Bitesize #40 - Thai Travel Time
Thai cuisine is one of those unsual ones that exhibits elements of both Oriental and East Indian cooking, but still distinctly it’s own. I’ve been to many a Thai restaurant in bigger cities such as Atlanta and Toronto. You can also often find Thai cuisine on the menus in Vietnamese restaurants.
I have successfully learned to cook near-authentic Chinese dishes, some Vietnamese dishes - especially the wonderful pho (noodle) soups - and a few Japanese snacks. However, Korean and Thai dishes have escaped me entirely. If you’re in the same boat but want to learn, you might consider an actual cooking tour in Thailand. Tell Tale Travel is offering a two-week private cooking adventure called The Lemon Grass Route, which includes time at the Blue Elephant professional cookery school in Bangkok. The tour costs from £1,330 per person based on shared accomodations, and starts in the new year.
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April 27th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I telephoned TellTale for that Lemongrass trip and it looks amazing. The Blue Elephant course is just the starter, after that you get to go to local markets in the countryside and out with fishermen and learn how to cook from their wives! They seem really nice, it’s a private tour and they’re making it slightly shorter and including a special visit to a vineyard so I could persuade the hubby to come along!