A lot of Thai

Back from radio silence, guys! We spent the last few days adjusting to the time difference, taking the BEST Thai cooking class, and finding our new apartment (so cozy). Apartment details next time, but for now here’s a gallery of our cooking class with Yui, the teacher for A lot of Thai home cooking class. She’s been cooking and teaching for 14 years, and was so frank and fun to spend the day with. We improved our knife skills, took a tour of the local market, and ate waaay too much. Take a look!

Us and Yui

Us and Yui

Mango Sticky Rice

Mango Sticky Rice

Jane's spring rolls

Jane’s spring rolls

Jane's spring rolls

Jeff rolling spring rolls

The street outside Nong Hoi Market

The street outside Nong Hoi Market

Eggplants that actually look like eggs!

Eggplants that actually look like eggs!

Phad Thai - delicious in two minutes on the wok

Phad Thai – delicious in two minutes on the wok

Assorted Greens

Assorted Greens – including edible mimosa leaves

Tamarind

Tamarind

Dragonfruit and other produce at Nong Hoi Market

Dragonfruit, bananas, oranges and grapes for sale at Nong Hoi Market

Delicious Iced Coffee from Nong Hoi market

Delicious iced coffee being prepared

Sippin on that iced coffee

Sippin on that iced coffee

Nong Hoi Market

Nong Hoi Market

The stations at A Lot of Thai cooking class

The stations at A lot of Thai cooking class

Thai Red Curry

Thai Red Curry

Thai Green Curry

Thai Green Curry

Yui demonstrating cooking form

Yui demonstrating cooking form

Eating Phad Thai

Eating Phad Thai

 

Leavin on a jet plane

All our bags are (lightly) packed, we’re ready to go! And we are now sitting in Lambert airport, waiting for our first of four flights ending in Chiang Mai, Thailand at 8:10 am on November 10th. As you can see below, we have decided not to bring much with us. It feels good to have all of our belongings fit into one small backpack each, although we do plan to purchase some things when we arrive.

Jane's bag and items

Jane’s bag and items

 

Jeff's bag and items

Jeff’s bag and items

A few things we’re also bringing that didn’t make it into the photos: two inflatable travel pillows, our NEX-5n camera (which we used to take these photos), and Jane’s underwear 🙂

If you have any questions about what or why we packed what we did, please leave us a comment!