On Saturday last week (6.Jan), J and I got up early to head over to May Kaidee's, a vegetarian restraunt in Bangkok owned by a spunky 32 yr. old, to take a half-day cooking course with Ms. May herself at the restraunt. The day started with a trip to the market nearby where we purchased a bunch of vegetables and she showed us the different sauces, oils, spices, and curries she buys when she doesn't have time to make them herself. We then went to the back of her restraunt and started cutting up veggies.
We made 10 dishes with her, all in a single wok, including the very best Pad Thai, Tom Yum, and green curries I've ever had.
Here's a pic from the day, which ended around 1pm after we had sampled all the dishes (including spring rolls with peanut sauce and pumpkin hummus... YUM) and made lots of Green Curry and Stir Fried Veggies with Cashews for two customers in the restraunt that had ordered lunch!
May also taught us the Thai Cooking song (in Thai) and the dance to go along with it. Let's just say that we were better at cooking Thai food than we were with singing and dancing!
-mike.
3 comments:
YAY cooking classes!!! reading about yours makes me finally want to get off my lazy duff and make some of the things we learned at ours!!!
jen
Wow, that sounds like so much fun! You;ll have to make some dishes for me when you get back
Hi
If you like learninh how to cook Thai food but can't get over to Bangkok often here's a Thai cooking website with online “how to” videos you can watch for free.
http://www.thaifoodtonight.com/thaifoodtonight/recipes.htm
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