Cake isn’t something I associate with Thai cooking.
I was therefore pleasantly surprised to come across these colourful steamed cakes in a bakery one day.
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Thailand Food Exploration: Woon Krob
Day-glo. If it doesn’t work on clothes, can it really work on sweets?
(I’m sure day-glo fans will be bridling at the first part of that statement, but if clothing isn’t subdued, drab and dull, I’m not interested.)
In these days of natural, local, independent, hand-made idealism, even the big companies are phasing out artificial colours in favour of less eye-popping alternatives.
Thailand Food Exploration: Khanom Tua Baep
How often do you eat something and it turns out to be far less awesome than you were imagining?
(I know, this isn’t sounding good for khanom tua baep is it?)
Perhaps it’s proportionate to the amount of anticipation.
Thailand Food Exploration: Khanom Foi Thong
Our Thai host speedily purchased these when we passed them on a market stall.
In texture, they are a little like soft shredded wheat. The taste is quite bland, like a heavily-eggy custard. Normally I knock down small children to obtain custard-based desserts, but this time I was happy to settle for just one.
Thailand Food Exploration: Khanom Buang
This street-stall dessert reminds me a little of fortune cookies, although instead of a strip of paper bearing some sage or occasionally baffling advice, it contains a bright, sticky confection.
