Host a Thai night
Two tables: green curry with rice, and a pad Thai plate.
A Thai house shares dishes around rice, but it does not pour curry on noodles. Tom yum can sit with the rice meal. Som tum with sticky rice is an Isaan night of its own.
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Green curry night
Curry, jasmine rice. No pad Thai underneath.
Green curry chicken is coconut and herb heat. Rice. Maybe a bowl of tom yum if you want soup with the rice — not as a noodle sauce.
The clock
- Rice.
- Curry.
- Fish sauce at the table.
Cook these free recipes
- Green Curry Chicken — The free curry — rice, not noodles.
Pad Thai night
One plate, lime, peanuts. The curry pot is cold.
Pad Thai is the plate. Lime, peanuts, chile, sugar, fish sauce — the condiment set. No green curry.
The clock
- Soak noodles.
- Hot wok.
- Condiments.
Cook these free recipes
- Pad Thai — The free street plate.
Set the curry or the wok plate in the middle. Find a mortar the same way as the pantry — a search, not a single listing that disappears.
Find a mortar on Amazon Find a sticky-rice steamer on Amazon
When you want the rest of the map — more curries, noodles, and the rice extras — Authentic Thai Cuisine is the book that keeps the table going. Read how the table is set before people arrive.
The Thai pantry, pots, and table
The spices, mixes, and hearths that belong to Thai cooking — then the people around them, and the kitchens still joining the table.
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