Archive for Thai Food
F4F: Tom Yam Soup Your Way
This is the last Fish 4 Friday before Turkey Day hits us in the beltline. With cold weather now affecting most of us (in North America, at least), I decided to take us back to the Tropics with a healthful, spicy dish that also fills our craving for soup:
Tom Yam Soup Your Way
This is a [...] Read more »
F4F: Red Curry Mahi Mahi Salad
Courtesy Food Network Magazine, November/December, 2008
If you enjoy spicy fish dishes, you should run right out and get the ingredients for this dish! The new Food Network Magazine presents this recipe as one of several seafood items, and it’s truly delicious! And good for you too.
My attempt to improve on this scrumptious dish:
Red Curry Mahi [...] Read more »
Chicken Soup Weather
When the weather cools down I get out my soup recipes. And my stews and chilis too, but I always like to start with something simple, not too hearty (it’s only in the 70’s after all, not that cool yet!), and with “adjustable zing.”
Thai-style chicken soup is just the thing, I think.
Of course there are [...] Read more »
Book of the Month: The Spice Merchant’s Daughter
Welcome to the inaugural review for the Chile Underground’s new feature, the Book of the Month! We know you’ll find it to be ‘da BOM.’
The (first) featured book is a cookbook, “The Spice Merchant’s Daughter” by Christina Arokiasamy. Ms. Arokiasamy is originally from Malaysia, and from a family of spice merchants. Her great-great-granddaddy was a [...] Read more »
Chile Underground Turns Two Hundred
The Chile Underground, your favorite food blog (that talks about chiles and travel, I mean), turns 200 today. Posts, that is. And there’s no end in sight!
In a little over a year we’ve brought you recipes and news, Follies and frivolity, and travel (and eating!) reports from all over the world: Singapore, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, [...] Read more »
Thai Curry at Angels 350
The Chile Underground’s Grand India Tour and Month-Long Snarf-Fest Curry Expedition got off to a prosaic, even mudane start, with a short hop from Austin to Dallas. With winds from the north at both airports (Thank You Gustav!), the pilot barely had to maneuver at all; up and down, 31 minutes and done. Shoot, I [...] Read more »
A Thai Dinner Party at Home, Part VI: Bringing It All Together
You’ve gathered the utensils and spent time in the kitchen experimenting screaming and sucking your burned thumb to make all the wonderful Thai dishes you want to share. Time to eat!
Get some tea and coffee going, if you like to have them. The tea is consumed, hot or cold, with the meal. Thai coffee can [...] Read more »
A Thai Dinner Party at Home, Part V: Desserts
Dessert isn’t served every meal in Thailand, of course. Nearly every opportunity to partake is exercised, however! When a full meal with guests is served, there are often two desserts, not just one. So if you’re a dessertaholic then Thai cuisine and customs are tailor-made for you.
Here are a couple of nice selections, out of [...] Read more »

















