I think one of the best things about travelling to a distant land for your holiday is having things turned upside down on their head. What you always saw as normal practice in your home-country, is seen as abnormal or strange in another place. And vice versa. I think one of the first “strange”...
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Let’s have a bit of fun trying to guess what the food is in these pictures. Some you might guess without ever having set foot in the Kingdom of Thailand (1) This first one is an easy one. They sell a lot in our city of Paknam. As you can see it only costs...
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I am not one of those persons that go on diets one after the other. My feelings on the subject has always been, “You only live once, you might as well enjoy yourself and eat what you like!” I have always felt sorry for the people who go on strict diets for years on...
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I talked before about the eating habits of Thai people (see Thai People and Meals). I mentioned that they seemed to snack all day and still remain quite slender. However, this is not saying that there are no obese people in Thailand. Far from it. There are quite a few very chubby students at...
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I read in the newspaper the other day, that a research team from the UK had proved that an extract of galangal can both kill cancer cells and protect healthy ones from the disease. As this is a common ingredient in Thai stir-fries and soups I was intrigued to learn more. I went onto...
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One of my favourite meals, which is definately in my Top 10, is Som Tam, otherwise known as Papaya Salad. The meal is quite simple to make. The main ingredients are shredded green papaya, chopped green beans, tomoato, dried prawns, unsalted roasted peanuts, chillies, garlic and lime juice. These are all pounded together in...
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Whenever we have new foreign teachers at the school, I always take them out to a restaurant as part of their orientation. This is partly to introduce them to my favourite Thai food on a menu. But, I also want to point out to them some of the finer points of Thai dining. After...
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I think one of the first phrases I learned when I arrived in Thailand was “gin khao reu yung?” This is a phrase that asks if you have eaten yet but is really more of a greeting than an inquiry. They are not really interested in when you had your last meal. If you...
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One thing that Thai people don’t enjoy to eat and so therefore is difficult to find is cheese. Myself, I like cheese with salads and in sandwiches. I particularly like eating cheese with Branston Pickle which is also not easy to find here in Thailand. In the normal supermarket chains like Tesco Lotus and...
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This fried rice dish is called khao kluk kapi ( ข้าวคลุกกะปิ ). I must admit it is not among my most popular dishes. In fact, you don’t seem to see it around so much these days. The big difference between this dish and normal fried rice is that the rice is fried with shrimp...
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