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Snugly packed into banana leaves or plastic envelopes, pork meat, fat and skin fermenting with garlic, salt, and sugar
Khlong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand
Fueled by curiosity and appetite, in this blog, I explore people, products, processes and perspectives that create the greatest culinary experiences. I am a cook -- I've been studying at the Culinary Institute of America since March!
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Snugly packed into banana leaves or plastic envelopes, pork meat, fat and skin fermenting with garlic, salt, and sugar
Khlong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand
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These banana leaves were filled with pumkin and boiled eggs
Khlong Toey, Bangkok, Thailand
Thai street vendors are masters of slow cooking on a grill. This one was a fish, Thai chili and lemongrass mix that was steamed in the banana leaf to a delicate omelette texture… Unwrap the leaf, place the gem on the fragrant jasmin rice, and top it with the sauce… Thai fish sauce, Thai chili, garlic and lemon… Yumm.
Yaowarat, Bangkok, Thailand