An Anatomy of Khao Chae (Chilled Thai Summer Rice) āļŠāđˆāļ§āļ™āļ›āļĢāļ°āļāļ­āļšāļ‚āđ‰āļēāļ§āđāļŠāđˆ

Khao Chae āļ‚āđ‰āļēāļ§āđāļŠāđˆ is something Thai people eat to cool off during the scorching summer. Preparing Khao Chae takes a village, and doing it right and beautiful is no small act of dedication. So, as eaters, we might want to know more about this special rice and the accompanying side dishes. And also how to eat it properly! It's time now to be cultured!

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A Day Along Bangkok’s Rivers, on an Electric Boat | āļĨāđˆāļ­āļ‡āđ€āļĢāļ·āļ­āđ„āļŸāļŸāđ‰āļēāđ€āļ—āļĩāđˆāļĒāļ§āļ„āļĨāļ­āļ‡āđ€āļĨāđ‡āļāļ„āļĨāļ­āļ‡āļ™āđ‰āļ­āļĒāđƒāļ™āļāļĢāļļāļ‡āđ€āļ—āļžāļŊ

Looking for a new way to see Bangkok? Here’s a carbon-free boating trip—organised by a biking tour operator—on the tributaries of the Chaophraya River where you can still hear the birds sing. 

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Khao Chae – The Ritual of Eating Chilled Thai Summer Rice āļ§āļąāļ’āļ™āļ˜āļĢāļĢāļĄāļāļēāļĢāļāļīāļ™āļ‚āđ‰āļēāļ§āđāļŠāđˆ

Khao Chae is a delicious ritual of Thai summer chilled rice, a historic meal that harks back centuries with the origins lying west of Bangkok. Here is the savoir-fair of this meal, sometimes deemed as an acquired taste, that will relieve you the heat from the sweaty summertime.

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8 Delicious & Amazing Shaved Ice Thai Desserts

Ice made their first voyage to Siam back in 1857, via ship, in big slabs contained by crates. To preserve the cool temperatures throughout their Singapore - Bangkok route, each slab of frozen water was painstakingly covered with layers of sawdust. It was not until almost 50 years later, however, that Bangkok was able to produce ice locally. And that was the beginning of the tasty explosions in the forms of Thai ice desserts.

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