Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients

How to curl the spring onion

With this flower, you pay extra for the decorations

Learning the art to decorate the dish

Adding the chicken to the rice

All set to be eaten - Khao Phad Gai

Mussaman Curry Chicken

If you were wondering when the idea of cooking Thai food at home came about, all thanks to Joan who signed us both for cooking school in BKK. I really had fun and this is when I started to pay attention to the ingredients and experiment cooking.

Ingredients used

Our teacher at work

Crispy Shallot

After this class is your turn to cook 

Coconut cream and coconut milk

Coconut Milk

Mussaman curry paste

Adding the chicken and the potatoes

Simply delicious - my hands on dish

Visit to the Thai Market

Fan in the hand, with basket and also camera - is Pat cooking or taking photos?

For our cooking class in BKK, we were brought to the market to buy our ingredients.

Spot the bottled water in the basket

Types of fresh vegetables

Our teacher for the class

How to choose the ingredients

Lime, lemon, basil leaves - adds to the flavor of the food

Different paste in the wet market

Chicken galore 

Joan & Pat all set to cook

Pre Oboke Boat Cruise

Here we are after lunch for the Oboke Sightseeing Boat Cruise. This is in the western part of the Iya Valley.

A gentle 30 minute boat ride down the Yoshino River,

Boats leave at least once an hour from the dock on the riverbank, which is reached via a 7-8 minute walk down the hill (ramps are provided the entire way) from the main ticket building.

Main Ticket Building

About to embark on the boat adventure

Ducks greeting us

Sompong Thai Cooking School

Joan ala too the birthday gal

Pat

Sompong Original Thai Cooking School offers you an  opportunity  to  learn  how  to 

cook  real  Thai  food  in  a  traditional  Thai  setting. Hands-on   with   skilled   and   friendly 

teachers who can impart the secrets of Thai cooking to  you  in  a  fun  atmosphere.

All set to learn the tips of cooking

Welcome biscuits

Thanks Joan for bringing me here. Really such fun and cooking adventures.

Ice Cream Time in Japan

After our adventurous walk on the Kazurabashi Bridge, we were give some time to explore the store. 

Melon Ice Cream

Sweet Potato Ice-cream - simply delicious 

Pat & Gina

My 1st ice-cream in Japan for this trip

Varied Flavors of Ice-cream

BBQ Fishes for sale