Aunty Heng’s ice cream story started decades ago when she tried to make an ‘easier living’ by selling a Thai brand of ice cream from a cart to the local community in Bueng Kan, Isan. To her horror, it didn’t sell. The villagers weren’t having any of it! Feeling a bit deflated, she wondered why…
Read MoreIn 2014, we were out buying Jasmine plants for Thai Mother’s Day and whilst searching for the perfect plant, suddenly this skeletal kitten ran out and in a total panic one of us dashed to the grocery shop to grab a can of cat food whilst the other…
Read MoreExcuse the low res photo - it was taken in what was Nong Khai (now Beung Kan) in about 2008 during my (Lisa’s) first visit to the village where some…
Read MoreYou’ll love this one: The other day Chef New was reminiscing about what an iron looked like in her family home back in the day. Oh boy! What a shocker! With no electricity in the remote home it was basically…
Read MoreA solitary egg was shared between the whole family along with an abundance of vegetables and a soup…
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