Crew for the most part really like going to Bangkok, you can get some very cheap massages and street food, good food, relaxing massages, cheap, whats not to love!? The first day another girl from the flight and I started out by getting a 90 minute message for roughly 15 american dollars and it was great! After our messages were over we went t do a bit of shopping, things in Thailand are pretty cheap and so it was fun to have a look around. Next we tried our luck with the street food. It sort of reminds me of how at the fair you have all the concessions full of greasy food except some things are slightly less greasy like the fresh fruit for example. I had some thai tea (my favorite), fresh pineapple, and coconut pancake things. It was really neat too because the girl I was with knew what everything was and what was good and so I didn't have anything that was like cat brains or something... I have an active imagination :)
Ok so skipping over my sydney part of the trip back to thailand for a second time. This time I had a full day because we got in the night before at midnight and left the next night at midnight. I had prior to going on this trip looked up some cool things to do in Bangkok and the thing that really caught my eye was a thai cooking class. I love cooking and as I mentioned earlier really enjoy thai food so I thought this was right up my ally! I convinced another girl to come as well so I was not the only one. We got really lost in the morning and were actually a little late but we didn't miss much. The class starts with taking a tour into the local market and getting the ingredients we need for the meal. We missed a little bit of this but not too much. It was good to learn about the different ingredients and what to look for when making purchases. After we gathered up all the ingredients it was back to the classroom to start cooking! The menu consisted of red thai chicken curry, spicy chicken salad, a shrimp stir fry dish and mango sticky rice. I had emailed her prior to coming on the trip and she said we could learn pad thai and tom yum soup as well for an additional fee so we did that as well.
The class worked by first her showing how to prepare and cook the food then we each had a work station that they set up While the instructor was showing how to cook everything. After her presentation was done we would go back to our stations and recreate what she did. It worked really well and really enjoyed it also I learned so much! After we were done with the dishes we went in another room set up with tables to eat up out creations. It was so good and really cool to think I had just made it myself! After the class was over the instructor sent me and my cabin crew friend home with all the ingredients for the soup. It is something special they do for cabin crew she said and it was really nice! Everyday they make a different meal and so maybe if I get another trip I will go again!
Above are the coconut pancakes I tried they were pretty yummy!
This is how the street food is, just little tiny stations on the side of the street!
Pineapple was so fresh and yummy!!
I def. did not try whatever that is above... I'm not that adventurous!
Above is everything I need to make my red curry paste, and below is me making it all into a paste!
Below the instructor starting showing us how to make the red curry!
My cabin crew friend Adele is mixing the sauce for sticky rice below.
Foods done!! Red curry, shrimp, and rice/ rice noodles above, Adele with her mango sticky rice below!
Tom yum soup above, spicy chicken salad and mango sticky rice below ( we even learned how to make the rose decor on the chicken salad!)
Shrimp pad thai was our final dish of the day.
Above is us with our instructor!
