Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Lemongrass


Dinner time and my sister brought us to an authentic Thai Resto where they usually bring their foreign guests and business associates. It’s a small restaurant in Sukumvit Street. Just like a house with a signage. When you go inside, you will be welcomed with exotic Thai interiors. Very Asian. We had Som-Tum salad. It is made from papaya, carrots, and other mix of vegetables dressed with dalanghita vinaigrette and sweetened with palm sugar. It was serve in a bowl of red cabbage. You actually eat it with raw long beans and cabbage. Yummmy! We had Tom-Kha-Gai for our soup. My favorite from what we have ordered that night! There’s a contrast between the creaminess of the coconut milk and the sourness of the soup. It has chicken in it and is made more robust with basil, white ginger and lemongrass. It’s a combination of complex flavors that I could not fully describe but am plainly just enjoying it. Had two bowls that night! Yummy Yummy. We had Cha-nom-din (minced pork with chilli and basil) and Par-boong-di-dang (sautéed vegetables – dad’s favorite for the night) Everything was Yummy, yummy, yummy but not for those who cannot have a lot of chilli. The service was excellent. Another WOW meal for me.


Night is not over though! Lenotre still in my mind. I purposefully left space for dessert and am craving for chocolate! Went back to Emporioum. I spotted Feuille d’ Automne. It’s a chocolate mousse cake with layers of French meringue in it. Bought it to our hotel room since its almost closing time. It was well made. The chocolate work is perfectly done, the design is classy and very enticing… like calling to you “bite me!” The mousse is made with rich and dark chocolate. I can say that the chocolate used is of really good quality; the snap of the chocolate work in the garnish, the smoothness in the texture of the mousse and the over-all bittersweet flavor and mouth-feel of the dessert. The meringue layer is light and crisp, which is very difficult to achieve for desserts like these especially if it is taken out. I was truly impressed! It was nothing but perfect. A SUPER WOW dessert for me.