2 types of Tom Yam soup ; the milky Tom Yam and the Red Spicy Tom Yam ;
both equally dangerously hot !
This is a repost from a post I wrote all the way back in November 2009, I hope you find this interesting...
This is a repost from a post I wrote all the way back in November 2009, I hope you find this interesting...
During a 3 day trip to Thailand last week, I was invited by some customers to have a lunch by the Chao Phya river near Ayutthaya. This is one of the highlights of my business trip whereby deals have to be negotiated and discussions take place every day. The lunch location was on a boat moored along the banks of the Chao Phaya river in Ayutthaya which runs for hundreds of km down all the way to Bangkok.
Without much hesitation I accepted. I was treated to a lovely 'feast' for the senses ; taste, smell, sound, and of course sight. We ordered several dishes and I list them below :
- fish maw
- fried marble goby fish
- fresh water prawn with vegetables
- Tom Yam Milky (Goong)
- Tom Yam Red (Goong)
Both Tom Yam were equally dangerously spicy hot and able to cause 'fire breath' if one is not careful. They were served steamboat style with charcoal fire underneath to keep the soup warm.
My 2 favourites were the fish maw and the fried goby which were crispy and tasty. Our customers from Western Digital were usual patrons of the place and we could have the 'WD' discount much to my delight.
Both Tom Yam were equally dangerously spicy hot and able to cause 'fire breath' if one is not careful. They were served steamboat style with charcoal fire underneath to keep the soup warm.
Fried Mish Maw with Nuts and Fried Goby Fish
My 2 favourites were the fish maw and the fried goby which were crispy and tasty. Our customers from Western Digital were usual patrons of the place and we could have the 'WD' discount much to my delight.
To find the place requires some local knowledge as there are no visible signs or they were written in Thai. It was obviously a favourite with the people living and working in the area as well as with the expatriates.
To reach the restaurant, we had to negotiate 2 'landmarks', walk past. a dishevelled looking Shar Pei dog who looks abit like Winston Churchill (!) and cross a half-submerged walkway (see picture above) to reach the Boat Restaurant. It is actually an old barge converted to a dining place and the food is cooked over in the kitchen on dry land while the diners eat over the water's edge.
Half submerged walkway to the Boat Restaurant
To reach the restaurant, we had to negotiate 2 'landmarks', walk past. a dishevelled looking Shar Pei dog who looks abit like Winston Churchill (!) and cross a half-submerged walkway (see picture above) to reach the Boat Restaurant. It is actually an old barge converted to a dining place and the food is cooked over in the kitchen on dry land while the diners eat over the water's edge.
I wonder if during the rainy and flooding period whether it would be possible to walk from land to boat ?
Its quite fun watching the barges and the speedboats (ala James Bond) ply the Chao Phya river to Bangkok and taking in the sights of the ferry which passes by every 10 minutes. On top of that, the river is teeming with fishes which give me the sneaky feeling that some of these fishes are fed for the purposes of being on the dining table later !
Entrance to the Boat Restaurant - you can see the middle section with some planks
Its quite fun watching the barges and the speedboats (ala James Bond) ply the Chao Phya river to Bangkok and taking in the sights of the ferry which passes by every 10 minutes. On top of that, the river is teeming with fishes which give me the sneaky feeling that some of these fishes are fed for the purposes of being on the dining table later !
10 Baht (S$ 0.40) to get across the Chao Phya river
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