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Paste Restaurant – Scrumptious Modern Thai Food in Bangkok

14 May 2013 by Mark Wiens
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Looking for exciting and marvelously delicious modern Thai food in Bangkok? Paste Restaurant is as far as you need to search. What is Modern Thai Food? The first thing to know about modern Thai food, as Chef Jason clearly states, is that it’s not fusion. Fusion is the combining of different cuisines; An exaggerated fusion example [...]

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Thai Suki, My Style

11 April 2013 by Mark Wiens
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Sometimes when I’m in the mood for some healthy Thai food (but I’m really hungry), I go to the nearest stall and order suki haeng (สุกี้แห้ง) along with rice. I then head home and chop up a few tomatoes and add some raw garlic. Rice goes on my plate first, followed by the suki, then [...]

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Khao Moo Daeng in Nakhon Pathom (ร้านตั้งฮะเส็ง)

5 February 2013 by Mark Wiens
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While I was in Nakhon Pathom for the annual Nakhon Pathom temple festival, I decided to head over to a long standing restaurant. Tung Ha Seng (ร้านตั้งฮะเส็ง) is mainly famous for their khao moo daeng (red barbecued pork over rice ข้าวหมูแดง), but they also serve khao na bpet (rice and duck), duck soup, and other things [...]

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Casa Pasta – The Best Italian Restaurant in Bangkok?

18 January 2013 by Mark Wiens
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Now before we get started with this post I want to tell you one thing: I’m no expert when it comes to Italian food. After all, I eat 99.5% Asian food (I’ll include Indian in that percentage), with the other 1% going towards things like Lebanese food or Italian food. Since I rarely eat Italian [...]

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Food Photo: Jim Jum Hot Clay Pot

5 October 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Jim Jum จิ้มจุ่ม Jim Jum is the Isaan version of the hot pot. It’s served in a clay pot over charcoal. The broth is normally pork or seafood based and you’re given a selection of ingredients to add to the boiling soup; Morning glory, cabbage, glass noodles, meat or seafood, and egg, are all popular additives to [...]

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Food Photo: The Perfect Mangosteen

28 September 2012 by Mark Wiens
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With possibilities of devouring a fruit buffet on the daily, Thailand is a paradise for fruit lovers. It’s such an incredible feeling to crack open a mangosteen (Mangkut มังคุด) and see pure white flawless flesh. Sometimes you can even sense the meat will be so fleshy, that the seeds will be very small, or even nonexistent. Have you ever [...]

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Food Photo: Gaeng Laos

31 August 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Gaeng Laos is kind of a mishmash of various herbs, mushrooms and other vegetables boiled down into a healthy stew. It can be flavored with meat or seafood but also it can be enjoyed purely vegetarian – check out the Vegetarian Thai Food Guide for more details!

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Food Photo: Korean Style Grilled Chicken

24 August 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Here’s a shot of my attempt to make Korean style grilled chicken skewers. The red sauce is a combination of Korean chili paste, ketchup and sugar. It wasn’t quite as good as the authentic Korean food, but they were pretty tasty!

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Food Photo: Thai Tom Yum Fried Rice

17 August 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Tom yum soup, is one of the great dishes of Thai cuisine. This plate of fried rice is not really a traditional Thai recipe, but a modern fusion type of dish that’s pretty tasty! It includes the main flavoring of the soup like kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass and galangal.

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Food Photo: Thai Curry in a Coconut

10 August 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Hor mok is an excellent Thai dish that’s a combination of ingredients brought together in a thick coconut cream curry. On the streets, hor mok is normally served in small banana leaf wrappers while at nicer restaurants you can order it right in a coconut!

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