cheap, popular, but most importantly it’s organic.

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Thai Recipes-Lobster Fried Rice and Pineapple Fried Rice

Published by seeking on August 8th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Lobster Fried Rice

Serving size: 3

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Ingredients

2 cups of lobster meat from steamed lobster

4 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon garlic, mined

1 onion thinly chopped

2 eggs

3 cups steamed white rice

3 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce

3 green onions, finely chopped

1 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over a high heat. Add garlic, onion and stir-fry until fragrant, about a minute. Add egg and stir until almost set but still moist. Add lobster meat, steamed rice, soy sauce and season with pepper. Cook for 2 minutes. Add green onion and stir fry until all well mixed together. Serve with fresh cucumber and lime wedge.

Pineapple Fried Rice

Serving size: 1

Ingredients

1 grilled pineapple wedges, cut into the bite-size pieces

1 gloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped

2 tablespoons canola oil

¼ cup boneless country style pork, thinly sliced

A quarter of honey ham

5 medium shrimps peeled and deveined, leaving the tails on

1 green onion, cut into 1-inch long plus 1 green onion to garnish

1 cups steamed white rice

1½ tablespoons soy sauce

½ tablespoon sweet soy sauce

5 cashew nuts

½ tablespoon white pepper

1 beaten egg

Preparation

Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about a minute. Add shrimps and stir fry until shrimps are cooked through, about 2 minutes. Add pork, honey ham, soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, cook and stir-fry to mix well, about 5 minutes. Add egg and stir until almost set but still moist. Add steamed rice, cashew nuts, white pepper, grilled pineapple, and green onion. Continue to cook for a minute more. Serve with green onion.

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Thai Food – Lake Mary, FL – Take A Date To Your Local Thai Restaurant

Published by seeking on August 6th, 2011 - in Thai Food

Did you know that there are several Thai restaurants in Lake Mary and Seminole County Fl? Looking for something a bit out of the ordinary for that special person in your life. If you are really looking for something unique and will be guaranteed to impress then you can’t go wrong with a Thai restaurant.

The foods of Thailand are a unique delicacy that should be enjoyed by anyone that tries it. Thai food can be quite spicy so it is probably a good idea to find out how your date feels about spicy foods. How badly will your date go if you find out after the fact that he or she simply cannot tolerate spicy? It can set the tone for the whole evening. If your date is not opposed to spicy foods then by all means bring them to a Thai restaurant. If your date has never had Thai food it will be interesting for you to see how this person reacts to something a bit out of the ordinary. Do you really want to continue dating someone who is not willing to try new things? Of course you don’t.

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A Thai restaurant is not your typical fare and you will be going a long way to impressing your date with your diverse tastes. Just as you are interested in a person who is up for new things you can show your date that you are willing to try new things as well. And isn’t that the purpose of a date, to show the person what you are like and to learn what they are like.

Take your time in a Thai restaurant to enjoy each others company and have a great time trying new dishes that you have never tried before. It can be quite fun for a couple to sample each other’s dishes and see what the other likes and does not like. It might be that you both don’t like Thai food, or that you both do. Or maybe there is a difference of opinion on Thai food. Whatever the outcome of your experience you will be going a long way to finding out how your date reacts to different situations, how they react to a difference of opinion and overall how you both like Thai food!

Taking a date to an unusual restaurant is a risky move. You are actually learning a great deal about the person you are interested in. Use this experience to decide if you want to continue dating or not. If all goes well you will have your experience in a Thai restaurant as a fond memory that you will both look back on fondly. Hopefully, you will both enjoy the food and each other’s company and come away from your date having had a wonderful experience.

In our next article we will give you our recommendations on the best Thai food and restaurants in Lake Mary and Seminole County Fl. Good luck!

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