A beautiful flower on the school grounds
Our teacher "Kook" teaching us about the different types of rice in Thai cooking
These fish could have used a twee bit more space
Green , Red and Yellow curry paste hand ground with mortar and pestle
A butcher at the market
Kook describing how to make coconut cream and coconut milk
This market was exceptionally clean and wonderful
These fish looked really tasty...even at breakfast time
Fish with a twist..I heart fish
More market goodness
Stuffed with whole lemon grass and coated in salt on a small grill. I bet this was moist and delicious
Pre packaged makings for Tom Yum soup. You see this at all the markets
Big eye and jaw on this fish. Looks like some of those deep water ones
Huge squid
Pork skin is very popular here...kind of like our pork rinds but dipped into hot condiments..Yummy
Musician at the market
By the restroom at the cooking school. Would love to have one of these koi vases
This truck drove by with funny music blasting
I was just about to change my chicken curry choice to vegetarian curry when I saw this as we arrived at the school...lol!
The grounds of the school were beautifully landscape. It is a working farm as well as school
Kook describing the produce at the farm
Each of the 10 students had their own cooking station
More produce
The huge mortar and pestle is a very important part of Thai cooking. We need to buy a much larger one for at home
Steve creating his red curry paste. I did a green curry
My green curry paste just starting to pound down
Ingredients for my Chicken green curry...I made mine really spicy awesome
My finished green chicken curry
INgredients for my chicken coconut soup
Chicken coconut soup burbling on the stove
My neighbor chose a vegetarian soup
Steve working on his soup
Baskets full of pestles
My Papaya salad. Made entirely in a mortal and pestle and INCREDIBLE and HOT
Cleanup at the school
Sticky rice steamer
Steve is starting his wok dish
Very wilted and very full. The food we made was better than any Thai food we have eaten in US restaurants
The wok group learning the ropes
Kook demonstrating wok techniques
My first 3 dishes ready to eat. Papaya Salad, Green Chicken Curry, and Chicken coconut milk soup
Woking man
Our Christmas feast
Wonderful water garden and pond. This papyrus was lovely
Woks drying in the sun
Monsterous lotus pads
Over the pond
