Cooking in Bangkok

We decided to kill a morning in Bangkok with a cooking course: over 3 and half months away and I must admit I miss cooking.

Hidden in a back road near Khao Sarn Road, we found this cookery class online and we spent the morning cooking up a storm.

First stop: the local market. We walked (in the Asian pouring rainy season rain) to the market and followed our teacher while she was showing up spices, noodles, fruits and weird herbs&veggies.

Chilli galore

Curry paste

I think these are veggies



Fish

I carried the basket

Ben carried the eggs

Then we went onto cooking.

We pounded chillis, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, coriander roots, shallots, garlic, pepper, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and shrimp paste to make Phrik Kaeng Phed - red curry paste... And we added coconut milk and sweet basil leaves to make a creamy curry.

All ready

Pestle and mortar

Another dish was Larb Kai, a dish originated from the north of Thailand - a "salad" of minced meat and lots of herbs, lime, mint leaves, spring onions and fish sauce.

Larb Kai

Golden bags

We cooked a couple of more dishes, one was broad rice noodles and pork with soy sauce... It takes 5mins to cook and 6mins to burn!! The started we cooked was "golden bags", crispy pastry stuffed with minced pork and mixed vegetables.

Now, let's eat!

At the end of it all, we finally got it all... And, can I say, it was fab!

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