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Published: December 11th 2006
Hello!
Today was spent at a thai cooking school called "A Lot of Thai" ... I highly recommend it to anyone travelling to Chiang Mai.... the couple that run it speak really great english, they are both really really nice and the recipes were amazing!!!
Trent and I were joined by a girl we met at the Elephant Nature Park, Chantel from New Zealand... so it was just the three of us. Yui had a baby girl in November and is due to open the school back up on the 21st Dec however opened today for us especially since she knew how much I wanted to attend her school... I had heard heaps of good reviews on the internet and they were all correct!
We were picked up by Yui's husband Kwan who drove us to their house.. In the backyard our stations were all set up ready to go.... First up was Pad Thai (Noodles Thai Style).... Very quick and very easy.... Our second dish was Hot and Sour Prawn Soup... so easy and tasty... Our third dish: Green Curry with Chicken and it was honestly the BEST one I have ever tasted (and thats not because
I cooked it!!!)... Our fourth dish was Chicken and Cashew Nut Stirfry... again another perfect dish... by this stage we were ready to burst... you sit down and eat each one before cooking the next!
We took a break after the 4th dish and went to the local market to have a look at all the different food. We were the only westerners there... I got some great 'food' shots!! While there I tried a Pineapple and Lime Fruit Shake... sooo good but I am a bit worried about the ice! Fingers crossed it was clean! Trent didnt want to risk it so he had a coke... the shake and coke were poured into a plastic bag and you were given a straw! Pretty cool!
When we got back from the market we made Vegetarian Spring Rolls and for dessert we had Sticky Rice with Fresh Mango! Right now we are soooo full... At the end you get given a really nice cookbook that Kwan designed and had printed .... very professional and a select few lucky friends will be getting a copy! I couldnt buy you all one ok! Cost for the whole day?! 800 baht! (That
is less than $30 for all the food, transport and cookbook!)
Not a huge lot to say today... we are giving the Muay Thai a miss tonight and if we can rouse up enough energy we are going to walk to the Night Bazaar (a night market....) You may not hear from us for a few days... A full 24 hours of travel tomorrow so our next blog should be here by the weekend ... if you are lucky!!
Take care love to you all
Reet & Trent xxxx
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Lee
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Hi Reet Glad you sound more yourself today, again great photos. Love Trent's culinary display. Those markets look amazing. Happy traveling tomorrow. Luv Lee xx