2011-08-30

A bit of this - A bit of that!

I've had a wonderful supper last night. Thanks to the faculty where i work especially to Dean Sakol who gave a sumptuous treat for teachers who are about to leave at the end of this term, and to the teachers who started barely a year ago.

With all the mouthwatering dishes served, oh boy, it was so difficult to choose. Instead of going for the usual rice with meat, i opted for a meal that covers a wide variety of dishes. You know, mixing them all.


What i had on my plate were yum-woon-sen with seafood, two burger meat balls, four sliced fried pork, a bit of veggies (carrots and corn), and a Thai dish which i don't know. See that, very descriptive! How is this for a meal, then?

2011-08-26

Yum Woon Sen

Let's go back to Thai salad, shall we? Fact of the matter is, Thailand never runs out of salad because they have several varieties of it. One of their salads i tasted barely a week ago was the sweet, sour, and a bit spciy yum woon sen.

A friend recommended this to us but we were a bit skeptical about the taste. What if we didn't like it? Should we throw the plate to her? LOL. Seriously, all of us liked it when it was served on our table. It really smelled good too. 

Yum Woon Sen is a salad combined with minced pork, Chinese celery, chopped carrot, bean thread noodles, sliced tomato and onion, and salt. The color can be very red if the pepper is crushed real good. They said the redder the color the better. If you like it that way, hot sauce can be an alternative.

Try it! It's nice, promise!

2011-08-23

Fried Mixed Vegetables

Fried mixed vegetables or Pad Pak Ruam is a dish that can be found in any restaurant in Thailand. It's easy to cook and won't keep you waiting if you are in a hurry or about to pass out because of extreme hungriness lol. It chooses no religion because it can be served without meat (vegetarian friendly).  But for those who like an add on - pork, chicken, beef, squid or prawns can be included.

Pad Pak Ruam can be a main or a side dish depending on your preference. It can be spicy if you like it to be with some chilli pouring of course. Once tried, I am sure it will be enjoyed by everyone including kids. 
Like it? Sorry but i can't cook Thai food. I can give you a site which i think is easy to follow, though. Just a minute read and you are on your way of cooking this tasty dish. Have fun cooking


Click HERE

2011-08-18

Pamuek Phat Pong Kari

To spare you from other well-known Thai salad even for today, i thought of sharing this delectable dish instead. Crab is the most popular choice for this method of cooking but other seafood can be at par and works perfectly as well. This is what they call Pamuek Phat Phong Kari or squid with egg and curry. 

It is known that Thai people love to eat spicy food  and the phrase "mai phet mai aroi" (not spicy not delicious) just perfectly goes with it - a very popular phrase especially to foreigners. Why? Because you will be hearing a lot of that specifically if you are eating together somewhere and their choice is spicy - while yours is not. Fortunately, if you are not an avid supporter of hot food then this one can be as good a choice because it's no too hot and it suit all tastes. Unless you want it spicy then chillies can be added.

For real, this is mouthwatering and all people i know really like Pamuek Phat Pong Kari. Unfortunately, squid price is skyrocketing but the squid taste mixed with the tasty flavor of curry make it more than worth the cost.

2011-08-14

Sweet and Sour Fried Pla Thapthim

My cutie godson Addie celebrated his first birthday at Fhatai Farm Restaurant four days ago. It was raining hard and the restaurant was kinda far but it didn't stop us to celebrate good times with him. One of the food served during the party was a deep fried fish covered in a sweet sticky sauce with cilantro leaves. 

I was overwhelmed with its good aroma that I failed to ask the waiters as to how they call this in Thai. The next day, i showed the photos to my Thai friend and was told that it was Pla Thapthim. This red-hybrid Oreochromis niloticus that means "pomegranate fish", according to her, is a type of tilapia that can be cooked in a variety of ways. 

Some prefer this fish to be salted and grilled while others like this to be boiled with a "man-now" (lemon). These are just but suggestions. You can always modify it and try something new. Who knows it might surpass the original :) Well, it was one of the foodies i personally enjoyed that night and i must admit that i will have it ordered if i eat out sometime soon!

2011-08-10

Somtam

Somtam is a popular dish in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It is made up of sliced papaya, beans, chilli and lime. Salty fish sauce, shrimp and other exotic thingie can also be added to have its own variation. Many Thai considered somtam as one of Thailand's best national dishes. Because it is spicy, this Thai salad can literally heat you up with smoke coming out of your ears lol. 

Just before we head out home we saw a lady working with her mortar and pestle. Instantly, we knew it was a somtam. We stopped and bought one for only 20 baht. Very cheap, yeah? After about 3 to 5 minutes it was finished.

Somtam can be bought anywhere - from expensive restaurants to street stalls stationed even in the darkest part of the city. With that statement it is no wonder why it's popular here. In fact, questions like "Have you tasted somtam yet?" and "Do you know somtam"  are always on top of the list if you meet a Thai national for the first time anywhere, anytime. These were asked to me in figures i can no longer count. Take that!

2011-08-08

Calamari in chillies with rice and egg

Geez! This was eaten and taken last year in a local restaurant near Naresuan University. I thought i won't be able to see this again. Anyways, my friend who happens to speak a near native Thai without any trace of accent ordered this for us (a calamari in chillies with rice and egg). Although she can speak Thai her reading is terrible. I bet she can't read even a single sentence hehe. 


We were given a menu all written in Thai. What do you expect then? That is one of the drawbacks of living in a foreign country that speak a totally different language (tonal) and uses different characters or letters. My friend used all her prowess to explain what we want and the waiter understood without a slight confusion. Kudos to her!! She said her friend ordered this for her the last time she visited the place prior to our coming and liked the food instantly. She thought we might liked it too. What a good thinking because we did like it really. But not so good still because you she can't remember the name hehe. Kidding aside, the food was delectable.  

PS: I'll refer back to this post if i can find someone who can tell me its name. 

2011-08-04

Morgen Burger

Two nights ago i had tasted the what they call infamous burger in Phitsanulok. I was told by other people their own horror stories about the burger saying that it's too salty, too spicy, too whatever! I decided to give it a try and ordered one for myself. I was a bit skeptical though for the fact that they might be right. But of course i need to have a taste of it really, just to make sure. 
It looked ordinary a burger to me when the waiter handed over the plate. I was under the impression that the presentation would be a bit different, but to my dismay, the burger resembled street burgers at the price of 25 baht. I am not by the way ranting and that i don't eat those type of burgers on the street. It just so happened that i was at a nice restaurant down the city, expecting a great food.
 
Honestly, the happy moment left me - thinking i made a wrong decision of ordering one. But good thing i did because the burger tasted just fine. A little pouring of some seasoning made it a great snack that night. Yeah, it was just a snack not the main course if you are wondering. If i come across that burger again anywhere, i still have it ordered. I think i kinda like it now!

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