Learning Thai

Today I tried my hand at Thai cooking. I made kiaw waan gai (green, sweet chicken curry) and kale and mushrooms in oyster sauce. To make the experience as authentic as possible I went to the market to get some of the ingredients. It was a good chance to practice speaking Thai and the vendors were very helpful (and slightly amused).

This is the curry paste - I'm not sure what all of the different kinds are. I bought the green stuff in the back.

The vegetable vendor. This stuff is incredibly cheap. I bought basil, kale, hot peppers, and egg plant and the guy still had to talk me into getting something else just to get the price up to 20 Baht (60 cents).

The dishes turned out pretty well, but the curry paste was so hot that the girls couldn't eat it and had to resort to peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Also, after spending all that time preparing the food it was kind of depressing to realize that I could have just gone down the street and bought a generous serving of this same kind of curry for 25 Baht (around 70 cents).

I should also make the disclaimer that Candice cooks Thai food without taking pictures and bragging about it on the blog :)

-Tom