Thai Dishes

Khao kha moo (ข้าวขาหมู) is one of the most famous and popular foods in Thailand, and one that you will almost never find outside of Thailand. There are different variations of the same dish, but [Read more…]

Sand crayfish, or ‘gang sai’ in the Thai language, are a different species to the types of crayfish we would normally eat. They are shaped differently, they have a row of fins running down their [Read more…]

Khanom Khao Pod is a well known sweet snack in Thailand made with ground sticky rice and sweet corn as the main ingredients. There are many different variations on the recipe but the one I [Read more…]

This is a traditional breakfast food in the North East of Thailand and a dish my wife used to cook when she and the other children finished their chores on the farm each day before school. [Read more…]

You may have read about how Thailand is divided country, with opposing groups of people some of whom identify themselves as ‘Yellow Shirts’ and other who identify them as ‘Red Shirts’. However, there is a [Read more…]

This dish is a Thai desert (a ‘khanom waan‘ in Thai). It is great and a favourite of mine. Cooking the Pumpkin To make this dish you need to simmer chunks of pumpkin in water [Read more…]

We found these sweet potatoes growing wild near our bungalow in the South of Thailand and cooked them in the embers of a garden fire whilst we went out for the evening. They were cooked [Read more…]

Hoi Lie Phad Char is a classic of Thai cuisine: clams fried in phad phik pao paste with chillis and Thai sweet basil. Sweet Curry Paste Phad pik pao curry paste is milder than other [Read more…]