I love Thai Tea. The warm and spicy vanilla-y aromas, creaminess, and delicious taste make Thai Tea very distinct and super refreshing. Thai Tea will also definitely cool down your burning mouth when indulging in super spicy Thai food. The issue I have when buying Thai Tea is that it is usually wayyyy too sweet … Continue reading Iced Thai Tea
Category: Thai Food
One of the things I love most about Thai food is the explosion of flavors and flavor bomb in your mouth with every bite. Thai red curry is a great example of it. I love the spiciness, lusciousness, creaminess of red curry and love the magical pairing of red curry paste and coconut milk. AND … Continue reading Thai Red Curry
Pad Kee Mao, also known as Drunken Noodles, is the supercharged aromatic and herbaceous Thai version of Chow fun using the same wide flat rice noodles. I can eat Pad Kee Mao anytime and definitely do not need to be drunk to enjoy it. The girls and I love Pad Kee Mao. The pungent, well-balanced … Continue reading Pad Kee Mao
I recently watched Padma Lakshmi's Taste the Nation show on Hulu and the Thai Food episode was amazing. In the episode, I learned about how the Thai community was developed in Las Vegas in the 1970s by brave Thai women who left their homeland for a better quality of life for their family, built the … Continue reading Pad Thai
In 2019, Thai chicken and rice shops started popping up in the Bay Area. Thai Chicken and Rice is the Thai version of the popular Hainanese chicken rice. There's even a popular Vietnamese version called Com Ga Hai Nam. The Vietnamese version is generally served with a gingery prepared fish sauce and fresh herbs like … Continue reading Thai Chicken and Rice (Khao Mun Gai)
Hot Pot parties are fun and filling. As a host, it's s a great way to spend quality time with family and friends without being stuck in the kitchen cooking while people are eating. All tedious prep work is done before the guests arrive and cooking will be done directly in the hot pot at … Continue reading Vietnamese Hot Pot
After creating the robustly flavored tamarind sauce for the Tamarind Shrimp and seeing many people post pictures of chicken wings on Facebook and Instagram, I HAD to fry up some crispy chicken wings and toss it in the sweet, spicy, and tangy sauce for some delicious, finger-lickin' chicken wing experience. As I mentioned in the Tamarind Shrimp post, … Continue reading Tamarind Chicken Wings
Helllllllllo Holiday Season! This year, I have already participated in 4 Thanksgiving gatherings over a span of 3 days. I will have one more later this week. I can't wait. These gatherings provide me many opportunities to try new exciting recipes or simply work on perfecting dishes I've created before. With this Tamarind Shrimp recipe, … Continue reading Tamarind Shrimp
Dungeness crab season is here and people are standing in long lines at the Asian Supermarkets to get some crabs for $1.99-$2.99 a pound. I haven't been to the Asian supermarket lately, so I haven't seen how chaotic it is, but I'm looking forward to going in the next few weeks to see people fight … Continue reading Crab Fried Rice
Lately I've been trying very to save money by bringing food to work for lunch instead of spending $7-$10 eating out for lunch every day. Also, I need to pack lunch for Jane every time she goes to work because she doesn’t have long lunch breaks to go out and get food. My goal for … Continue reading Spicy Thai Basil Beef
