There are hundreds of Thai dishes and each dish has its own characteristics in flavor and feature. The south has a very strong flavour of food with spicy herbs, like turmeric (Curcuma longa), and tend to contain coconut milk. Turmeric is a popular spice in many Indian and Asian dishes and a critical ingredient of curry. The food of southern Thailand is noted for its sharp, intense flavors such as Kua Kling.
Kua Kling is a signature dish of the south that you must try if you are in Phuket, Samui or Krabi. It isan extremely spicy, dry curry dish like Rendang, one of the more popular Indonesians dishes in Singapore and throughout Asia. There are numerous recipes that you can try out. You can use minced pork, beef, chicken or fish at your choice. Garnish it with some finely chopped Kaffir lime leaves and served it with fresh vegetables and jasmine rice.
Kua Kling is one of my favourite Southern Thai dishes and this is a dish you just want to try again and again despite the “tongue burning sensation”. Yummy!!!
Let’s Take a Coffee Break at Phuket’s Big Buddha Hill
Many new cafe and food outlets have popped up in Nakkerd Hill (Big Buddha Hill) between Chalong and Karon Beach where the Big Buddha of Phuket is being constructed offering some of the most spectacular views in Phuket. Let’s take a coffee break and relax with natural beauty surrounding you.
Exotic Plant in Thailand – Caladium (Elephant Ear)
Caladium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma).There are over 1000 named cultivars of Caladium bicolor from the original South American plant.
Several Caladium speices are grown as ornamental plants because of their showy foliage. Caladium is generally a shade loving plant and and go dormant during the dry season but it needs plenty of water during the growing season. This picture was taken in the rubber plantation of Koh Maprow (Coconut island) off the east coast of Phuket.
