Even if we order nothing else off the menu, we always ask for garden rolls when we visit our local Vietnamese restaurant. There’s something especially comforting about being able to pick up one of these rice paper bundles, dip it in a bowl of sweet/salty sauce and bite into a mouthful of crisp vegetables, sweet […]
Tags:shrimp·vegetables·Vietnamese·wraps
When somebody says “papaya” you probably think of something orange in the last tropical fruit salad you ate. But in Thailand, they like to pick the papaya when it’s still green and either cook it or turn it into a spicy salad that for all the world could be the Southeast Asian version of coleslaw. […]
Thai cuisine is a favorite in our house. We love all the exotic flavors, especially with a little chili pepper heat. But the uniqueness of the Thai kitchen presents problems for the average American cook–namely, where to get the correct ingredients. Many elements of Thai cooking simply have no substitutes on the typical grocery store […]
Tags:food appreciation·noodles·Thai·tofu
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