After returning from our trekking, we decided to do a thai cookery course. The day began with a trip to the market where we learned how to tell good produce etc. This was interesting- didnt know that you should always buy small eggs as they are from young hens and are therefore better quality yet they are cheaper!!! Thenh we went to the cookery school and prepared about 10 dishes or so including red and green curry, pad thai, drunker noodles, chicken and cashew, tom yam soup, spring rolls, papaya salad, sticky rice and mango. Was really interested to know that when making thai curry in the uk, its not possible to fry the paste in the coconut cream in the traditional way as our coconut cream is already cooked and therefore the oil cannot be
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