Food, glorious food!

The last few days we've taken a trip from Bangkok to the north of Thailand. Chiang Mai is a city famous for its temples - apparently it has over 300 of them. I have nothing against temples, but there is only so many of them you can see before you get "templed out". To my untrained eye, knowing absolutely nothing about Thai architecture, they all look pretty much alike after a while.



The real highlight of Chiang Mai was our cooking course. We started at the local market, where we were shown all the local fruit and vegetable, and tubs of shrimp paste, desiccated coconut etc. Then we spent then entire day cooking, and eating the result of our labors. It was delicious and by the end of the day I was completely and utterly stuffed.

The course has given me a lot of confidence in coking Thai (which I love) without the pre-packed sources. The quality of Thai food relies on the fresh, good ingredients, and not any complicated cooking methods. Most dishes are ready in minutes, and no dish takes more than 30 min to prepare. That includes curries where we made the curry paste from scratch. Can’t wait to try it at home!