30/30/30 Food Challenge - Day 8: THAILAND

    Thai food is known for its balance of the four fundamental taste senses: sweet, sour, salty and bitter.  Thai food reflects influences from China and India.  Rice and noodles are the principle starches and fish sauce and shrimp paste are essential condiments.  Other ingredients typical of the region include lemon grass, coconut milk, ginger, galangal (a rhizome of plants in the ginger family but with little similarity in taste to common ginger) and chiles.

    Popular dishes are Khao phat, rice with chicken, beef, shrimp, pork, crab, coconut or pineapple; Mee krob, crispy noodles; Phat thai, rice noodles pan fried with fish sauce, sugar, lime juice or tamarind pulp, chopped peanuts, and egg combined with chicken, seafood, or tofu; Tom yam goong, spicy prawn soup.

    Josée planned and prepared tonight's Thai menu with the help of Supavan.

 

Spring Rolls

Fish Cakes

Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup

Phat  Thai

Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce

Green Chicken Curry

Coconut Ice Cream

 

        The spring rolls were made with chicken and vegetables and the fish cakes with white fish and sautéed vegetable and served with spicy sauce.

    The hot and sour shrimp soup: shrimps, red curry paste, tamarind purée, kaffir lime leaves, coriander and fish sauce.

    The Phat thai was Supavan's course.

    Beef satay with peanut sauce.

    Green chicken curry.

    

    ...and as if we really needed a rich dessert after all that food, coconut milk ice cream, freshly made, topped with toasted coconut shavings.

    Felt a bit off this morning but nothing serious. Eight down and ONLY 22 to go.

Joseph Froncioni

 

Comments

[Alex Gibbons]

Thai night looked good but I'm excited for Italy night tonight!!!

[Liz]

An impressive looking meal. You certainly raise to a challenge. Love to try those fish cakes.