During my conference, we got to have a break in the morning and experience some of the Thai culture by participating in a Thai cooking class. It was so much fun!!
We started out by going to the market to learn about the different ingredients that we were to use in our dishes, then we went to the Thai Cookery School to begin our class. I loved the way they instructed the class, first we went into a room where one of the instructors showed us the dish we were to make, the order of the ingredients, and then we went to our stations and prepared each dish. After cooking the dishes we go to eat what we had made, and then it was back to the main room to see how the next dish was going to be made.
We got to make 4 dishes that day, the first one we did was Tom Yum soup, a spicy soup made with prawns, lemon grass, chili peppers, kaffir lime leaves, and a few other yummy ingredients.
This is one of my favorite Thai dishes, very spicy, but delicious!! The next dish we did was Pad Thai, another one of my favorites, with egg, fresh bean sprouts, glass noodles, chili peppers, and salty dried shrimp. The third dish (by this time we were stuffed!!) was a banana cake, made with various flours, banana, coconut cream and coconut.
We mixed it together by hand (smashing it together-no utensils) and then poured it into small, individual banana leaves that were fashioned into bowls. Each one was steamed in the banana leaves in big pots. It had a different texture, but the taste was really good. The last dish we made was a green papaya salad, it was made with shredded, unripened papaya (green, not orange), chili peppers, lime juice, tomatoes and garlic. It had to be the exact combination of spicy, sour and sweet. We ate this with sticky rice and though our stomachs were begging us to stop eating, it was so delicious we wanted to finish it all up!! Thai food is very spicy, but they use so many fresh ingredients and present it so beautifully, that you can't help but want more.
We started out by going to the market to learn about the different ingredients that we were to use in our dishes, then we went to the Thai Cookery School to begin our class. I loved the way they instructed the class, first we went into a room where one of the instructors showed us the dish we were to make, the order of the ingredients, and then we went to our stations and prepared each dish. After cooking the dishes we go to eat what we had made, and then it was back to the main room to see how the next dish was going to be made. 
We got to make 4 dishes that day, the first one we did was Tom Yum soup, a spicy soup made with prawns, lemon grass, chili peppers, kaffir lime leaves, and a few other yummy ingredients. 
This is one of my favorite Thai dishes, very spicy, but delicious!! The next dish we did was Pad Thai, another one of my favorites, with egg, fresh bean sprouts, glass noodles, chili peppers, and salty dried shrimp. The third dish (by this time we were stuffed!!) was a banana cake, made with various flours, banana, coconut cream and coconut. 
We mixed it together by hand (smashing it together-no utensils) and then poured it into small, individual banana leaves that were fashioned into bowls. Each one was steamed in the banana leaves in big pots. It had a different texture, but the taste was really good. The last dish we made was a green papaya salad, it was made with shredded, unripened papaya (green, not orange), chili peppers, lime juice, tomatoes and garlic. It had to be the exact combination of spicy, sour and sweet. We ate this with sticky rice and though our stomachs were begging us to stop eating, it was so delicious we wanted to finish it all up!! Thai food is very spicy, but they use so many fresh ingredients and present it so beautifully, that you can't help but want more.
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YUM!! What a great idea to set up for you all to participate in! I love pad thai too and would love to learn how to make it someday. Your trip looks so great - I love the cultural discussions and am so impressed that agencies are placing so much significance on the need for understanding in order to successfully work together. Glad you had such a great time, though I can only imagine how hard it was to be away from your boys. Thanks for the great update!
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