One of THE dishes of Northern Thailand is khao soy.
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Thailand Food Exploration: Classic Home Cooking (Cooking School)
During a recent visit to Chiang Mai, one of the activities I most wanted to undertake was a cookery course.
Chiang Mai is chock-full of cookery schools, each offering to teach you how to cook a variety of typical Thai dishes.
After checking out Trip Advisor and rummaging round a few websites, we opted for Classic Home Cooking. The price was good (around £15 a head), the reviews excellent, it included a market trip and it also allowed you to select your own dishes from a series of categories.
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Thailand Food Exploration: Kaeb Moo
An excellent (if slightly frivolous) reason to hop on the next plane to Chiang Mai is kaeb moo (deep-fried pork rind).
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: Thab Thim Krob
There is a branch of Thai desserts that I’m not totally on board with.
