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Vegetarian Thai Cooking

Posted in Dinner, Random, tagged Cooking, May Kaidee, Thai Cooking on September 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I was in Bangkok for business last week and was looking for something to do over the weekend (rather than the usual temples and sightseeing) and came across a Vegetarian Thai Cooking class a short cab ride from the Sheraton Grande.

The class was about 5 hours long and we covered all the basics including spices, soy sauce, tom yum paste, and sauces.

There were six students, all from different parts of the world (Switzerland, Germany and the US). We started out with a short trip to the local farmers market. The lady in front is the teacher May Kaidee.Most of the prep was already done by May’s assistants. All we had to do was the wok cooking.

Thai cooking is pretty easy. Fresh, wholesome ingredients and just 5-10 minutes of cooking time.

We each made Tom Yum, Tom Kha, Pad Thai, Green Curry, Massaman Curry, Green and Red Chili Paste, Peanut Sauce and Green Papaya Salad.

The best part was eating everything and knowing there was no fish sauce or shrimp paste in the food! It was all vegetarian and tasted yummy.

I would recommend May Kaidee’s Cooking class if you are ever in the Bangkok area.

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China Boom

Posted in Dinner, Random, Vacation, tagged China, Hong Kong on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I got back from my trip to Hong Kong and China. The most striking thing is the booming economy there. You wouldn’t know there is a recession here in the states.

Here is a picture from one of the hotels in mainland China. The smog lingers constantly and the construction continues into the night.

Here is one of an 8 story shopping mall. One of the malls we visited was all electronics fakes. Their slogan there is “you make it, we fake it”.

Here is one of the beautiful harbor area looking from Kowloon to HK island. I visited my friend Todd and also Alka mavshi and Naya kaka who both live in the midlevels area on Hong Kong island.

Here is a picture from their apartment.

Mavshi cooked me a wonderful home-cooked meal which was very nice after being on the road for so long.

On the Friday night I spent there, Todd and his wife Anne took me to the American Club. It was a wonderful oasis for expats and served some of the best food I had there for two weeks!

A good trip… and I got really good at using chop sticks!

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Grandma’s House

Posted in Cross Country, Dinner, Family, tagged Dinner, Family, Thanksgiving on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Over Thanksgiving holiday, we went up to Mom and Dad’s house.

Here is a picture of the kids with their cousins (Kiran and Maya).

On Thanksgiving morning, the kids ran a 5K race in San Jose called the Silicon Valley 5K. This race had 11,000 plus runners. Annika got 2nd place in the 9 and under category and Nihil got 2nd place in the 13 and under category.

Annika knocked another 30 seconds off her 5K time from last month and Nikhil got another sub 20 time though both were slowed down by having to dodge the slower runners that lined up in front of them. It was crazy!