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Southern Thailand Farewell Lunch on the Bay

Joy B — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:20:57 +0000

One of our friends, Oi, is leaving in a couple of days to return home to her native town – Trang, and we wanted to take her to lunch somewhere special in southern Thailand. Joy decided we should go to Kanabnam floating restaurant on the bay, set among the mangrove trees in a Muslim village [...]

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Thai Food – My Personal Preference

Joy B — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:32:09 +0000

I have been living in Thailand for 7.5 years now. I’ve had Thai food each and every day. I could not be happier with the selection of Thai foods here in the country, I couldn’t have imagined I’d make the adjustment to eating it so easily. Initially when I arrived I thought I craved McDonald’s [...]

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Another Thai Food that Causes Bad Breath: Crispy Squid with 3 Flavors

Joy B — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:19:54 +0000

Prepare: 500 g. dried squids cut it into a bite size (size of the squid is at your satisfaction), Click on the link to see photo. 1-2 tbsp. palm sugar (regular sugar is ok) 2 tbsp. shrimp paste (optional, some recipe say you don’t need this) 4 dried or fresh red chili (crush them) 1 [...]

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Wrapping Banana Leaf Lesson 1: Triangle Shape Wrapping

Joy B — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:34:57 +0000

Most people have difficulty wrapping the banana leaves for 2 reasons; 1. The banana leaves the got were too brittle, so� it leaks after to wrapped it into triangle shape. 2. Their hands were too stiff of less practice. Therefore, to fix those two main problems we have to prepare� the banana leaves to [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Hoi Laai Pad Prik Phao (Stir Fried Clams with Thai Chili Paste)

Joy B — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:10:11 +0000

Prepare: 400 grams clams 1 tbsp. minced garlic 1 tbsp. or as much as you like of sliced spicy red chilies 1 handful sliced long red chili 1 handful sweet basil 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 tbsp. oyster sauce 1 tbsp. soy sauce 1/2 tsp. sugar Cooking Instructions: 1. Heat the pan with maximum heat. [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Ho Mok Pla (Fish Curry Wrapped in Banana Leaf)

Joy B — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:29:15 +0000

Prepare: 400 g. Fish (boneless) 1 + 1/2 cup concentrated coconut milk (The creamy part) <<< regular instant coconut milk is fine. 1-2 tbsp. Gang Ped Paste or Panang Paste (Depends on brand and the level of spiciness of each brand) 3 tbsp. fish� sauce 1 egg Vegetable: 2 leaves of Chinese cabbage (soft boiled [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Khanom Jeen (Fish Curry with Rice Vermicelli)

Joy B — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:07:59 +0000

Prepare Paste Ingredients: 1/2 cup Shallot 1/2 cup �Garlic 1/2 cup �Galingale 1/2 cup �Kaffir lime skin 1/2 cup �Big and dried red chili 1/2 cup �lemongrass Curry Ingredients: 2 cups Thick coconut milk or regular 250ml coconut milk 1 cup fish (throw out bones and skin) 1 cup meat balls (made of fish) 1 [...]

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Thai Food Dessert: Luuk Chuup! (Thai Mung Bean Marzipan)

Joy B — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:24:27 +0000

Prepare: 300-500g steamed mung bean (Soak mung bean in the water for 3 hours or over a night first and steam) 1/2 cup palm sugar 250 ml scent of candle coconut milk Gelatin: 2 tbsp. gelatin powder 3 cups water 3 tbsp. sugar Food coloring (red, orange, green, yellow) Cooking Instructions: 1. Start with [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Miang Kham (Wild Betel Leaf Wraps)

Joy B — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:51:54 +0000

Prepare dipping sauce ingredients: 1/2 cup dried shrimps 1/2 cup roasted minced coconut 1 tbsp. minced galangal 1 tbsp. minced ginger 1 tbsp.thinly sliced lemongrass 1/4 cup thinly sliced shallot 1 cup palm sugar 2 tsp. roasted shrimps paste 1 cup fish sauce Side ingredients: 1 cup roasted cut coconut 1 cup dried shrimps [...]

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Spider Web Sandwich!

Joy B — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:11:32 +0000

No! it is not made of spider webs or my husband’s white hair!!!! (Dear Vern, my beloved husband, I am just kidding here) hehe. It is my midnight meal tonight and the sandwich filling is dried shredded pork. I really love writing about Thai food. There’s so many cultural related thing, like this sandwich. I [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Pad Cha! with Pla Muek (Stir-Fried Squid with Galingale)

Joy B — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:29:44 +0000

Another recipe you will find in every Thai restaurant I bet but what they have there in vary from seafood mix Phad Cha or just salt water fish or even a type of clams. If you like Pad Ga Prao, you may also like this food too. The aromatic smell from galingale really makes you [...]

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Thai food Recipe: Nam Jim Pae Sah! (Tamarind and Peanut Dipping Sauce)

Joy B — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:36:05 +0000

This dipping sauce is served with steamed fish. You can also check the recipe of steamed fish and the side vegetable below. Are you scared when you eat with Thai people and we serve the fish with head part on the table? Prepare fish part: 500 gram to 1 Kg of Any fish (clean and [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Fried Pig Soft Bone (Rib bone) – Si Krong Moo Tod

Joy B — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:38:36 +0000

This is the easiest way to make fried pig’s soft rib bone delicious! It’s a recipe for 4 pieces though. Prepare: 4-5 Pieces of pig’s soft rib bone 2 tbsp. oyster sauce 1 tbsp. soy sauce 2 cups vegetable oil 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 cup Basil Cooking Instructions: 1. Mix the rib bone, [...]

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Joy’s Thai Food on Facebook!

Joy B — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:03:29 +0000

OKAY!! I can’t resist the power of social network. Everyone seems to have this Facebook account so I got mine too! Click like on my Joy’s Thai Food page to leave me comments and ask any questions or even suggest me with a new recipe! Post your own cooking Thai dish photo for a [...]

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Thai Isaan Food Recipe: Pumpkin and Pork in Clear Soup (Gang Moo Sai Fuhk Thong)

Joy B — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:06:24 +0000

One of my favorite Thai Isaan food is Pumpkin and Pork in Clear Soup (Gang Moo Sai Fuhk Thong). You will get the spiciness along with sweetness from pumpkin. Hmm… thinking of hot jasmine rice with this soup, I am hungry again even I already got 2 big bowl of rice for my breakfast!! Prepare: [...]

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Thai Isaan Food Recipe: Steamed Fish with Green Chili Papper Paste (Neung Pla)

Joy B — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:51:33 +0000

A quick and easy recipe with Isaan style green chili pepper paste filled up our stomachs at lunch yesterday. As the green chilies were about to get rotten and I have to get rid of them real soon, this Isaan recipe came into my mind. The food is so healthy. It contains lots of vegetable and [...]

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Thai Kitchen First Aid (Must Have)

Joy B — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:21:49 +0000

During my trial on the new recipe I just learn from the book, I burnt myself good with the hot vegetable oil on my arm. I was frying a piece of fish- snapper. The boiling oil was so calm when the lid is shut. As soon as I open the lid, the oil from the [...]

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Thai Isaan Food Recipe: Fish and Rice Paddy Plant in Sour and Spicy Soup (Dtom Som Pla Sai Phak Kayang)

Joy B — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:23:01 +0000

This recipe made of my favorite aromatic rice paddy plant or Finger grass. I’ve got a guarantee from my husband that it has a nice taste. Easy to prepare! Here’s the ingredients for 2 servings. Prepare: 1 whole fish (clean and , you may use tilapia or snapper- fish with soft and fatty meat will [...]

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Scent of Hometown: Limnophila aromatica or Rice Paddy Plant or Finger grass

Joy B — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:07:14 +0000

There are only few aromatic plants that remind you about things in the past or symbolize something. To most people, there could be a scent of jasmine, Thai ice tea, lemongrass or incense sticks that remind them of Thailand. To me, one of those meaningful scent of the past is Rice Paddy Plant! The Rice [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Shrimps and Fava Beans stir-fried with Shrimp Paste

Joy B — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:12:04 +0000

This recipe is called “Goong Sator Pad Gapi” in Thai. Here’s what you need to prepare for 1 serving. Prepare: 10 big shrimps 100g fava beans 2 tbsp. sliced long red chili 1 tsp. shrimp paste (mix with 1 tbsp water) 1 tbsp. minced garlic 2 tbsp. sliced scallion 2 tbsp. vegetable oil Sauce ingredients: [...]

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Thai Dessert: Foy Thong

Joy B — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:47:20 +0000

Talking about what is the most expensive Thai dessert that I think available in Thailand morning market and people tend to not buying it because because they really want to save it for a very special occasion, it is Foy Thong. Foy Thong is the most expensive Thai dessert among many other Thai dessert that [...]

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Thai Food Information: Scent of Candle Coconut Milk

Joy B — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:29:45 +0000

Many times, I bet that you have noticed Thai dessert has a unique scent even when you were chewing it in your mouth. A scent of candle is the answer for that. Looking close into it, the scent of candle in the coconut milk is not just the only long time secret of cooking that [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Nam Gradook Moo (Fermented Pork-soft bone part)

Joy B — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:03:48 +0000

Prepare: 500 gram pork (the soft bone part choose the part with some meat) cut it into pieces 2 tbsp. crushed garlic 1 tbsp. steamed jasmine rice 1/2 tsp. salt Cooking Instructions: 1. Squeeze soft bone with rice, salt and garlic until it mix together. 2. Put it in plastic container or plastic bag. Leave [...]

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Thai Food Recipe: Pad Priao Wan (Sweet and Sour Stir-Fried)

Joy B — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:47:09 +0000

Prepare: 1 cup sliced pork 1 cup cut onion 1 cup cut pineapple 1 cup sliced sweet pepper (any color) 1 cup cut tomato 2 cup sliced cucumber 1 tbsp. vegetable oil 1 tbsp. minced garlic 1 tbsp. fish sauce 1 tbsp. soy sauce 1 tbsp. oyster sauce 2 tbsp. tomato sauce (ketchup) 1 tsp. [...]

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Thai Dessert Recipe: Bua Loy (Rice Dumplings in Coconut Milk)

Joy B — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:01:10 +0000

PART ONE Prepare Ingredients to cook filling: 2 cups of steamed mung bean 250 ML of scent of candle coconut milk (use regular one if you can’t find this) 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. palm sugar ………………… PART TWO Prepare the flour to make Bua Loy balls: [Yellow Bua Loy Balls] 1 cup glutinous rice [...]

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