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I’ve had a few conversations regarding some customers wanting to customize their food to such an extent that it drives chefs up the wall and begs the question…who’s the chef here? In another part of the world,…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Categories: Meditations | Tags: condiment, fish sauce, thai | 2 Comments »
I did something for dinner yesterday that was so brilliant in its future usefulness I couldn’t wait to share it. Not only is it delicious, it’s also extremely quick to make, inexpensive, gluten free, dairy free and…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Monday, December 17th, 2012
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cauliflower, coconut milk, curry, leftovers, mushroom, potato, roasted vegetables, root vegetables, thai, yellow | 1 Comment »
Dessert is my favorite course of the meal, hands down, no question. Yet lately I’ve been greatly disappointed at the redundancy of desserts in restaurants–there’s always some version of the molten…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: bananas, dessert, fried, thai | 4 Comments »
The other day I was talking about regionalism in food and what determines what dishes get to represent a culture abroad. “Take Thai food,” I said, “Northern Thai cuisine is really quite different from…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: class, cooking, curry, Don Dickerson, duck, grilled beef salad, instruction, nam prik, Northern Thai, pork, relish, rice, South China Seas, thai, vancouver | No Comments »
Sunday is my “May Wah” day. May Wah is an Asian grocery store I frequent as it has almost everything I need to alleviate my occasional homesickness. A few Sundays ago when I was there shopping for my Green Curry…
Posted by: Pailin Chongchitnant on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Palm sugar, sweet, thai | 5 Comments »
I haven’t been to Thailand yet, so I can only pretend that I know what I’m talking about when I say, “This dish is my favourite Thai dish!” Mark says it’s the best thing I’ve ever made.…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: duck, lychee, recipe, red-curry, thai | 2 Comments »
Pad Thai is one of those dishes that I have tried and tried to recreate, but have rarely had much luck with. Even in restaurants here, it’s usually not that great. You realize this especially if you’ve been…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Categories: Guidance | Tags: pad-thai, recipe, Street Food, thai, Travel, Vegetarian | 15 Comments »
A while ago we came across Spicy Steve while watching our local cable station. Deeper investigation revealed Spicy Steve’s website. Though somewhat charmingly designed, the site reveals an incredible wealth of…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Categories: Worship | Tags: asian, burmese, indian, indonesian, Malaysian, singaporean, Spices, Spicy Steve, thai, Vietnamese, website | 2 Comments »
CURRY SAUCE: 1.5 tbsp dark miso paste 1.5 tbsp curry powder 1 can coconut milk CURRY PASTE: 5-7 peppercorns 2 cloves 1 clove garlic Piece of ginger (twice as much as the garlic) 1-2 dried chillies 1.5 tbsp lemongrass .5…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, September 26th, 2005
Categories: Guidance | Tags: curry, lemongrass, recipe, thai | No Comments »