Seeing as I'm studying food, and I love food, and everybody loves food, I'm going to be posting about some of my favorite Thai food experiences. For those of you who don't know, I'm working on an independent study project on Thai food in which I try to create a definition for "authenticity" as it relates to Thai cuisine.
After my first week in Thailand, I uncovered a life truth that is ridiculously unexpected.
I DON'T LIKE THAI FOOD
I mean, I loooove Tasty Thai campus. I love American Pad Thai with peanut sauce. I love pretty much everything that doesn't smell like fish and lemongrass.
Unfortunately, everything here smells like fish and lemongrass.
I took a Thai cooking class.
Instructor: "ooookay, we show you basic Thai ingredient!"
"Lemonglass. Lemonglass in almost all Thai dish!"
"Shlimps! Shlimps! Shlimps in powder, shlimps in paste..." (Commence Thai style Bubba Gump shrimp speech) 15 min later.... "Shlimps powder in Pad Thai, then chops shlimps on top, then whole shlimps on top!"
Et VOILÀ!
Que auténtico. Pad Thai, Thai style.
Alright. I'm kidding. Exaggeration comes naturally to me.
What I mean is, most dishes are cooked with at least a bit of fish sauce or shrimp powder, and the fish flavors are really prominent in the dishes.
I do like some Thai dishes, I'm just slowly learning how to adjust my eating habits and my fish smell acceptance levels. I'll keep you updated on it world. Until then, don't judge me for my once a day McDonalds habit. Thanks.
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