Thai Cuisine... a harmonious blend of sweet, spicy, sour & salty. This class teaches you some Northern specialities from Chiang Mai - Thailand as a kingdom first began to take shape in the mountainous North, with a number of city states that eventually became a loose federation known as lanna, centred around Chiang Mai. The Influence of neighboring Mynmar and Laos is a strong one in the cuisine. Form Myanmar come Khao soi, a curry broth with egg noodles and chicken pork or beef; The North is noodle heaven, the ethnic mix of Yunnanese, Shan and Burmese having produced a seemingly endless range of kuay tiaw and khanom chin dishes. In Chiang Mai, the khao soi egg noodles eaten with chicken or beef curry and number of spicy and sour side dishes were brought in by the caravans of Yunnan Moslems. It is essentially a one-dish meal comprising of egg noodles in a soup of curried beef/chicken with coconut milk, served with a variety of contrasting accompaniments. Each of your guests will individually mix the rich array of accompaniments to create their own original taste sensation.
Somtam, the spicy green papaya salad highly popular in the Northeast, is also a familiar dish in the North.