Tomatoes

Thai Northern Style Pork and Tomato Relish - nam phrik aawng ; nam prik ong

A dish, like a smell or a color can be so evocative in their place or time. This dish always flys me back to the food stalls of Chiang Mai with its vivid color and tartly savor. In this fast moving world, it is good sometime to pause for a moment, and to have a [...]

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Grilled Pork Marinated in Garlic, Coriander and Pepper Served with Spicy Hot and Sour Tomato Relish

The northeast region of Thailand, bordered with Laos in the north and Cambodia in the east, is a rough land to work. Issan, as it known in Thai, suffers droughts and deficiencies, the land gets really dry and unforgiving making in some area the digging for mineral salt a better business than agriculture. Issan food [...]

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Thai Salad of Chinese Sausage with Tomatoes and Cucumbers

Goon chiang is a type of Chinese sausage that is is available at Chinese communities worldwide. It is usually made with pork meat and hard pork fat and seasoned with sugar, salt, pepper, garlic and Chinese spices, together with some Chinese liquor for extra flavor. This salad is quick and easy to make. The dish [...]

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