Our Thai cookery teacher Kong was also the driver of the van that picked us up at the hotel to transport us to the class. He was an excellent instructor and a pretty good driver too!
Our class was hands-on. First, Kong demonstrated the techniques in the classroom and then we each had our own station to prepare the dishes we selected at the beginning of class. We began by learning to make spring rolls.
Then took a trip to the market where Kong showed us various Thai fruits, herbs, and other ingredients. We didn’t imagine that there were so many varieties of eggplant!
Eggs and delicious fruits;
And grilled fishes!
Back in the classroom Chef Larry has organized the ingredients for his Pad Thai.
We made Yellow Curry and Panang Curry and both were fun and easy to prepare.
It was an international group as our fellow students were couples from China, the Philippines, England, and France.
We hope that we can recreate these dishes at home!
Tomorrow we take a three hour bus ride to our next stop–Chiang Rai.