Yesterday, I went to the Best Thai Cooking school with Permpoon N____. It was an enjoyable day and I learned a lot of interesting cooking tips-tips that I will use in my cooking. He was a very gregarious and punny guy. I didn't eat anything other than the food at the school. We made 6 different dishes. Mangonese[sic] is my new favorite fruit. It's really hard to describe the flavor of it, but it kinda looks like an ugly blueberry, has the texture of cold cotton candy, and tastes like ...good^^ I'm going to the Chang Mai cooking school today and I'm staying at the Supreme Guest House. It is run by a Scottish guy named Gordon and it's a very chill place. (180 bahts a night). I think tomorrow I'll do a trek or do mountain climbing. Time's up. Dan

Yesterday, I ate some traditional Chang Mai food. It was a ground pork dish flavored with red curry and basil. It was alright- very rustic. It was served with fried pork skins and a soft boiled egg. I don't know, it wasn't the bright, spicy, sour-Thai flavor I was hoping for. But it was enlightening to see the differences in regional cooking. I went to the Night Bazaar and got an awesome banana roti and an orange monk bag. Sorry, this post is short because I'm blogging against the clock (before my Internet minutes are up.) Dan

Alrighty, after a mis-adventure in Bangkok (please, never mention girly-boys or ping pong balls in my presence) I packed up and headed to Chang Mai. It's an idylliac little city that has a very laid back and chilled out atmosphere. I took one of those Thai Motor scooter things from the airport to the city (80baht). It was really fun to see all the families riding on scooters. It's like Hell's Angels, but with kids behind the wheels. After choking to death on exhaust, I found a guest house to stay at. O.K. I was originally supposed to stay at a super lux resort called the Jasmine Rice Resort, but one: it was kinda out of the way, and two: it was damn expensive (4,200 baht) a night. There are a ton of guest houses in Chang Mai and they range in quality and price. Last night, I stayed at the Rux-Thai Guest House which is across from the Thaepae gate. It was no frills, lacked character, and it was 450 baht a night. I wouldn't recommend it. I recommend the area which is alon...

One of the best Naengmyeon restaurants in the city.

I am trying to get a week's worth of blogging out in a couple hours before I have to catch my plane. This is the cooking school that I'm going to be taking classes at for a couple of days. It was recommended by my friend Hana. If anyone is in Chang Mai on Friday through Monday, give me an e-mail or something and we'll have to meet up. ">http://www.thaicookeryschool.com/ Dan

I am going to Thailand for a week! YEAH! I am going to stay over in Bangkok for a couple of days and then I'm going to Chang Mai to take a cooking class. I've been doing some research and here are some recommendations of restaurants and blogs in Thailand. These are recommendations from Maylee: ">http://www.austinbushphotography.com/category/foodblog/ He also does food tours in Bangkok on occasion, but there are lots of posting on places all over Thailand Best place to eat in Bangkok is generally always on the street. Try Chinatown for a start. For late night eats Soi 38 under the sky train stop. This ">http://stomachsonlegs.blogspot.com/2007/07/e-pochana-bangkok-seafood-gluttony.html is my favourite seafood place Isaan can be found most places, but I like this place in Lad Prao (a bit out of the city) ">http://stomachsonlegs.blogspot.com/2007/04/burning-ring-of-fire.html The blog http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/ is also pretty good

May 1-25 Explore the Tastes of India The COEX InterContinental’s buffet restaurant, The Brasserie, will be presenting authentic Indian food prepared by three guest chefs from India with Shovan Das, the Indian chef of the COEX InterContinental Seoul. Guest chefs, Mr. Yogendra Singh Negi, Mr. Satish Kumar, Mr. Mohammed Yunus Khan and our chef, Shovan Das presents traditional North Indian lamb curry, Goan pickled hot prawn curry, barbequed boneless chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices. Of note is that the one of the unique lamb chop preparation barbequed in Tandoori (clay oven) and served with Indian corn chips, south Indian Papad or Raita which is whipped yoghurt with vegetables and three different style of Indian breads as accompaniment. In addition, guest will enjoy presentable Indian desserts including traditional pancakes with sugar syrup, fried bread soap with sugar syrup and condensed milk or Kheer which is cold rice pudding flavored with saffron and dried fruits. Lunch-W41,000...

Friday April 25 - ANZAC DAY As always, we will be open directly after the memorial service for those wishing to have a quiet beer. We will also be giving away free ANZAC biccies all day PLUS 2-for-1 Aussie beer to Aussie & Kiwi expats. Two-up will be available. Here's the Link

Sooooo funny!

This is from "How I met Your Mother," one of the smartest and best written shows on TV. Here's how you can have a date in 2 minutes.

Here is the website in Korean. Here is the site that has been translated from Korean to English. What kind of school is this??? You gotta love Korea^^ You can find this school over in Sinchone exit 4. Dan