You can buy a cookbook and try to make the recipes at home, but Asian dishes are best learned when you have someone show you once. That’s what Daniel Tan, the owner of Food Playground, told us after we finished our cultural cooking class in Singapore. His words rang true, especially after the hands-on class Read Post
Thai Recipe: Tom Kha Gai
We weren’t going to give away any more of Chef Aon’s recipes from our cooking class in Chiang Mai, Thailand, but this ubiquitous Thai soup is just too good not to share. We have used Chef Aon’s recipe to make this soup a couple times since returning to the States. The delicious flavors immediately bring Read Post
Thai Recipe: Green Curry with Chicken in Coconut Milk
Below is the recipe for Aon’s green curry with chicken in coconut milk from Red Chili Thai Cooking School. Some of the ingredients we used in class may be unavailable in many countries, so just substitute where required. Since we don’t eat chicken, we made this dish with a textured vegetable protein (TVP) “chicken,” and Read Post
Spicing Up Our Cooking Skills
It took 22 days before we put down our chopsticks and asked, “Why have we not learned how to make this delicious food yet?” Tara had a hand in making som tam in the streets of Bangkok, but it was finally in Chiang Mai that we decided enough was enough — we needed to know Read Post