Hadrian1

Oh yes, the meat I saw being used was chicken.

I spent some time working in a Thai 'restaurant' in the UK.  They used a number of vegetables.....onion, carrot, green/red pepper, long beans, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms.

For the 'paste' they had a 50/50 mix red/green chillies.  This was then put in a fodd processor with garlic at the rate of around 75% chillies to 25 garlic.  Blitz but not to paste.  This was then covered with oil and would keep a long time in the fridge.  

The meat wassn't minced but cut rather finely.

In a dish for one after firstly frying the beg and meat in a little oil 2 desert spoons of oyster sauce was added along with half a desert of white sugar.  Then one desert of Soya sauce and a little....maybe half a desert of dark soya sauce.

Taste to make sure the balance of flavours is correct ie sweet/salty.

Holy Basil added at the end followed by a little white pepper for a nice fragrance.  I also like to fried egg on top.

I did see it made without any basil because it had ran out.  Still very nice.

onnut, on 2011-03-31 14:04:50, said:

So you eat food prepared by people who don't wash their hands after using the toilet?  Because you suggest they never do this?  Bullshit!

Where I used to regularly eat when I was there I can remember a couple of times seeing a swarm of fly/moth creatures flying around.  They would get everywhere including one or two in the Tom Yum.  On another occasion at another place, I found a larvae in my fried rice.......but hey, it's part of the charm of Thailand.  It won't be long before they all have to get their Health and Safety Certificates and also their Hygiene Certificates etc etc the cost of which will be passed onto the consumer.  Enjoy not getting ripped off while it lasts.

I was never ill there from eating any food in almost 4 years of eating mainly at street side'establishments'.  The Thais are a clean people.

TheWalkingMan, on 2011-03-20 17:03:27, said:

You can switch to English if you want to using the Brit Flag button at the top.  I heard this is a good course.  I'm thinking of doing it myself.  The Le Cordon Bleu course looks interesting but very expensive and they cover the business side of running a Thai restaurant too.  But it's a new course and the first intake of students haven't yet completed.  I'd love to chat with one of these but I haven't been able to track one down.....yet.

PS  Roc634,  I can give you a little more info on Wandee if you want to contact me.