Taste of Siam

My little boy started to really like pork, which make me the most happiest mom in the world. I love pork a lot and now I have more reasons to cook pork.  Braised Pork Noodles is one of the recipes that I often make on weekend when nobody heads outdoor. I would prepare a large pot of broth on Friday night so that I would have less work on weekend. Then I just cook noodles...

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I have said many times before but some of you are new here, so I say again--I love shrimp and I think shrimp is a perfect food. If there is only one food that I can choose, then it is going to be shrimp. I love it that much. I usually stock up more than enough medium size shrimp in my fridge so that I can enjoy it as often as I could.  Sir Fry Shrimp...

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If you follow my blog for a while, you probably know that I love noodles. I can eat all day, every day and never get enough. of them. I made many kinds of noodles and shared  many noodles recipes in this blog..However, to be honest, I just learned to make noodles since I moved to Tokyo a couple of years ago because making noodles require effort and some skill--they are something left entirely to pro....

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Thailand has a long dessert tradition, with too many wonderful sweet treats to list. They come in many shapes, sizes, colors and flavors : sweet and salty, soft and crunchy, fancy and plain. They are regarded as snacks to be enjoyed during any time of the day.  Many Thai desserts appearance mimic nature : flowers, fruits, vegetables or animals. There are handmade bird/ flower shaped dumplings filled with minced chicken,flower shaped jasmine cookies, mock pomegranate seed in coconut...

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For those who have been to Thailand probably well aware that there are so many variations of Som Tam, spicy Thai green papaya salad with mortar. There are some that made with entirely out of fruit (ส้มตำผลไม้), with fermented rice noodles (ตำซั่ว) or with fresh vegetables e.g carrot, cucumber . Also there are some flavored with dried shrimp (ตำไทย), fermented pungent water fish (ปลาร้า), salted egg or pickled fresh water crab (ปูเค็ม).     Spicy cucumber salad with a mortar,...

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Wow! It's already 24th January. Time does fly away. How many of you are still sticking to your New Year's resolutions? I am still holding on to mine, but it hasn't been easy. One of my resolutions is to incorporate more healthy food into my diet and one of my favorite new way to do that is with this delicious sweet potato drink.  Sweet potato drink, today's recipe, is very simple drink just the way I...

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Christmas and New Year just flew right by, didn't it. Of course the days have been an absolute hurricane at my house, however, today I manage to get a few things in order (sort of). Between all the holiday roasts and New Year toasts, I don't know about you, but I prefer some simple flavorful dishes. Pineapple Fried Rice (ข้าวผัดสับปะรด) fits the bill and is the prefect example of the kind of high in flavor, low effort...

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