Day 321: Thai Cooking Class

We loved our Vietnamese cooking class experience so much that Kieran signed us up for a Thai class with Grandmas Home Cooking. This cute little farm and cooking school was created by a grandson aiming to share his grandmother’s recipes. The school resides on an organic farm where they grow mushrooms, rice, basil, and other herbs used in the recipes. They also have chickens for fresh eggs and meat.

Upon arriving, we toured the farm and got to try herbs right off the stem. Our chef Levan talked through how the herbs are used and the variations between them. For example, we tried lemon basil, Thai basil, and holy basil. The mushroom shack was the coolest part; have never seen one!

Before starting, we are asked to pick out the recipes we want to make. Of course we selected different options on the list to try everything we could. Our selected dishes included coconut chicken soup, tom yum, pad Thai, panang curry, khao soi, and mango sticky rice.

Levan made cooking the recipes so easy and he would provide substantial detail on the herbs and recipes; we got to use a real mortar and pestle to make fresh ground curry paste. In between dishes, we befriends a couple from The Netherlands who successfully bid and won a house yesterday…while on vacation!! They were so stressed and the cooking class was truly the start of their vacation, even though they had been in Thailand for a week. The husband also works in music festivals designing the campsites for the events!

Cooking class was a hit again and we would claim it’s the best Pad Thai we’ve had thus far. Shout out Kieran for planning an awesome cooking day.

Food:
Tom Yum Soup
Tom Kha Soup
Pad Thai
Panang Curry
Khao Soi
Sticky Mango Rice

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