Som's Home Cooking

I love cooking!  It's my passion!  It's amazing what you can do with so many and varied ingredients.  I was born in the south of Thailand (the land of spicy food) in Nakhon Si Thammarat.  After I got married I moved to Washington state in the good old USA.  That was a huge change!  I lived there for about 10 years and I spent about 5 years teaching the art of Thai cooking in the US to hundreds of hungry students.  Now I'm in Shanghai China.  Shanghai is amazing city to live in.  I guess you could say it is totally different from the states.  I love to cook and I spend my time in my little tiny Jinqiao kitchen almost everyday.  I really enjoy it.

These are all the dishes that my family and I enjoy a lot here in Shanghai.  I would like to share them with you too!

Shrimp Ceviche

 

I brought a lot of my Mexican spices from Mexico and America with me here to China.

 

Cooked Shrimp

 

We cooked this for our friend who is from Mexico and she liked it a lot. 

 

Full Mexican Meal

 

My homemade salsa.

 

Yum! Sardines! (spicy sardine with lemongrass)

 

Srimp Paste with Spicy Green Mango Salad.

 

Seafood Basil with Homemade Chili Oil.

 

Homemade Chili Oli

 

Tamarind Prawn

 

Thai Baked Chicken with Lemongrass

 

JIm Jaew

Thai always have this spicy sauce with the BBQ chiken.

 

I got the baby corn from the Chinese local market

 

Rad Nah Talay (Seafood Thai Thick Noodle)

 

Vietnamese Sandwich with Grilled Marinade Pork.  Banh Mi baby!

 

I'm going to have a bite of this sandwich

 

BBQ Beef with Thai Spicy Sauce

 

 

Spicy Chicken Soup with the Bamboo Shoots.  This was an incredible taste that you will never forget.  You either love it or hate it.  Coke goes insane for it!

 

Bamboo Beef Curry and Thai basil.  Serve with chinese rice noodles.

 

 

 Making noodles!

 

 

The ingredients of Bamboo Beef Curry.

 

 

Salmon Curry with Banana Leaves

 

The finished product from Som.

 

 

Chicken Noodle Soup

My delicious chicken noolde soup with homemade broth and tender chicken meat.

 

 

Krapraow Chicken - Basil Chicken

 

Onigiri Rice Balls with Salmon

 

Sushi and Sashimi

I was teaching Cynthia Nordmeyer how to make Sushi and Onigiri...

 

 

Catering for our friends in Shanghai.

 

 

This is Som's teeny tiny triangular Kitchen in Shanghai.

 

 

New York Steak with Potato Soup

 

 

Shiitake Noodles with Chinese Chilis

 

 

 

 

 

 Lhab!

 

Ground Pork with Southern Thailand Curry Paste with Lemongrass

 

 

Korean Bean Sprouts Stir-Fry

 

 

I love to take pictures of food and this is the seafood section at our Carrefour supermarket.

 

 

Pines Supermarket - I mostly find my fresh vegetables there.  A little bit more expensive but is very convinent and they have all of the Thai ingredients I need.

 

 

More fresh vegetables

 

More to Come!