http://www.thai-eyes.com Thailand Lifestyle Blog Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:10:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/lotus-nelumbo-seed-head/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/lotus-nelumbo-seed-head/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:51:31 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3595 The Lotus (Nelumbo) isn´t just a beautiful flower, most parts of the Lotus plant, like the seeds are edible. Photographer Nat discovered the Lotus seed heads at a Thai market and couldn´t resist to make a few shots. Just another masterpiece of art in nature ! © Thai Eyes Image: Lotus (Nelumbo) Seed Head Photographer: [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/lotus-nelumbo-seed-head/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/colorful-khanom-thai-pancake/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/colorful-khanom-thai-pancake/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:16:41 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3192 These colorful Khanom Thai pancakes are called Khanom Bueang, means stooping Thai sweeties. The crispy Thai pancakes are very popular in Thailand and best eaten fresh and warm, because they loose their crispiness after a while. The crispy pancakes are filled with a sticky coconut cream and topped with Foy Tong (yellow), a sweet Thai [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/colorful-khanom-thai-pancake/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/insect-eater-thai-boy-jonny/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/insect-eater-thai-boy-jonny/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:30:30 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=3034 Many Thai people and also the young, cute Thai Akha Hill Tribe boy Jonny are insect eaters. We met a lot of people in Thailand, who are really crazy for fried insects. It was a nice and sunny day and we decided to go to the Huay Tung Tao Lake, near Chiang Mai, North Thailand [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/insect-eater-thai-boy-jonny/feed/ 1 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-appetizers-hors-doeuvre-muang/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-appetizers-hors-doeuvre-muang/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:50:50 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2154 The so called Hors d’œuvre Muang is a selection of Thai appetizers from North Thailand. The region of Chiang Mai is well known in the whole country for its mouthwatering delicacies and if friends or relatives from other parts of Thailand come to visit us, the last thing what they do, before travelling home, is [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-appetizers-hors-doeuvre-muang/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-jelly-dessert-ducklings-swimming-in-the-lake/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-jelly-dessert-ducklings-swimming-in-the-lake/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:24:50 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2081 As we stumbled upon this funny Thai jelly dessert, we´ve been inevitably reminded on the old children´s song: all my little ducklings, swimming in the lake, heads dunk in the water, as little tails do shake. The lake of this dessert is made from jelly, the ducklings are made of Foi Thong, a very sweet [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-jelly-dessert-ducklings-swimming-in-the-lake/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/salted-crab-boo-kem-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/salted-crab-boo-kem-thailand/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:15:00 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2070 Salted Crab, in Thailand called Boo Kem, is a main ingredient in the famous Thai papaya salad Som Tam. The freshwater crabs have a size of about 7 cm and are found in great numbers in ricefields and wetlands during the rainy season. This small crabs don´t have a lot of meat, so they are [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/salted-crab-boo-kem-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/sandwich-bread-green-colored-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/sandwich-bread-green-colored-thailand/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:57:43 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2034 For sure a green colored sandwich bread looks quite uncommon, but in Thailand it is very popular. We know that curious toast bread many years, there was also a pink version around, but we´ve been afraid to try it. As we wanted to try out a Malaysian recipe for a Kaya Toast, we decided, that [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/sandwich-bread-green-colored-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-cake-kanom-pui-fai/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-cake-kanom-pui-fai/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:54:17 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=2019 Most of the Thai desserts (Thai: Kanom Thai) are quite colorful and very sweet, like this small Thai cakes, called Pui Fai. The Pui Fai cake is made from wheat flour, duck eggs, baking powder, sweet condensed milk, sugar, water and natural food coloring. Honestly, the Pui Fai cakes are not bad, but I´m still [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-cake-kanom-pui-fai/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/stinky-dried-squid-thailand/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/stinky-dried-squid-thailand/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:19:05 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1820 You can smell it from far away, if a modified motorcycle with stinky dried squid is around. Thai people seem to have a soft spot for fishy snacks and this dried squid is very popular in Thailand. Especially at nighttime armies of dried squid sellers are around in big cities in Thailand. They stop in [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/stinky-dried-squid-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-food-to-take-away/ http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-food-to-take-away/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:57:31 +0000 Thai-Eyes http://www.thai-eyes.com/?p=1822 Especially in bigger cities, where many people life in small rooms without a kitchen, Thai people order their food to take away. Food is mostly availabe to take away in restaurants and the small street kitchens. Just tell them “Sai Thung”, means put it in a plastic bag or “Sai Gong”, put it in a [more...]]]> http://www.thai-eyes.com/thaifood/thai-food-to-take-away/feed/ 0