Kra Pao Moo (stir fry pork with basil) for lunch
Tweet Confused about what to eat for lunch? Not craving for noodles? Another popular choice you can order in a food shop is Kra Pao Moo (or kai, if you want chicken). This is easy to cook hence its popularity during lunch as it can be prepared in a hurry. It is usually ordered with [...]
Khai dao or Thai fried eggs
Tweet The Thai word for egg is khai. And when you want fried egg, you order khai dao. Thai fried egg is well done egg with the egg white underside cooked to a golden crisp. My fried explains that it is called dao because the fried egg resembles a star. The eggs are typical fried [...]
Ba-mee haang from my kitchen
Tweet As I’ve mentioned on my posts about ba-mee noodles, ba-mee haang means ba-mee noodles with just a little broth, just enough for you to mix the noodles, chills, fish paste, sugar, and vinegar. Here is a recipe for ba-mee kai haang from my kitchen.
My first breakfast at home, courtesy of 7-11
Tweet Sausages, eggs, cooking oil, rice, salt… I bought all these from the 7-11 outlet in my village, for what would be the first breakfast I cooked in Thailand. This is also the first meal in my house!
Convenience at every street corner of Thailand
Tweet In the Philippines, the neighborhood convenience store is called the sari-sari store, which sells a variety of domestic goods that a household would need. These are privately owned shops which sells goods from eggs to soap to rice and is usually hosted within the owner’s house. I was surprised to see that in Thailand, [...]
Cha yen (milk tea)
Tweet  Thais love their milk tea along with their fresh coffee, and so do I. It is called cha yen – cha means tea, and yen means cold. Thus it literally means tea that is called. Tea is freshly made, the vendor deftly filtering tea in stockings from one container and back. It is [...]
Lab moo (spicy pork salad)
Tweet Lab moo (recipe) is a spicy pork salad dish from the northeast region of Thailand. It is found everywhere in Thailand, though, just like the ubiquitous somtam, so you don’t need to go to the north just to get a taste of it. This is one of my Thai dish, a melting pot flavors [...]
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