Cinnamon Roll!

Cinnamon Roll is my favor thing to have in the morning! Today the filling is packed with pistachio darck chocolate orange zest. My fun part is sprinkling each ingredient into the dough and roll it up. As it is the homemade, i bet you that this roll is full of chocolate and pistachio -the more  the better:))) It is easy simple thing to do and you can freeze it , may be take a bit of time of waiting for the dough is raised but that's all. I don't want to say how good it is but I ate three right after it came out of the oven.

Private Cookign Class With Alexie!

This class is a gift for Alexie's friend birthday. They couples love cooking and Thai food. I could say they are doing well in their own kitchen, especially having a beautiful sous chef next to the cook:) Thank again to having me host a special day in my class.

Tapioca Pandant With Coconut Cream!

There are a lot of dessert that made from Tapioca pearl and this Thai traditional dessert call Sako . They come with difference size and color, most popular in Asian as dessert or drink. The green color from the picture is a fresh extract from pandant leave which is the most popular favor for Thai suing for dessert as USA use vanilla. It can add difference topping such as corn or taro. They are great and cute to serve for any party.

Golden Bag!

Golden Bag or Thong Tong is very popular appetizer in Thailand and have a cute looks. The stuffing can be either just shrimp, crab  or pork but I mixed Pork and shrimp which is great combination, on-top of that I add the tofu and sweet corn. It is very easy and this great pastry can make ahead of time if you are planing to have a big party. You can fry this up after bring it out from the refrigerate just 5 minutes  and ready to serve with the sweet and sour sauce.

Thai Puff Pastry!

Thai Puff Pastry or Karee Puff in Thai is not easy to make as you can compare making a croissant. The filling which most popular is stir-fried chicken with potato and of course as other favors which are all good, for example pineapple, sweet taro and red bean paste. The difficult part to making this dish is making a dough and pattern of the dough on the side. There are two type of dough need to assemble together-outside is more crispy texture and inside soft and moist.  It is very good to be an appetizer or whole meals. You could made this ahead of time and just freeze it in the refrigerator and when you want to use just take it out for 5 minutes then it is ready to deep fried.

Cooking With Daytripping !

It was so much fun with this tour group which came with Daytripping company. It was some kind of adventure working some of people who neither never cook at all or never had Thai food before, but after all chopping, stirring and good team work was very impressive how this group can do. Thanks again for wonderful time and chat after the meals.

Stir-Fried Thai Basil Eggplant!

This Stir-Fried eggplant is incredible easy and delicious. It aromatic of favoring fermented soy bean with garlic and chilies with the oil. The flavorful of Thai sauces and basil. It can be a bit spicy but it shouldn't be too much and serve on the rice or some people eat as a side dish as well. The most in common in Thailand , you will see this dish come with difference type of eggplant which it is green color but here i found that long purple color of fat purple eggplant give me the same favor when I use it on my wok.

Stir-Fried Thai Noodle!

I love stir-fried ,especially with my favor egg noodle or hok-kean in Chinese. This noodle is great for many dish as I just made Lad Nar a week ago with this noodle and go with many kind of veggies and meat, even vegetarian.  It take only 10 minutes to stir-fried this dish on the wok in high heat, so if you are starving for any meal and have this at home, so this dish is the one to go:)

Rehearsal Wedding Macarons!

I love baking macarons and when Kate- the bride asked me to make it for her rehearsal wedding , of course the answer is" Yes". I made 4 color in difference favors with chocolate ganache - white rose, dark chocolate orange, lemon and jasmine. These macarons are really great for many occasional with the bright color and cute shape.. Try one if you never, it will melt in your mouth at least 5 for each time:)

Kate & Dale Rehearsal Wedding Dinner!

It was my honor hosting Kate & Dale special day- rehearsal wedding dinner. We had 40 guest and serve 4 course meals- Papaya Salad, Fresh Spring Roll With Peanut Sauce, Pad See Ew and Macarons . The menu according from both of them who picked the dishes as they have been to class class for several times and know what they like. I knew Dale from my friends who came to the cooking classes and several dinner that I hosted until become friends then Dale brought  Kate along to have a birthday party in my cooking class. On top of I was invited to their wonderful wedding after the rehearsal dinner. Congratulation and Thank again for honor me to part of your special day.

Cream Puff!

This cream puff pastry is very popular in Asian and including in USA. I use a recipie from Le cordon Blue in Paris which The pastry dough actually called "pate au choux" and the cream filling is creme patisserie- today The dough is crispy outside and quite empty inside where you can fill the cream. I made two favors, vanilla and coffee. It is simple recipes and everyone love it. You should give a try , may be with green tea or any favor you like.

Thai- Style Crispy Noodle In Thick Sauce!

This Thai-style crispy egg noodle in a thick gravy sauce is called" Lad Nar" in Thai. This dish made with deep fried egg noodle and on the top with the Thai gravy sauce . It can go with variety of meat, especially seafood including veggies, most common is Thai broccoli or Gai-lan in chicness , mushroom and carrot. You can add the white pepper or chilies flex for the peppery favor.
The most common for Lad Nar is stir- fried with the big flat noodle but the rest is the same. You can find this dish anyway, especially street food vendor but you might have to ask for crispy egg noodle otherwise you will get the white big flat noodle when you order.