Yesterday, I went to visit The Grand Palace here in Bangkok where the Kings and Queens of Thailand used to reside. It’s a very beautiful place. The temples are all intricately handpainted with gold and colorful Thai patterns. It’s a place where I was able to draw out inspirations for some of my cake creations.
It was however a very tiring and long trip. For anyone planning a vacation here, please read up on Bangkok scams on the net and be ready to face a few of them as you go on with your tour. From Taxi and Tuk-tuk drivers to men pretending to be employees of the Grand Palace misleading you to go to another tour guided trip with them. Whew! Those guys made me really hungry at the end of it. While on the train back to the hotel all I could think of is to get some food, head up to my hotel and take a long nice swim.
I was famished! Then I saw this lady making thin pancakes on a griddle. Hmmm… .looks interesting. She was making crispy crepes! It’s a traditional Thai snack. When the crepes are cooked. She puts meringue on top and coconut spiced with pepper. Definitely, I got my self an order. When I turned back, I saw another food stall with soups in large bowls. Looks like ginataan. Feeling so hungry, I thought I can finish one bowl of these warm desserts. I chose a bowl of Tapioca with sesame seed in coconut cream. Then I saw sticky rice pudding with mangoes! I remembered my sister told me she loved it! I could not help my self but purchase one serving as well. (Hmmmm never let me order when I’m hungry, tend to over do it!). Went back to my hotel room and shared it with my family. Here are some of the food shots I got.
The crispy Thai crepe tasted like our barquillos with a sweet –salty topping on top. It was pretty okey although not something that I would crave for. Quite satiating. The Tapioca and sesame soup taste like our ginataan indeed, but with less of the ingredients. (I like the Filipino ginataan better). The rice pudding with mangoes was good. It is a lighter version of the Filipino suman but with more flavor. Its not as sticky since they used long grain rice for this dessert. They added more coconut cream on the mixture and stronger pandan flavor. Since they used less glutinous rice in their proportion, its not as heavy as our suman. The mangoes and coconut milk goes with it perfectly.
Fully satisfied and re-energized, I went to swim on the beautiful blue lagoon.
