Thai Cuisine!

    For date night, my husband took me out for Thai. This was great because I was really wanting to try some authentic Thai cuisine.
The menu had so many choices, it took us quite awhile to decide, but we finally did.

I ordered: Tom Kha Gai, which is a chicken soup with coconut milk, chili, lime juice and mushrooms.

This soup was amazing! I really loved it. I cannot wait to try it again! It was just this perfect balance of flavours.

We also ordered an appetizer. Poa Pia Goong Tod: Springrolls stuffed with shrimp.

These were also quite good. Nice crunchy wrappers with huge shrimp inside.

For our main we ordered: 

Gang Garee Gai: chicken with potatoes, light curry and coconut milk.

This was very good, however I found it a bit sweet. Despite that, the potatoes were amazing, and the chicken was very tender.

...and we had Kao Pad Gai: Thai-style chicken fried rice.

This was very good, and exactly as described. Chicken fried rice.

Overall, I enjoyed our experience in Thai cuisine. I most definitely want to try it again. Next time, I am going to be more adventurous and order something spicy (and of course, that amazing soup)!

Hope you enjoyed your peek at my experience with Thai Cuisine! Maybe I will try to find a recipe for the soup! If I do, I will be sure to share it with you!

Until next time, Happy Munching!

Phở

I've been feeling the onset of a cold lately and things really cumulated today when I ended up in the walk-in clinic with an ear and throat infection. Needless to say, I was in quite a bit of pain between the two of them and I wanted nothing more than something delicious and soothing to eat for dinner tonight.   To facilitate that my fiance took me to get some Phở. If you've never had Phở before it is a Vietnamese noodle soup typically served with beef or chicken (called phở bò or phở gà respectively). The noodles are typically rice noodles, however many places also offer egg noodles as well. There are also vegetarian varieties available as well.  Usually you are also provided with a plate of bean sprouts, lime, and basil that you can add to your soup at your own discretion. The place we usually go to also has amazing spring rolls. I really wished I had taken a picture but I didn't think about it until after I'd eaten them. These spring rolls come in three varieties: vegetable, shrimp and pork. My personal favourite is vegetable. Typically my fiance and I always go to the same Phở place. We've tried several others and none can quite compare to this one. I always order the same phở when I go (although I have definitely tried some of the other varieties, this is just my preferred order), it is lean well-done beef Phở. I usually do not add any bean sprouts or assortments to my soup, but I like to toss in a bit of soya sauce and sriracha (a Thai hot sauce). I also like to have a bit of hoisin sauce (a Chinese dipping sauce) in a small bowl on the side to dip my beef in. Overall, I would definitely say that this is one of my favourite things to eat and I really wanted to share it with you all. I hope you have the chance to try some, too. I would love to hear your experiences! Until next time, happy munching!