There is no one way to make fried rice. You can use freshly cooked rice and light seasoning, making a comfortingly bland and stodgy dish, or you can give it a bit of tooth, a bit of fire. The latter is what you’ll find here. This is an adaptation of Kasma Uncha-Lohit’s fried rice recipe … Continue reading
‘I don’t know what to cook tonight,’ I typed to my mum over Skype. ‘นี้ไง แตงกวาผัดไข่,’ she replied, ‘ง่ายๆ กินกับข้าวร้อนๆ ก็ใช้ได้นะ.’ That was that, then. One delicious and easy variety of stir-fry in Thai cuisine is the combination of a vegetable, eggs, and seasoning sauces. You might have seen Leela’s luffa gourd and egg stir-fry, … Continue reading
Pitchaya Sudbanthad’s article, ‘Bangkok Anew’, has got me thinking lately. Although the article is not without its problems, I can relate to a lot of it–being a foreigner native is a position which we must negotiate carefully. This passage amongst many was particularly familiar: I recently watched a Nicholas Cage movie called Bangkok Dangerous and … Continue reading
I didn’t make many friends at university. You’re all very surprised, I’m sure. Before this post is sucked into unattractively misanthropic and introverted grousing, I shall say that the friends I did make and keep are quite lovely people. One such marvellous person is Flory, a fellow SOASian who blogs over at The Adventures of … Continue reading
I shall continue to make boring posts about my boring life for no particular reason. As a matter of fact I’m going to tell you a little about my woks and how I take care of them. This gives you spine-thrills of delight, I know it. First, a little background. At my parents’ home we … Continue reading
I believe in taking pride in the small achievements throughout your life, balancing them with larger milestones in an attempt to maintain a good perspective on things. It is, for example, sort-of okay that I struggled to chisel myself out of bed today and then completely failed to do the washing-up, because I have managed … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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