For some reason, I just have an urge to try cooking this cuisine. Although I know a little about the food, I've never prepared it.
I've come across plenty of recipes online, but don't know if some of the ingredients are readily available in HH.
Can anyone let me know if I can get hold of the following:
Avocados
Flour tortillas
Salsa sauce - or maybe I can make my own?
That sort of seems like it for the time being. Other ingredients are easily bought at the markets here.
Any advice would also be appreciated. I'll still continue with my Indian curries and attempts at Thai food. The above would make a pleasant change though and I'm sure the missus would like it too
Lomu
I asked myself the same question about two months ago when my son asked for some. (He'd been in the US for a year on an exchange student program).
I did find both the salsa and the flour tortillas at Foodland. You may just find it at Lotus, though I haven't tried. Foodland is a ten minute walk from where I stay in Bangkok.
They also carry both salsa and flour tortillas at the old Hua Hin Shopping Mall, but they are not always in stock. They only carry the "Old El Paso" brand while Villa market has a variety.
Home made salsa is much better than that purchased in a jar at a supermarket though, so you may want to just search the internet for salsa recipes and make your own (tomatos, onions, chilies, cilantro, lemon juice, etc.).
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Home made salsa is much better than that purchased in a jar at a supermarket though, so you may want to just search the internet for salsa recipes and make your own (tomatos, onions, chilies, cilantro, lemon juice, etc.).
Easy to do as HHF says. I blend part of mine, and chop some, so the consistency is chunky. Go light on the cilantro and chilies at first, then add until it gets to your taste
OK. Reckon I've got enough pointers to give it a first try out sometime. I'll make the salsa sauce chunky, migrant. Had read about that on the internet already, so you've confirmed matters.
Just got to do the shopping now I'll report back after I've made my first attempt.
The only grocery stores that i know of that have mexican food(flour tortillas,avacados,salsa, etc.) available for sale in Thailand are Foodland and Villa.
I really wish that Big C and Tesco Lotus would have mexican food available for sale in their stores but i have never seen any kind of mexican food at all in a Big C or Tesco Lotus grocery store.
Per above, I've never seen an fresh avocados anywhere, although I don't frequent Foodland or Villa often. Do they have them, or anyone seen any in the markets? I think the climate is wrong here to be able to grow them, except maybe in the north. Pete
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I've also seen ripe (and not so ripe) avocados at Mini Farm Market here in Hua Hin. I've seen other Mexican food ingredients there as well and this week when I was in Old Hua Hin Shopping Mall they had fresh (packaged imported, not frozen) flour tortillas as well as taco sauce, a couple of varieties of salsa, and packaged Taco seasoning mix on the shelf about 3 or 4 rows behind the produce area. They have had taco shells (corn tortilla already fried and formed in the taco shape) before too but I didn't see any this time. They do usually have those at Villa though.
Lomu, you could also talk to Murf (of El Murphy's) and Dave (of Cal. Cantina) as they have to have a source of all that stuff and I'm sure one of them could help you get what you need (since I believe you know them both).
My wife is doing an Avocado experiment now. She acquired three plants from somewhere and we planted them on her property in Loei Province last week. The goal is for her family to tend them and if they thrive and produce she wants to farm them there some day.
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Thanks the info about Villa. I'll check this side next trip. Pete
EDIT: For HHF, you lived in the Bay Area and maybe remember along Route 1 from Half Moon Bay south. Avocados growing as far as the eye could see in that cool ocean air. That's why I was wondering if they could grow in this climate here.
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Thanks for the tips again and who to maybe approach for more info.
I will get out and try and source some stuff soon and then probably make a total idiot of myself in the kitchen trying to cook something up for the first time.
EDIT: For HHF, you lived in the Bay Area and maybe remember along Route 1 from Half Moon Bay south. Avocados growing as far as the eye could see in that cool ocean air. That's why I was wondering if they could grow in this climate here.
Pete, I think you are right and I do remember those California Avocados. The wife thinks they may have a chance in Loei because the area where her farm is actually has two or three pretty cold months in the winter and occasionally have overnight frosts or freezes much like that part of central California.
I've tried three Thai wines and only found one to be any good and that is Chateau Loei which has it's vineyards and winery near her home. I think the better quality is due to that same California like climate you mentioned which is also ideal for growing grapes.
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I'll report back after I've made my first attempt.
