Jun 27

Lunchtime Thai Menu 26

By Richard Barrow Email

Friday 27th June, 2008 | 307 words | Category: Enjoy Thai Food | 4 feedbacks »


Fried Fish in Chili Paste

My favourite dish on the Friday Lunch Menu today is this one, the "pla tod rad prik gaeng". Basically fish fried in chili paste. Very simple but also very tasty. The chili paste includes shallots, garlic, lemon grass, minced galangal, shrimp paste and red curry paste. This was only 20 baht. Really a side dish though.


Bamboo Shoot boiled with pork bones

I guess this is then the main dish. I like bamboo shoots with red curry. However, this dish was very bland and unexciting. There was a lot of this left over so we only bought it for you to see. Luckily we had a couple of repeat dishes of stir-fried vegetables and pork and an omelette which interestingly had a little bit of coconut milk. The bamboo shoot dish was 30 baht.


Rice Noodles in Coconut Milk Sauce

Despite the colour, this dish was actually interesting. It is called "mee kati" which literally means "coconut noodles". This was a vegetarian version that had bean curd, egg and bean sprouts. But you can also have chicken or pork. Everything is basically cooked in coconut milk. This includes shallots, fermented soybeans, sugar, tamarind juice, bean curd and dried chilies. Half of this is then removed and the thin rice noodles is cooked in the remainder. The leftover sauce is then used as a dip. I did enjoy this but I think it would have been better if it wasn't so pink. This was only 20 baht.


Glossy Sticky Rice

You cannot really go wrong with any Thai dessert that uses sticky rice. The green colour comes from our old friend the pandanus leaves. This is mixed together with sugar and coconut cream. Then it is boiled until it becomes a thick mixture. The sticky rice is then mixed in. Very tasty and only 2 baht each.

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Comment from: oakmonster · http://www.oakmonster.com
I hate you Richard!!! I'm now hungry. And homesick. :(

Kow neow gaew (The "glass" sticky rice) is one of my FAVORITEST Thai desserts!
2008-06-27 @ 23:39
Comment from: Suzie
Bamboo shoots soup would look and taste better if they use chicken instead of pork bones.
2008-06-28 @ 18:04
Comment from: Dr. Raman Kumar Email
Sir, would it be possible for you to add the addresses where you bought them from or ate them at? It would be really easier to go and order them on our next trip to thailand.
2008-06-28 @ 23:17
Comment from: Richard Barrow Email · http://www.richardbarrow.com
@ Dr. Raman Kumar

These dishes are all street food. You can buy them anywhere in Thailand. Everything you see in this series of Friday Lunch Menus were bought in Paknam.
2008-06-29 @ 08:27

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