Thai Cooking Class

On one of our days of vacation, Alvin and I signed up for a cooking class at a Thai restaurant. During this class, we cooked three dishes and ate them. We learned how to make gaeng kheo wan gai (green curry with chicken), tom kha gai (chicken in coconut milk soup), and tom yum goong (Thai hot and sour prawn soup).

The first thing we did in class was get a lesson on Thai culture and Thai food. The Thai cooking teacher said that he couldn't remember our names, so he gave us food names. He called me "Prik," which mean Thai pepper.

Next we ground the curry with the mortar and pestle. The teacher made us say a chant while we grind:
Poke, poke, poke, (the sound the mortar and pestle make)
Tuk, Tuk, Tuk, Tuk, (a Thai form of transportation)
Ex-er-cise and, (Exercise and)
Smi-le-ing, (and Smiling)
Poke, poke, poke,
Tuk, Tuk, Tuk
Ex-er-cise,
Aloi Aloi (means delicious in Thai)

Here is Alvin doing his part in the curry preparation:



Here is Gaeng kheo wan gai (green curry with chicken):


Tom kha gai (chicken in coconut milk soup):


Tom yum goong (Thai hot and sour prawn soup):