Fresh Bamboo in Chiang Mai Market Sweet and tender, fresh bamboo shoots are delicious in curries, spicy salads and stir-fries. The canned equivalent just doesn’t match up. Mai (Stir-Fried Pork with Bamboo Shoots and Holy Basil with a Fried Egg)
It’s mango season here in Thailand and the full range is on display from green to ripe, 10 baht/kilo to 80 plus, small and large and everything in between. The mango I had in Sparkles was a rare variety so difficult to grow that it isn’t produced commercially. Of course, you can find plenty of other varieties in the markets.
Black Diamond Cupcakes Bangkok, Thailand – Finally a bakery in Bangkok that produces tasty Western goods. While most of the city’s baking stores turn out products that are universally dry, often over-sweetened and sometimes betray chemical undertones, 4-month-old Sparkles on Sukhumvit 53 is relying on ultra-fresh, premium ingredients to make cupcakes, tarts and cookies that [...]