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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Pineapple, Pineapple, and the Dishes of the South | āļŠāļąāļšāļ›āļ°āļĢāļ”āđāļĨāļ°āļ­āļēāļŦāļēāļĢāđƒāļ•āđ‰āļ­āļĢāđˆāļ­āļĒāđ†āđ† āļĄāļēāļāļĄāļēāļĒāđ†āđ†

Southern pineapple made an impromptu extra in the usually stinky-bean-only dish of 'Sator Pad Goong.' And it seems that the fruit season brings out the best of this acidic yet sweet taste of the crunchy type.

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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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Thai Flavours at Front Room, Waldorf Astoria Bangkok | āļ­āļēāļŦāļēāļĢāđ„āļ—āļĒāļĢāļŠāļĄāļ·āļ­āđāļĄāđˆ āļŦāđ‰āļ­āļ‡āļ­āļēāļŦāļēāļĢāļŸāļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™āļ—āđŒ āļĢāļđāļĄ āđ‚āļĢāļ‡āđāļĢāļĄāļ§āļ­āļĨāļ”āļ­āļĢāđŒāļŸ āđāļ­āļŠāđ‚āļ—āđ€āļĢāļĩāļĒ āļāļĢāļļāļ‡āđ€āļ—āļž

Front Room at Waldorf Astoria is now reopened into a new concept. While paying homage to the mother's secret recipes, the team of chefs there also created a lot of delicious, uniquely characteristic dishes of their own. This is how we stay in touch with the contemporaries while never really deviate from our roots!

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