A Taste Of Trang

Trang province offers adventurous foodies a range of delicious dishes in a pristine natural setting.

People who have the explorer’s instinct like to investigate places that others find boring, because it is in such places that you find things you never expected. Southern seaside provinces such as Surat Thani, with its tourist islands including Koh Samui and Koh Phangan, have become so famous that they eclipse the others. But travellers who take time to truly explore the beautiful, quiet and unspoiled Chumphon province will find it is the true gem of the Gulf of Thailand. On the other coastline facing the Andaman Sea you find Phuket, Phangnga and Krabi, which receive the most attention and draw in the most visitors, who tend to overlook Trang province – the real diamond of the Andaman Sea.
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Krabi Walking Street.

Krabi ” Pasar Malam “

Pasar Malam in Batavia, Indonesia, period 1900-1940

Pasar malam is a Malay and Indonesian word that literally means night market, “pasar” being related to “bazaar” in Persian. A pasar malam is a street market in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia that opens in the evening, usually in residential neighbourhoods. It brings together a collection of stalls that usually sell goods such as fruits, vegetables, snacks, toys, clothes, shoes, alarm clocks, and ornaments at cheap or at least reasonable prices. Pirated DVDs, CDs and computer software are often sold at a pasar malam. A pasar malam often takes place only one to a few days of the week, as the traders rotate around different neighbourhoods on different days of the week. Haggling over prices is a common practice at such markets. Pasar Malam are often differentiated by ethnicity. A Malay pasar malam will often contain stalls selling Islamic books, kopiah hats, sarongs and other Malay specialty items. Chinese pasar malam may sell Mah Jong sets, incense, joss sticks, joss paper and various Chinese prayer supplies. Indian pasar malam may contain Hindu prayer supplies. In the Netherlands, a yearly Indo Eurasian festival is held in The Hague under the name Tong Tong Fair, formerly known as the Pasar Malam Besar. Due to the big number of Indo Eurasians and the successive success of this event since 1959, dozens of Pasar Malams are held each year in the Netherlands. Recently the Indonesian embassy has started sponsoring a yearly Pasar Malam Indonesia, mainly to promote Indonesian business and enhance Dutch-Indonesian relations. Image and text source : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Banana And Its Many Uses

Over the years Thais have developed many other useful purposes for different parts of the banana tree.

One choice gift that Mother Nature has created for us is the banana. What the true value of this gift has for us depends, however, on the ways we can find the most uses for it. There are many kinds of bananas in Thailand, with various types flourishing in different environmental conditions. There are wild bananas that prefer narrow valleys in the mountains. These are not widely eaten because the fruit is full of hard seeds, but the leaves are useful. The kluay lep mue nang are a kind of wild banana that grows in rocky crevices where the soil covering is not thick. The fruit are small but compensate for it with their fine fragrance and sweetness, plus they don’t have seeds. The province where they are most common is in Chumphon. Kluay khai, or “egg bananas”, grow best where the temperature is somewhat hot, like in Kamphaeng Phet, for example. They are small and short with a flavour all in their own. Kluay hom grow best in the Central region.

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Fruit Season In Krabi

Fruit Vendor In Front Of City Hotel, Krabi Town.

Amazing Value – Good Food – Good Taste

The hot, tropical climate and abundant rainfall of Thailand are perfect for growing a huge variety of fruits. Some Thai fruits are incredibly sweet and juicy, while the taste or texture of others might seem, at first, strange to foreign guests, but they will surely add a delightful extra dimension to the gastronomic experience   which  awaits   every  visitor  to  ” Amazing Thailand – Amazing Value “. Fresh fuits is popular with Thais as an anytime snack, or juice drink and is eaten as dessert at most meals. it may be served raw, freshly sliced in salad, cooked in many different ways, or prepared as ice creams. Thai fruits are rich in vitamins such as A, B-complex, C, D and due to their assorted minerals and essential elements, are ideally used in traditional rejuvenation and beauty featured in Thailand’s luxury spas.

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