~Spicy Thai Coconut Chips Recipe~

The Old Day & The New Way When I was in Thailand exactly a year ago, I created this recipe – Spicy Thai Coconut Chips. I wanted to create delicious snacks for upcoming cooking demo. At the same time I wanted the flavor to reflect my Southern Thai cuisine, specifically my grandmother cooking. After receiving [...]

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~Sweet Rice, Banana & Bean Wrapped in Banana Leaf Recipe, Kao Tom Mud~

From Las Delicias with Love It was Mother’s Day, May 8, 2011, when I arrived as part of a team of eight gracious women in the Nicaraguan village of Las Delicias. The village is situated in the hilly northern area in the Matagalpa region and is surrounded by coffee plantations. We were there with the [...]

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~Best Phad Thai in Bangkok is on Mahachai Road, Bangkok~

Best Phad Thai on Mahachai Road, Bangkok  I just returned home from three weeks of savoring Thailand. I still have a little jet lag and a lingering sense of all the flavors from Thailand. My first day in Bangkok was spent with my nieces and nephew who knew the best places to eat in Bangkok. [...]

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~Grilled Sticky Rice in Bamboo Tube Recipe, Kao Lam~

Sticky Rice in a Bamboo Tube, Kao Lam I have fond memories of sticky rice in a bamboo tube—it looks so cool! At every festival in my village when I was growing up, there was a man who made and sold this Kao Lam. We would eat some at the festival then bring home a [...]

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~Phuket Chicken Biryani Rice Recipe, Kao Mok Gai~

Ramadan 2010 Follow the Tradition of Thai Muslim Cooking on Phuket Island during the Ramadan Now Phuket Chicken Biryani Rice, also known as Kao Mok Gai, is a well known Thai-Muslim rice dish. Southern Thai cuisine gets its distinguished flavor from the neighboring countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. Growing up in Phuket I loved the diversity of our local cuisines. Our family cooked Thai and Chinese cuisines and at the market [...]

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~Som Tum With Smoked Salmon Recipe~

Som Tum, a Green Papaya POK POK  Pok Pok is the sound made when a wooden pestle hits a clay mortar. This is a classic sound in the green papaya making process and it is a familiar sound for Thais and tourists alike because Som Tum vendors are everywhere in Thailand. When I teach papaya salad recipes, I make sure to carry my clay mortar and wooden pestle [...]

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~Grilled Corn with Scallion Oil Recipe~

Corn and Scallion, a perfect pair The most memorable time for me in Hoi An was getting up to see the sunrise over the Bon River while drinking Vietnamese coffee shortly before heading for the market.  Then I walked along the street, and the scenery was very beautiful. The aromas and sounds were so enlivening and the taste of the food was phenomenal. I tasted many street [...]

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~Hanoi Confetti Corn Recipe~

February 2010, Old Quarter in Hanoi Hanoi Confetti Corn from the street of Hanoi Old Quarter I love writing recipes from my culinary trip in my kitchen because it is like traveling through time.  And I love to travel, so when the journey ended then I was in pain with nostalgia. I missed the places I have [...]

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~Yangon Almond Pancake with Honey-Lime Syrup Recipe~

Yangon, Myanmar June 2009 My very  first breakfast in Yangon. When I was in Yangon last year I spent my first morning looking for a market near the hotel. It was a street that had many stalls and breakfast type food stands. Everything in Yangon was very exciting for me, as a neighbouring country to Thailand. I found that our culture and [...]

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~Phuket Phad Thai Recipe, how to decode a precious recipe~

Ten years ago, I developed the best (my students say so) recipe for Phad Thai to teach and share with my students in the cooking class. Because it is a trade secret, I can not share that version with you. However, for my Thai food blog I am in search of Phad Thai recipes from the vendors and restaurant chefs in Thailand. The [...]

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~Grilled Fish Sauce Chicken Wing Recipe~

    My son loves Teriyaki Chicken and also chicken wing. After eating and inhaling fish sauce chicken wing with sticky rice at the Pok Pok Thai Restaurant in Portland , I decided to create a recipe that is close to my tasting memories. I substituted fish sauce for soy sauce in my own teriyaki sauce recipe created way back. And it works, now everyone loves [...]

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~Phuket Hokkien Mee Recipe, Phuket Cuisine~

PHUKET HOKKIEN MEE RECIPE Stir-fried egg noodles Phuket style Serving: 1 Prep Time: 15    Cook Time: 5 minutes On Chinese New Year Day, I always enjoy Phuket Hokkien Mee – an egg noodle dish similar to stir-fried chow mien. In America, I use Miki noodle or yakisoba. For this recipe you may use any fresh [...]

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~Banh Mi, my way~

Banh Mi, Unstacked by The New York Times

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~Thai Garlic Prawn Recipe, Goong Kratiem Prik Thai~

Cilantro, also known as coriander, is a key ingredient in Thai and Southeast Asian cooking, especially cilantro root. Thai cooks treasure the roots and cilantro in Thailand always is sold with its root. The root is very aromatic and has big flavor when cooked. It is a treat among herbs and an important ingredient in curry [...]

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