This soup is also a favorite in northern Vietnam and is good accompanied by Spicy garlic Sauce and Dried Beef or Heavenly Beef. 1 lb (500 g) pork bones, chicken bones and trimmings or 1 lb (500 g) fish heads 6 cups (1½ liters) water 4 shallots or 1 small onion, peeled 2 stalks lemongrass, [...]
This is a sophisticated Bangkok adaptation of a country snack using the leaves of a wild creeper, bai cha phlu or betel leaf. For this adaptation you need a special brass mold for making cocktail cups. The wooden handle looks like the top of a ladle but it branches out into small fluted cups at [...]
This is another Chinese dish that the Thais have made their own. If a foreigner (farang) in Thailand will like only one Thai dish, it will almost certainly be this one. This is my adaptation of a modern version taught to cooking students at the Suan Dusit Teachers’ College in Bangkok. 1 lb (500 g) [...]
This rich curry noodle dish is reminiscent of Malaysia’s noodle dish Laksa with a Burmese origin. 2 lb (1 kg) fresh egg noodles 2 cups (500 ml) oil 1 cup (250 ml) thin coconut milk and 1 cup (250 ml) thick or a 14 oz (400 ml) can coconut milk 1 lb (500 g) skinless [...]
Lime juice gives this fried rice a special piquancy. 1 cucumber, peeled 8 green onions 2 limes, cut the Thai way 4 tablespoons oil 12 small cloves garlic, peeled 2 thick slices of fatty bacon, cut into strips 1 ½ small onions, sliced lengthwise 3 eggs 5 cups (1¼ kg) cooked rice 1 tablespoon fish [...]
A favorite lunch, Chicken Rice is another dish of Chinese origin found all over Southeast Asia. Com-pare it will Malaysian Hainanese Chicken Rice. 1 lb (500 g) chicken breasts, skinned but not boned 5 cups (1¼ liters) water 2 coriander roots Salt to taste 2 cups (500 g) rice Sliced cucumber Green onions Sprig of [...]
Rice porridge is the traditional breakfast dish throughout mainland Southeast Asia. Every country has its own version-the Thai one is always garnished with fried garlic. Compare it with the Chinese porridge is especially good when you are not feeling well. 5 cups (1¼ liters) light chicken stock or water 2 cups (500 g) cooked rice [...]
