Tag: thai cooking
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Smoked goat shoulder with mussaman curry sauce, peanuts, fried curry leaf
The mussaman curry reflects a blend of influences from ancient Arabic and Thai flavors, stemming from spices brought by Malay and Indian traders. The dish gained popularity after being celebrated by a Thai king through poetry. A homemade curry paste can enhance the experience, but store-bought options like Maeploy are acceptable alternatives. The recipe features…
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Crying Tiger Beef: A Spicy Escape
This is classic “stuck under a cyclone with no power and only howling rain and wind as your soundtrack” eating. Just classic. Sure, the ambiance could be better, but the steak made for a damn tasty escape for a few minutes. I would suggest that you should use as much chilli as you feel comfortable…
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Smoked pork belly pad kra pao
Pad kra pao is a really good Thai stir fry usually consisting of minced meat, long beans and holy basil. We’ve subbed in smoked pork belly for another level of deliciousness and thai basil because holy basil is MIA. As with all stir frying make sure you have your mis en place ready. Everything chopped…
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Thai three flavour crazy sauce
*This is an old story about the time I introduced my friend Paul to this three flavour sauce for the first time. I like the story so it’s here for y’all today* I awoke this morning to the sight that some rude bastard, probably a local pub owner or something similar, had dumped a shit…
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Grilled chicken with Thai flavours and sweet & sour sauce
This dinner was cooked up with a pile of things from our home garden. One of the really good things about living in a sub-tropical region is that a whole heap of the ingredients that might be grown and eaten in South East Asia can also be grown here. Also, to complete the experience, children’s…
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Chicken and Prawn Pad Thai Noodles for your New Years Resolution
If making Pad Thai was your New Years resolution then this is a story for you… read on my friend, read on. It’s time to say goodbye to 2015; the old suit, last years fashion and the out of date milk… or maybe just plain old out of date, and hello to 2016; the new…
