{"id":1084,"date":"2011-01-05T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2011-01-05T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T16:00:08","slug":"chiang-mai-cooking-class-northern-thai-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/2011\/01\/05\/chiang-mai-cooking-class-northern-thai-cuisine\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiang Mai Cooking Class – Northern Thai Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, those of you following our blog know that Tony and I take cooking classes whenever we can. Yes, when we go back to the US, you all will benefit from our built up knowledge! ☺<\/p>\n

We were especially excited about our cooking class in Chiang Mai because we were able to take a private class to learn Northern Thai cuisine. \u00a0And our teacher had just been featured on Gordon Ramsey\u2019s show so we knew she had to be good!<\/p>\n

We quickly learned that this woman is truly entrepreneurial. She and her husband, who co-own the cooking school, picked us up in their signature VW Van. We were promptly given a very glossy very professional looking cooking book. She even published her book so she could sell it in local stores.<\/p>\n

She explained that she started the cooking school when her boss \u2013 a chef at a local restaurant \u2013 wouldn\u2019t give her a day off to attend her own wedding! \u00a0 She comes from a family of entrepreneurs \u2013 her mother is a private chef in Hong Kong and her uncles own a food staples store. \u00a0So soon after she was married, she fired her boss and started her cooking school. \u00a0\u00a0Flash forward 10 years and after a lot of hard work, she has created a very nice business. \u00a0We were very impressed with her story.<\/p>\n

So what did we make? \u00a0Let\u2019s take a look:<\/p>\n

Khao Soi. This is a very traditional Northern Thailand specialty. A little bit curry, a little bit soup, It’s the dish one should have when they visit Chiang Mai.<\/p>\n

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Below is a red curry dish that we made using – among other herbs – small raw aubergines (a kind of eggplant). \u00a0The recipe included a long list of other herbs and spices. \u00a0It was our favorite dish!<\/p>\n

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We made 2 other dishes which were so yummy from start to finish that we didn’t get a chance to take pictures!<\/p>\n

We cannot recommend this cooking class enough. \u00a0If you ever find yourself in Chiang Mai, be sure to check out A Lot of Thai<\/a> cooking school!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, those of you following our blog know that Tony and I take cooking classes whenever we can. Yes, when we go back to the US, you all will benefit from our built up knowledge! ☺ We were especially excited about our cooking class in Chiang Mai because we were able to take a private […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}