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What is the secret to culinary success?
Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 07/07/2019
» Have you ever wondered why there are so many restaurants and food shops in Thailand? How do they create their dishes? How many different types of restaurants are there? Are all of them successful? How do the successful manage to maintain their popularity?
Eating pretty
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 10/06/2018
» Food in the global culinary scene is getting more "stylish". By this, we mean to say that several restaurants have started to dress their dishes up in order to make them more photogenic and thus, one may say, more fashionable.
If memory serves
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 14/05/2017
» Something strange happens to people who have been around for some time and adopted a certain taste for the past. At times, it could be so bad that may make them either nostalgic or fussy -- maybe both at the same time. They can get depressed thinking about the fact that nowadays Thai food doesn't taste the same as it used to. Those bygone dishes may look the same, perhaps slightly different, but they simply don't taste the same. Such a disappointment is hard to swallow.
Street and sour
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 20/12/2015
» A couple of months ago a survey was conducted to determine how people abroad viewed Thailand’s food. The result was that phat Thai was thought to be the national dish. Thai food, people thought, had to be sprinkled with pounded peanuts, and was made with fresh herbs that might include galangal and krachaai, although ginger could be used instead. A Thai dish had to be extremely spicy and was eaten with chopsticks. It was suitable for vegetarians and was cheap.
Turning back the kitchen clock
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 20/09/2015
» People who like to cook tend to find their interest in food extending to other aspects of cuisine, too. They will seek out local dishes not familiar at home, for example, and will sample dishes that they already know well to experience differences in flavour and make comparisons.
Stocking up on markets
Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 19/07/2015
» Last week I recommended that whenever you travel, you should try to taste some of the local food. Now I’d like to suggest that once you’ve become acquainted with a local cuisine, you might do some exploring to find the sources of the ingredients used to make it.
The Thais that blend us together
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 18/01/2015
» When things that were once familiar change or disappear, we can either regret their loss or feel relief that they are gone. There are features of our political past that we wouldn’t want to have back, while changes for the better in health care give points to the present over what came before.
Watching the chef at work
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 07/12/2014
» Here in Bangkok there is a small restaurant — there is just one long table with seating for 12 — where the prices are well into the high-end range. There are just enough seats to accommodate an executive group. The layout is unusual, with a spacious kitchen in the same space as the dining area, so customers can view a cooking system that is orderly, clean and modern. The decor and lighting are attractively contemporary.
A very fishy tale
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 16/03/2014
» There is probably no way to determine how much nam pla Thais consume in the course of a year, but we can probably assume that all Thais eat at least a teaspoonful per meal, and every day. It is an ingredient in almost every Thai dish.
All roads lead to delicious daytripping
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 26/05/2013
» The great variety offered by Thai cuisine is not limited to the number of different dishes, but can also be seen in the broad range of restaurants and shops where Thai food is served. They differ not only in the kind of food listed on their menus, but also in their mood and atmosphere.