We ate lots of delicious street food in Thailand, you can walk down the street and buy incredible food pretty much all day. We got up the first morning and went for a walk towards Khao San Road to get mango and sticky rice, I don't think I've ever eaten a mango that perfectly ripe before. Later on in the day we got some watermelon and more mango to snack on - again amazing - and once it got dark it was time for Pad Thai and chicken kebabs. Both are cooked fresh in front of you and cost about 60p each - if only you could pick that up after a night out in Shoreditch! The Pad Thai came with a choice of egg or no egg and then you'd pick your own bits to sprinkle on top (I always added peanuts). The chicken kebabs weren't the only option but they were so tasty I kept going back for more.
I also thought while I was there it was very important I ate Thai green curry as its the Thai dish I cook most often at home. The one I had was absolutely delicious, so much better than anything I've had over here (what a surprise!) - although I think they've got confused about how many people were eating it because it would probably have fed a family of four. Not to be beaten by a meal I ate the entire thing - I was so happy with it I even remembered to take a picture!
After a few days in Thailand we flew over to Bali and caught our boat (I say our boat but there were mostly Aussies on it so I guess it was their boat) to Nusa Lembongan a beautiful island near Kuta. We were greeted at our villa with fresh fruit juice and given fish wrapped in banana leaf for dinner. The banana leaf kept all the moisture and flavour inside and it's definitely something I want to experiment with at home. If anyone knows where to buy banana leaves in East London please let me know.
The breakfasts we had in Bali were absolutely delicious, I started each day with watermelon juice (a tradition which I have continued since we got home as a weekend treat) and then tried a bunch of different things. My favourite was the traditional Nasi Goreng - I think this is mainly because I've always been a fan of eating left-overs for breakfast. It's basically spicy rice and vegetables topped with a fried egg - I'm sure there are many complicated things in there but my Balinese is not good enough to discuss ingredients so I'm going to have to do some Googling to discover that recipe. They also did lovely pancakes with banana and honey but these were completely different to anything I've ever had at home. I think of a pancake as either a scotch pancake which is thick, fluffy and suitable for smothering in jam or a thin crepe type which is perfect with lemon and sugar. These were closer to a crepe in size but thick and slightly doughy - sort of like a crepe-scotch pancake cross. Anyway, whatever they were they were much tastier than they looked so if you're in the area I would suggest you try them.
We also had some amazing dinners on the island including more chicken kebabs (!), barbecued Mahi-mahi (accompanied by a fantastic selection of cocktails since we were out for my flatmate's birthday), more Mahi-mahi grilled with tomato and rice, and lots of grilled prawns. I won't gush about all the meals but I will try and recreated them at some point!
Unfortunately in Kuta we were so knackered that we ate crisps and Oreos for the single night we were there so I won't pretend we did had anything amazing there - although on the flight there I discovered Dairy Queen for the first time in my life which I'm slightly embarrassed to say I absolutely loved!!
After that we got to go back to Thailand - a lot of the same food so I won't repeat myself but I also discovered a chicken and cashew nut dish which was so tasty it deserved a picture! When it's ready they bring out a burning hot flat plate with a saucepan full of food and pour it out at your table (I can't imagine they do this in the non-tourist restaurants but it was fun) - here it is along with my flat mates knee :)
I'm afraid it's quite late now, I've managed to finish going on about all this lovely food and also managed to work my way through an entire bottle of wine (although I should point out it took nearly 6 hours so is entirely respectable!) so many apologies for not checking this properly - if there are any mistakes I'm really sorry!
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