Phad Thai

This might well be the most famous Thai dish of them all... In Bangkok, you can hardly walk a street without encountering a small stand where it is freshly prepared in front of you. Having tasted "the real deal" plenty of times there I did not think it was possible to recreate it yourself. Yet...

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Red Curry with Chicken

Today's recipe comes to you more or less directly from the kitchen of the Blue Elephant Cooking  School in Bangkok... It's what I prepared for lunch today! Another classic staple in the Thai kitchen, this red curry with chicken is prepared with homemade red curry paste. Once you have tried...

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Tom Kha Kai

The first of a series of recipes directly imported from their country of origin has to be a good one. So this is it - the soup of all soups ;-). Tom Kha Kai or the coconut soup with chicken. At least for me, a definite favourite (until I met its cousin, the Tom Yum Kung... more about that later)....

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The Asia adventure...

... aka "a foodie's trip to paradise". Finally. I am here. I have arrived on the continent of my (foodie) dreams. Following my heart and giving this obsession with Asian food a reality check, I have decided to embark on a 3 months long trip to the food heavens in the far east. Stops are foreseen...

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