Cooking Class

[fauxklore]

I took a vegetarian cooking class this morning. In a little over three hours, we made 10 dishes. All of which were delicious and a few of which were unusual (pumpkin hummous, for example). It was an excellent way to spend a morning.

Afterwards, I meandered around Bangkok, ending up at the Royal Palace (and an associated pagoda). There is, apparently, no limit to how much one can gild buildings.

Back on the subject of food, I am trying to get up my courage to try durian. They have small packages of sliced durian in the supermarkets so it is a good opportunity as it means not having to buy an enormous spiky thing. But the smell is off-putting to say the least. Even through the plastic wrapping, there is a definite scent of outhouse mixed with something dead. The other problem is that they have two kinds - soft and medium and I don't know which is allegedly better.

Comments

[cellio]

Wait, is this an indoor supermarket? I thought there were rules about durian and enclosed spaces... That does sound like the ideal way to investigate durian, though -- someone else has done the work of cutting it up and you don't need to eat or dispose of the entire thing. (I've been assured that it's quite tasty if you can get past the smell, but I have no personal experience.)

[fauxklore]

Well, it is wrapped in plastic and you can only smell it when you are right there. And it is not actually sliced - just peeled and cut into a few big pieces.

In fact, part of the problem is where one would actually eat it. Hotels don't allow it, for example.

I have a few hours yet in which to steel my nerves.