Today was Chiangmai cookery class, called ‘A lot of Thai’. We were picked up by Yui, and she was to be our chef/teacher for the day. We met our fellow students, two from Macau, two from Singapore, two from Florida and a chef from St Croix in the Carribean. Our first part of the day was spent at the local market, looking at and asking questions about food and local produce. It was Yui’s local market and many of the stall holders were her close friends. It was really informative and we were there until nearly 12noon. When we got to the ‘school’, actually Yui and Ywan’s home, we were straight into cooking. Yui was very infectious, excited and informative about her work. She’s a really great character to teach anything.
We started with a demo and then off to do it ourselves. Then the great bit, we ate our food. We cooked six dishes, so we ate six dishes. We were all stuffed when we’d finished. There was a lot of laughing and oh damming going on when we left something out, but on the whole we all made a good fist of it. We made stir fried noodles with tofu and chicken, green thai curry, chicken and cashew nut stir fry, spring rolls, Tom yum soup, and sticky rice with mango and coconut cream. All were delicious. A great day, back to the hotel at 6pm for a shower. A walk for an hour and then back to the hotel for a beer and to pack. Off to Phayao tomorrow on the local bus. Very organised, our hotel receptionist got our bus tickets today and has organised a taxi for 8am
