Soup is not served as an appetiser in Thailand but included as another dish in the meal. It is either spooned over the rice or taken in small sips to refresh the palate between the flavours of the other dishes. I try to encourage everybody to eat it like this, but I had to give up with my brother-in-law. Keiron, whose favourite dish is Tom yam Gung, which he insists on having as a starter.

About the picture under each page of our menu and website: You might be wondering about the footer picture of our website. This is a sketch of "Poy Sang Long Ceremony" or the Old Thai New Year in Mae-Hong Sorn, a province in the North of Thailand. In the sketch, they are parading with monks in the front, followed by an important lady on the cart, followed by Buddha's figure and musicians and dancers at the back. I have never been there myself, but a friend who's been, said it was the best parade that he has ever seen. I think that this is a very fine and detailed sketch, and I wanted to include it as the background to our menu and website!

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These popular dishes are healthy yet very tasty! The method of cooking ensures that the meat remains succulent, as the cooking juices are retained

These highly flavoured dishes are a welcome addition to any meal and quite addictive. Think of them as side dishes, if you like, not suitable to have on there own, but they will add an extra something to your meal!

The Story behind Son-in-law's Eggs:
Mother-in law arrives unexpectedly after a long journey.
Daughter is out!...leaving a nervous son-in-law on his
own trying to impress with his hospitality.

While mother-in-law freshens up he hurries into the kitchen to rustle up that special something, the problem is he can't cook. he see' boiled eggs left over from the meal before, they are cold so he decides to heat them up by frying them. Meanwhile he puts all the ingredients he can find into a saucepan, sugar, fish sauce, fried onions and Tamarind, and leaves them on the stove; he nearly forgot the rice.

Busy sorting out the rice he doesn't watch the saucepan and the tamarind mixture thickens and caramelises. Hoping for the best, he pours the blackened mixture over the fried boiled eggs and creates a surprisingly tasty dish, using the most common ingredients in an unexpected way.

"I guess she was impressed"!!

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The reputation of many a restaurant in Thailand rests on these Zesty dishes. Sharp with a fiery bite, they not only taste good but look good too. This is usually the first dish to arrive at the table to wet the appetite before the rice and other dishes come.

We recommend our delicately flavoured, fragrant steamed rice (Khao Hom Mali) as the best accompaniment to your meal

I noticed that the Thai eating habits are changing towards healthy ingredients with lots of fresh herbs involved. There were no, really new dishes, which I had never heard of, most of them were adapted from old recipes, combined together to create new dishes. The old curry dishes which had been missing from Thai menu's for years have reappeared too!

Here are some new dishes that I managed to bring back and reproduce for you to try

Pad-Cha-Talay  ผัดฉ่าทะเล

In the past few  years, especially this year, this dish has popped up, in the menu of every restaurant, that we had been to in Thailand. It is straight forward, easy, and unsophisticated taste unlike curry. They stir fry any type of meat with basic fresh Thai herbs, adding young fresh green peppercorns and fresh lesser ginger. People feel that they can't go wrong with this dish I suppose. If you order it try to recognise the taste of the lesser ginger root and it is good for you.

You can order the dish with any of the following seafood.....

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