Today was a nice hot day for the Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok! There were shops everywhere. Entering the inner shops was like entering a labyrinth—everywhere you looked, there were shops and unique items to be purchased! It was almost impossible to stay oriented. It wasn’t easy to find our meeting spot when we were finished!
There were also tasty snacks to be tried. I had the freshest, most delicious mango (served in a plastic bag) and freshly made coconut ice cream, along with some iced chrysanthemum tea. I quickly discovered I should’ve been drinking water constantly, though—it was hot hot hot!
After shopping until we dropped (truly—I went a bit overboard, but who wouldn’t?), we made our way to our Thai cooking class. I was so excited to learn! I’ve never known much about cooking real meals, let alone Thai ones!
I was not let down. We strapped on colorful aprons and knelt on mats around a gorgeous arrangement of ingredients as our teacher explained a little about each meal we’d be making. She was informative, of course, but also really funny!
We made fresh spring rolls, spicy soup, sweet green curry, pad thai, and then they made us mango sticky rice for dessert. It was fantastic, because we were allowed to decide how spicy to make our own meals, and could omit certain ingredients if we didn’t like them. Besides skimping on some of the hot peppers, I decided to include everything so I could have the most authentic meal.
