Archive for March, 2009

How to cook… Dried Beef in Coconut Milk

March 7, 2009
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How to cook… Dried Beef in Coconut Milk

The dish today is called Dried Beef in coconut Milk, or “pat neua kati”. You are supposed to prepare the beef first by drying it with salt. Then roasting it until done. Next you are supposed to pound it to separate the fibres. As you can see from the picture of the ingredients below,...
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Idyllic Ranong

March 6, 2009
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Idyllic Ranong

Situated just north of Phuket, looking over the Indian Ocean, is the unspoilt province of Ranong. It is unspoilt in the sense that developers have been completely indifferent to the province’s natural beauty, preferring instead to pour their wealth into the nearby provinces of Krabi, Phuket and Phang-nga. Ranong receives an incredibly minimal amount...
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Salt Farms in Thailand

March 5, 2009
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Salt Farms in Thailand

I have driven many times from Bangkok along Highway 35 which is the road you take when going south. One of the picturesque landmarks of the stretch between Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram are the salt fields on both sides of the road. This area is the biggest producer of brine salt in Thailand....
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Biking to Pattaya – Part 2

March 3, 2009
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Biking to Pattaya – Part 2

After returning home from my previous visit to Pattaya, a Belgian friend on holiday in Pattaya called me to visit him the weekend after. My Tiger’s engine wasn’t cold yet. With the idea of going back to Pattaya, I started to gather some more information about Pattaya. I was interested where it had all...
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