Here we have a typical dinner at the Pornchai house: 2 x bowls of rice, bowl fish curry, bowl red pork curry, bowl green chicken curry, pork bolognaise, bowl of pasta spaghetti, 2 x sticky sweet rice (for afters) and a bottle of ketchup.
Despite my efforts, the Thai's will only really eat the spag bog from my vast list of Western culinary achievements. I think they like the fact they can easily hotten it up (or disguise it) with some liberally sprinkled chilli powder. Pasta is like the Western version of the noodle, I guess, so they go down well also.
There it is, East and West fusion cooking in practice; but to tell you the truth, green and red curry over spag bog doesn't really 'fuse' too well. Chuck a couple of Leo's on top and your digestive tract is having a real party.
I'd go for a heap of the tomato sauce with a spoonful of rice on top. A side dish of a couple of Leo beers would compliment the meal.
Seriously, I just love Thai green curry, it rates in my top 10 food list and that's some going from a fish and chip, Sunday roast person like myself.
Posted by: Martyn | June 03, 2009 at 05:09 AM
Yep, I have to agree.
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | June 03, 2009 at 05:40 AM
You're all so lucky you don't have to contend with Chiang Mai food which comes in 2 varieties, Brown or green.
Posted by: Peter | June 03, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Think you'd do yourself a favour with a name change on the spag bog. Revert back to the traditional Spag Bol or better chuck in a couple of scotch bonnet chillies (or similar) tell the family it's "Brown Curry with Long Noodle" and you're away.
Failing that you can explain that good old Essex is home of the hottest curry in the world (yep Polash Restaurant in dear old Sarfend on Sea)
Check it out:
news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8080000/newsid.../8080729.stm
Posted by: theoldman | June 03, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Sorry, that link was displayed wrong on the BBC archive. Should be;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8080000/newsid_8080700/8080729.stm
Posted by: theoldman | June 03, 2009 at 01:25 PM
Aha, heres the local news story. East meets West cuisine? Its in your blood.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk
Posted by: Wotchit | June 03, 2009 at 01:35 PM
'spag bog'
I had to do a search to find out what that meant! Apparently the Sun voted it Britains favourite food?
Posted by: Catherine | June 03, 2009 at 05:48 PM
The food in Nakhon Phanom is all green and brown too lol. I tried to get my girl to eat a cheeseburger once...she told me she absolutely loved it. When I looked over at her she was eating the lettuce and tomato only!
Posted by: Talen | June 03, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Spag bog / spag bol tomata tomato. Green or brown? Sounds like you need some farang food thrown into the mix. I have to drop thai food for at least one day every fortnight. Don't talk to me about cheese burgers, please. It's torture. I've started calling Bangkok 'Burger King' cos it's the closest place I can get one, you miss what you can't have eh. And Catherine I think it's probably the Suns readers top choice as it's so easy to cook....
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | June 04, 2009 at 01:07 AM
Polash Meltdown LOL - I'd give it a go. Reminds me how much I miss a good Tandoori as well!
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | June 04, 2009 at 01:28 AM