Our second evening in Destin, the plan was to have a Thai meal. We had been talking about it for months, in fact. Cousin Carol knows Thai food very well! She and her family lived in Bangkok a number of years. The goal was to get some fresh local seafood, which we did at Shrimpers, and then let Kade work her magic. We took down (from Asheville) a number of ingredients and cooking sauces to make life easier. Really fresh lemongrass, galangal and Kaffir lime leaves can be hard to find. Other ingredients we picked up on a shopping excursion at Whole Foods with Carol. We also brought along some Biltmore wine, but I can't remember if we even uncorked it.....perhaps that means we did!
Tom Kai Gai (Lemongrass Soup w/ Chicken)
Pad Woon Sen Goong (Stir-fried Glass Noodles w/ Shrmip)
Gaeng Ped Pla ((Red Curry Snapper)
and a delicious pound cake prepared by cousin Carol
lemongrass soup
glass noodles with shrimp
The object of the Red Curry Snapper is to put a piece of fried snapper in the bottom of a soup bowl, then pour the red curry (image just above) on top of it.
And what's a Thai meal without rice?!? The lemongrass soup is always eaten with rice.
Carol's parents: Bragg Oates (my cousin) and wife Sarah
and this lovely profile portrait of Carol holding her daughter
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