When I lived in Thailand, I became friends with a local couple who owned a restaurant. A month before leaving to come home, they took me into the kitchen and showed me how to cook all my favourite dishes

which is great, but I'm always having unexpected guests now, usually around tea time. Haha, I don't mind though, love cooking the stuff

erik319 said:

Okay, so what time do you serve tea? I'll be right over!

Shyra said:

I'm coming too....I got my own chopsticks (JADE!).

DesireeNevermind said:

Well, if chop sticks are de'regure or however the fuck it's spelled, I'll be using my damn fingers! I just cannot get the hang of them sticks. I'm a spaz.

Shyra said:

it's alright, even Thais don't bother with them unless they're eating noodles. Spoon and a fork and you're sorted

my favourite meal was pad kra pow gai (probably spelt wrong), but you need holy basil to make it right, and I can't get any in the uk. Can get the sweet stuff that tastes of aniseed, but not the holy stuff

...pick me up some panang curry while you're out.
Thanks!
=0P

What do thai folks eat for breakfast?


I'm a little weirded out by what I might be able to find when I'm there.

erik319 said:

Do a search on-line. You can find most any ingredient on the net.

CarrieMpls said:

Good question. Have no idea, but while you're there, try to get someone to show you how to cook the good stuff you like. Then you'll be set when you get back home!

Shyra said:

I have already found an english-speaking vegetarian cooking school. I plan to take a few classes while I'm there.

I already do a fair amount of thai-inspired cooking myself, mostly curries.

Shyra said:

they don't have anything specific really. They just have rice and more of the same. I used to have fruit for breakfast most of the time... Or pad thai gai if I had a hangover

I absolutely love it. I don't know any of the names of the dishes though because I'll be eating them off the buffet. My favorite is one that is made with chicken (I think) and is in a pink looking sauce made with coconut milk.

vainandy said:

Penang Curry

Shyra said:

When phad thai is done just right it's killer.

CarrieMpls said:

See my earlier post. Sometimes Thais will just eat any old food the same as they would for lunch or dinner (though not fried chicken and probably not curry ), especially if there are leftovers from the day before, but there are some dishes that are typically eaten for breakfast.

- Jok (Rice soup, usually with liver, pork balls, chives, ginger, and often 1 or 2 eggs)
- Khao man kai (chicken on greasy oil cooked rice)
- guay jap or similar variations (noodles, crispy pork, boiled egg, cubes of pork blood, and miscellaneous )
- khai jiaw (omelet, often khai jiaw moo sap, with pork mince)
- khao moo daeng (red pork on rice, often half half with crispy pork)

Khao man kai and guay jap places are very busy in the mornings. They usually sell everything and shut up shop by midday. Nice business if you can get it!

There's a dish I'm going to have this morning that you might like to try. I forget what the veggie is but my mother in law always buys kilos of it when she goes back to her hometown (Suphanburi) because it's so cheap there (30 cents a kilo). It's normally made using pork mince too but to be honest it doesn't need it. Just the veggies in the sauce on rice would be really good.

For vegetarian you could look out for...

Phad phak ruam mit



Phad phak bung



Somtam



Tom kha het (tom kha kai without chicken, just the mushrooms)



Tom yam het



Phad thai jay / phad thai tohu (tofu)

im on a sasimi binge right now.

thai is passe at the moment.

ive eaten sashimi everyday almost twice a day for the past two weeks.

CarrieMpls said:

You are my Hero Of The Week.

Can't find a picture of it, but I'm having 'phad sai bua moo sap'. It's like lotus or waterlily stems fried with pork mince. You could easily have it without the mince though. 30 cents a kilo and it tastes great!

Here's 'sai-bua' in another dish (kati sai bua kap plaa thoo)



Some of these dishes you just won't find on a restaurant menu outside of Thailand, but if you do see something with 'sai-bua' I would definitely recommend it.

Fauxie said:

Yay!

Thanks, fauxie!!

I'm making a list.

PunkMistress said:

I should tell you, I also found a yoga retreat on an island there that I plan to spend a few days at. Basically doing yoga all day in between them feeding me more yummy vegetarian food.

I'm gonna be in heaven.

CarrieMpls said:

Sounds like sheer heaven!

Fauxie said:

That looks like a big sardine in that dish!

Shyra said:

It's plaa thuu, whatever fish that is.

Good holy jeebus, I love me some Thai food.

Tofu phad see ew is maybe my most favorite dish in the world. . .

tackam said:

I so want to come visit you and have Thai food or any other food. You can have my tofu.


Little man is wearing the cloud socks that you sent him. I think of you every time I put them on his cute little feets.

MrsMdiver said:

tackam said:

He is learning to grab his feets and pull his socks off.

tackam said: