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Som Tam is a papaya salad dish from South East Asia

Som Tam (papaya salad)

Som tam is the Thai name for a sour and spicy salad most frequently made with thin slices of green papaya. Som tam comes in a variety of different styles using different ingredients although they [Read more…]

Khao Tom (banana with sticky rice)

Khao tom is a dish which is eaten all over South East Asia in one form or another, although the dish is most closely associated with Thailand and Laos. Khao tom is a dish which [Read more…]

Khao Kluk Kapi (rice fried with shrimp paste)

Khao kluk kapi is a traditional Thai recipe and one which is unique to Thailand. The recipe is generally the same where ever you eat it in Thailand, which is unusual as the way Thai [Read more…]

Khao Kha Moo

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…]

How much does it cost to eat out in Thailand?

Reader’s E-mail Hi I am coming to Thailand on January. I just want to plan the budget of my trip. So I just want to know how much bahts needed for food a day. I [Read more…]

How to Catch Sand Crayfish in Thailand

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…]

Cooked sticky rice and sweetcorn parcels

Khanom Khao Pod

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…]

Sticky rice fried with egg

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

Sweet Pumpkin in Coconut Milk

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…]

Wild Sweet Potatoes

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…]