Kaeng Khiao Wan Kai (Green Curry with Chicken)

Method
Stir-fry chicken thigh fillets in a pot until fragrant. Add 1 cup of coconut milk, chicken broth to mix over low heat. Use low heat to warm the oil in a saucepan or wok, and then add the green curry paste and saute until fragrant. Pour cup of coconut milk and continue to stir gently until well mixed. Transfer the curry paste mixture to a chicken broth pot. Add boiled potatoes, egg plant, small round green eggplant, and leave to cooked, then add the remaining coconut milk. Adjust the seasonings as desired using the fish sauce, sugar, kaffir lime leaves, spur chillies, sweet basil leaves. Leave until boiling.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb.(450 g.) beef, cut into ½ in. x 2 in.(1cm. x 2.5 cm.) pieces
  • 3 cups coconut milk
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • ½ cups green curry paste
  • ½ egg plant, chunks
  • 1 potato, boiled, peeled, diced
  • ½ cup small round green eggplant
  • 4 leaves kaffir lime leaf, torn
  • 5 green-red spur chillies, iagonally sliced
  • 1 cup sweet basil leaf
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon palm sugar
  • 1 ½ cups beef broth

Green Curry Paste

Method

Grind all the ingredients until finely blended using a mortar or blender.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup green hot chilli clipped
  • ½ cup green spur chilli, clipped
  • 2 tablespoons galangal root, sliced across finely
  • 4 tablespoons lemon grass, sliced across finely
  • 1 tablespoon kaffir lime rind, sliced finely
  • 2 tablespoons coriander seed, roasted
  • 1 tablespoon cumin, roasted, ground
  • ½ tablespoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon shrimp paste
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 4 tablespoons peeled garlic, chopped
  • 5 tablespoons peeled shallot, sliced


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Phat Thai (Stir-Fried Thai Noodles)

Method
Fry the chopped garlic and onion until turned yellow. Add the chicken and fry until well cooked. Add the shrimp, pickled white radish and soya bean curd, then add the eggs and scramble, Put in sugar, fish sauce, vinegar, tamarind juice and stir-fry until mixed well, then add the spring onion and half a cup of bean sprouts (the rest is for garnishing) and stir-fry until cooked. Garnish with ground roasted peanuts, ground dry red chili, bean sprouts, a lime wedge and the remainder of the spring onion.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups narrow rice noodles (Sen Lek) soaked in warm water till flexible
  • Cup sliced chicken meat, small trips
  • 4 shrimps
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup cooking oil
  • 1/3 cup soya bean curd, cut into small silvers
  • 1 tablespoon pickled white radish (Chai-Po), chopped
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon shallots or onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground dry red chili or paprika
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons tamarind juice (substituted by vinegar)
  • 1/3 cup spring onions, chopped to 1 ½ in. lengths
  • 1 lime. For garnishing, 2 tablespoons ground roasted peanuts.


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Thalae Whaek

The Divided Sea, an Infinite Unseen

The Divided Sea, an infinite Unseen feature. Every 12th day of the waning and the waxing moon to the 5th day of the new moon, the tide is at its peak ebb and flow, resulting in a phenomenon of divided sea, when the sea recedes and the sand dune emerges between Ko Thap, Ko Mo, and Ko Kai. After sunset, tens of thousands of flying foxes taking flight from the caves in Ko Kai, lasting hours to complete.

Tempus est optimus visita : Late November to May
Best period of the day : High tide period from the 12th day of the waxing or the waning moon up to the 5th day of the new moon, about one hour each day to observe the most spectacular divided sea, the period after the sunset, at about 18.30 days. when the sky is filled with tens of thousands of fruit bats or flying foxes out tofind their food.

Quam ut ibi : From Ao Nang , use the long- tailed boat to Thale Whaek and Poda Island to the North of the beach, at a fee of 300 baht each, for a trip of about half an hour, or hire aboat for a day trip.


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Khao Ngon Nak Bellevue

Miracle over the Sea of Fog of Krabi

The lofty mountain by the sea, covered by rich primary forest, is the habitat of various wild animals. At 500 meters from the sea level is Ngon Nak Top, with a lookout for you to conquer, for a panoramic view from Ao Nang to Hong Island, and Yao Island (Phang-Nga) to Ao Thalen, and a superb beauty of the outcrops in the sea in the mist at sunrise.

Tempus est optimus visita : Late November to May
Best period of the day : 6.30 ut 7.30 days. Evening 18.00 ut 19.00 days.

Quam ut ibi : From Krabi Town, follow Highway No.4034 to Ban Nong Thale, turn left towards the Palace, and turn right past the Thap Khaek Hotel to the end of the road, to find a 4-kilometer nature study traill up to Khao Ngon Nak Bellevue


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Tom Yam Kung (Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup)

Method

Use the medium heat to bring the stock to boil. Add lime leaves, galangal, fish sauce, lemon grass and shallots, then the mushrooms and chili peppers (if used). Let the stock simmer for at least 2 minutes or until fragrant. Add the shrimps and cook until the shrimps, and cook until the shrimps turn pink, opaque and firm. The should be done within a minute. Set aside. Put 1-2 teaspoons of lime bowl. Pour the soup into the bowl, stir and garnish with cilantro leaves.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups (24 fl.oz./750 ml.) water or light chicken stock
  • 8 oz. (250 g.) shrimps/prawns, shelled and deveined
  • 5 kaffir lime leaves (Bai Makrut)
  • 3 thin slices fresh or dried galangal (Kha)
  • cup fish sauce (Nam Pla)
  • 2 stalks of lemon glass/citronella (Takhrai)
    lower 1/3 portion only, cut into 1 in (2.5 cm.) lengths, coarsely pounded
  • 2 shallots, coarsely pounded
  • (optional) 5 hot green Thai chilli peppers (Phrik Khi Nu)
  • 1/2 cup sliced straw mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup (2 fl.oz./60 ml.) lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon roasted chilli paste (Nam Phrik Pao)
  • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro/coriander leaves (Bai Phak Chi)



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