Pomelo is like a giant, sweet grapefruit. When you get a good pomelo..few things are more refreshing and invigorating to eat! It’s also the perfect candidate for this beautiful, light salad, and I waited a long time to make this recipe cuz I wanted to make sure I am in Thailand where pomelos are the […]
This recipe is an a bit of an exploration into Thai history! Here’s the story: A lovely HTK fan recently sent me a copy of a very special Thai cookbook: The very first Thai cookbook to ever be written in English! The book is titled “Everyday Siamese Cooking” by Sibpan Sonakul, who is the granddaughter of […]
Here’s a recipe for a popular Thai street food that you can easily make at home. The soup is flavoured with aromatic 5-spice mix, and the duck is flavourful and tender. Another great recipe to make once you know how to make Thai-style chicken stock! INGREDIENTS Serves 4 Soup 8 inches cinnamon stick 2 pc […]
It’s rare to find a Thai restaurant that doesn’t serve tom yum soup…but it’s even more rare to find one that serves tom yum FISH soup! This is a popular variation of tom yum soup in Thailand, which is a country that eats a lot of fish in general, but for some reason I haven’t […]
The ultimate love child of street food and comfort food. If you like pho, this is very close to it but with Thai flavours! Well balanced flavours with lots of textures going on…topped with crispy garlic…this ain’t your mama’s chicken noodle soup! Haha, that is definitely true for my mama, although my GRANDmama would make […]
If you think you know salad rolls, think again! These gorgeous bite-sized salad rolls have become popular in Bangkok in the recent years, and it’s something my mom always brought home for me during my most recent trip home. The star of this dish is the dipping sauce: creamy, garlicky, spicy, tart…this is the […]
This is a special recipe I received from Kelly Neil, a food photographer/blogger from Halifax, Nova Scotia as part of the Rethink Beef Recipe Swap challenge that I talked about in my “Thai Bolognese” or Rice Noodles with Curried Meat Sauce video! I traded recipes with Kelly and she sent me this rather interesting fusion […]
New and improved version of an old classic! Glass noodle salad is a staple dish in any Thai home, so it was one of the first things I made when I left Thailand and was homesick! Glass noodle salad has wonderfully bright flavours with lots of refreshing crunchy vegetables. I guarantee it will become a […]
This super easy, comforting chicken soup is full of wonderful aromas of traditional Thai herbs that truly represents simple home cooking from the south of Thailand. Turmeric, the star of the dish, is an herb that’s not used too often in Thai cuisine as a whole, but it is used a LOT in the south! […]
Last year, Mark Wiens and I had a meal together in Bangkok, and this dish, called yum pla duk foo, was one of the many things we enjoyed. If you missed that video, here it is. In this video, I declared that I can’t think of another dish that I prefer to this dish, which is a bold […]
Another treat for my vegetarian fans that I promise will satisfy my meat eaters as well! I was determined to develop a great recipe of our famous tom yum soup for my vegetarian fans, and after trying out several things, I am proud to announce that this version was so good even I was surprised! […]
This famous dish is iconic of northeastern Thai cuisine, and it’s probably the healthiest chicken salad I’ve ever seen! A few years ago I made a pork laab video, this time I make it with chicken with lots of new tips and tricks to help you make a laab to impress! And that crazy good […]
Here is a new and improved recipe for the famous northeastern Thai salad! This time around, I provide you with lots of tricks, tips, and explanations to make sure you can really master this classic, delicious salad. This is also a very healthy salad, so I can really let myself indulge without having to hold […]
This pink noodle soup is so good it made it to my “Top 5 Noodle Soups in Thailand” episode! For years I thought Yen Ta Fo was a dish you leave to the experts (i.e. street vendors and restaurants), but once I tried to make it, I realized that it’s actually really easy to make […]
This salad is a specialty of Muslim Thai cuisine. With the spicy and rich peanut dressing, it’s one of my favourite ways to eat veggies! The dressing will keep for at least a week in the fridge, and it will also double as a dipping sauce for meats or tofu. INGREDIENTS Serves 4 Peanut […]
This recipe is inspired by one of my new favourite vegetables: Chayote squash! Crunchy, juicy, with a subtle sweetness that works well in so many applications especially in salad, which is a variation of the famous green papaya salad! It’s got a refreshing crunchy feel of a slaw that will go great with any meal, especially […]
