What do you eat for breakfast?

A Thai traditional breakfast as we can see often consists of rice soup with chopped pork(Jok), Khao Tom, BBQ pork with sticky rice, deep fried pasty(Pa Tong Koh) or soya milk Mostly we go for rice as it is part of our culture and then diversify to many kinds of dishes. In the morning we won’t be disappointed to find foods to eat for the kick start of the day as there are many vendors and shops open their businesses from the crack of dawn. "Jok" with egg is my favorite dish for breakfast I don't forget to add spring onions and thin slices of ginger on top of it.

In fact, breakfast is very important for our health. A healthy breakfast should contain some protein and some fiber. Protein can come from low fat meats, eggs, beans, or soy. Thai foods seem to have all of what they suggest, don't they?

Since thesedays more and more Thai people have various choices so we are converting to English and American breakfast which are breads, jams, beacons, hams or Corn Flakes as it is easy to prepare and eat. Moreover, these things can be kept for the next few days. Our culture becomes more diverse in breakfast more than in the past. In case, we make our own breakfast Do you think majority of Thai people are changing their habits to Western cultures particularly new generation? Because Thai foods take longer time to prepare and then cook. On the other hand, Western breakfast just only take a few seconds. I read an article from a magazine, the best time to have breakfast should be around 7-9 a.m.

If you skip breakfast, tomorrow morning remember to eat a healthy foods before starting the day.

Phitchaya (Som)

The Meaning Behind the Sweets

Thai dessert is popular among the Thais to eat after a meal since Thai food is quite spicy so Thai dessert is served to balance of Thai savory dishes. Thai dessert making requires intricate skills, and depends a great deal on the quality and freshness of ingredients, coconut milk and meat, palm sugar, rice flour and other essentials.

Thai people prefer our desserts to have fragrance by soak jasmine and other aromatic flowers in water and use resultant scented water to make syrup. Bland seed or beans are cooked in the syrup to make liquid sweets. Aromatic candles often burned next to cakes or cookies in closed containers to in part scents, or desserts are placed next to fragrant flowers overnight. Some sweets are garnished with gold leaf such as Thong Eak.

Not only for eating, Thai sweets are also used in ceremonies. Thai people use sweets in ceremonies based on its name and how it’s look. In wedding ceremony or house warming there will be Foy Thong (a sweet dessert made from egg yolk and syrup). The meaning is long lasting. Kanom Chan (layer rice pudding) means growing in career path. Kanom Tuey Foo means flourishing life.

Thai sweets are cheap compare to Western sweets and available at every fresh markets. However, don't enjoy eating too much otherwise you will have to see the dentist often.

Noi ;)