- green curry with chicken: 100 baht
- plain rice: 20 baht
Finally a spicy meal, a classic curry
there's a little green fruit? or something in this curry, 50 baht to whomever can identify it, the best guess i got from a fellow know nothing westerner was that it's a kumquat, sounds reasonable... anyone know for sure?
8 comments:
Well the pictures are terrific. For some reason the United Airlines toy-food picture had me laughing, but my girlfriend found 'drowned snapper' funniest.
GF is saying green-fruit-to-be-identified _may be kumquat but is most likely Thai mandarin in its green, pre-rippened, state. How is the chicken vs. your hometown in terms of taste/texture/etc.?
Most important, how was the dive?!
Regards - Brady
Probably not a kumquat - they are small citrus-type fruits usually served in their ripe, orange state.
They are green before ripening, however.
Ah, from the photo it appears to be a small green eggplant, quite common in Thai green curries.
I think Geoff is right - it is an eggplant. You will see little ball like ones as well - they are another type of eggplant.
I agree with Geoff and Amanda.
I just found "desi eggplants" at a shop near your place in TO and they're the closest thing I've found to those little green guys in Canada. We can test them out in a green curry when you're back (if you're not sick of Thai food by then).
Question: Is green curry really a southern dish? How far south?
I always knew masaman curry to be assocated with the Muslim south and Burmese style curry with the north (obviously!) but I thought of green and red curry as being more national.
Also, hurry up and try stir fry with holy basil. Be sure to ask for it Thai spicy. It's quite hot but amazing.
It's definitely an eggplant.
Congrat's to Geoffrey and the 50bhat he's just one. Don't spend it all in the one place.....
cara: green curry isn't a southern dish, i was getting my notes mixed up! i'll edit it out =P
i have 'traditional southern curry' written down for the coconut curry i had the next day... oops
Post a Comment