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Hello, it's View from Point of View Channel.

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You know what, one of the most requested topics I get is ...

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Stories about Thai food!

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But as you all know, my family members are Chinese.

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So, the sources of the information are based on books.

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And when it comes to food and culture

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sometimes books aren't enough.

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And sometimes we need an expert to do the explanation.

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So, since you guys have been requesting the topic about Thai food

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Today, I'm here to meet this Thai gastronomy expert, Chef Pom

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I've invited her to this restaurant, Attarote

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Okay, she's now waiting for us inside

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Let's go inside

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But before we get to Thai gastronomy

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Okay, are you guys ready to go in there with me

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and listen to the story that's both entertaining and educational?

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If yes, let's follow me inside!

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So now, we are already with Aa Pom

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Sawaddee ka Aa Pom

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Sawaddee ka

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Today I need your help with Thai gastronomy

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because I'm not knowledgeable at all

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I just eat whatever I can

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Don't call this a help, let's say that it's more of a discussion

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I'm lucky

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that my family consists of people from different generations

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And many of them value home-cooked meals

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Back in the day, we didn't eat out at all

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And by having people from different generations in the family

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what difference does it make to eating? Compared to eating at a restaurant nowadays

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Actually, that is Thai way of life

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I'm not talking about the present

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So, in one household, there's more than one generation

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Is it what we've seen in Thai melodramas?

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exactly

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Like, grandparents holding their grandchild with children running around

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Let's talk about standard Thai families

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which are based on agricultural society

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Grandparents stay at home, parents go to work,

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The children, if they are still young, they are staying with their grandparents

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but if they are old enough, they will be studying at the temple

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Quality time with family is actually mealtime

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Everyone sits in a circle during the meal

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One difference is that nowadays we are serving food in Western manner

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Starting with an appetizer

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then soup, main course and dessert

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But that's not right

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Imagine what would happen if we serve Thai food that way

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Can we slurp Tom Yam like soup?

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No, the spiciness would be fatal

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So, actually, Tom Yam is a part of the meal (Sum-rub)

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Thai people in the past had their meals in Sum-rub

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Sum-rub, if we're talking about its literal meaning

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It's a set of dinnerware

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But if we're talking about having a meal in Sum-rub

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The word Sum-rub refers to the balance of the meal

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The balance for three people in three different ages

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So that they can have a meal together

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So, one set of meal must be for everyone?

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At least one of the dish

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Oh, so if it's just one menu, not everyone can eat it

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this one is for the kids and that one is for adults

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Then how can it be quality time for a family?

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Okay, I see the point

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The first generation can eat this, the second and the third can eat those too

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Everything on the table has the harmony and the balance

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Basically, is it like mix and matching?

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Yes

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Grandparents, for example, their teeth aren't that strong anymore

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Also, they can't have anything that's too spicy

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In the past, people's teeth in their 30s-40s might already become weaker

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This happens to me too, actually

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I always choke on something for no reason these days

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Only a faint smell of chili down my throat

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can really make me cough to death

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But I used to be able to bite into fresh chili pepper effortlessly

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So, the middle generation or the parents, they can still have those chili peppers

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But for the grandparents, it's impossible

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So what can they still eat?

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They can still have fried food, soup or Tom Yam

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to make it milder

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so their teeth can take it

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Does this mean that their food is similar to that of the children?

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Yes, they are similar but kids can eat beef, pork and chicken of which the texture is harder

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But the grandparents can't do that anymore

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Instead, they can still have ground pork or something like that

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but the kids can devour the whole piece of pork ribs without any struggle

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Actually, we call a bowl of Paloh sweet braised pork and flavored boiled eggs

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because Thailand doesn't have Paloh spice

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Oh, so Paloh isn't Thai food?

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Paloh is actually from China, it means five spices

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But to braise sweet and savory pork with flavored boiled eggs

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we get used to calling this dish Paloh

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but there isn't any Paloh powder in there

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neither black soy sauce; but it's in dark color because it has been simmered in sugar

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At the same time, the grandparents can have the eggs in this dish

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but they might not be able to chew the pork

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So the pork is for the children

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But how do sweet braised pork and flavored boiled eggs work?

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When the parents need something to cool them down from the chili paste

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they can turn to this dish instead

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It's like everything in the set is there to complement each other

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Exactly, this is Thai people's way of life

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So this means that our most important meal is dinner?

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And the concept of having a grand breakfast isn't really a thing?

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That one is for taking care of your health

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for people in these days

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We have already had some rough ideas about food

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We will then take a look at the real food

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Starting with snacks, not an appetizer but a dish that's served between meals

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then all the food in the set (Sum-rub)

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Let's hear all the interesting things from Aa Pom

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For today, we've ordered this snack dish

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"Miang" is really interesting

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"Miang" actually means the food that we need to chew

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And what are the ingredients?

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We can cook Miang sauce

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by simmering sugar, fish sauce, coconut... depends on the recipe

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After we finished simmering, keep the sauce in a jar

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crispy toasted coconut chips and dried shrimp are already prepared

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Onion, chili, ginger and things like this are already in the household

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The things that we can use to make Miang are

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wild piper leaves, coral leaves, lotus petals

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but the filling is the same

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It's like we already have everything

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but today we find lotus petals

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so we stuff what we have inside

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Yeah, imagine we have some guests over in the afternoon

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Hey, are you guys hungry? Try this

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delish!

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The dish isn't usually plated like this

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Everything will be put on the plate and we can pick up what we want to have

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We can eat and chit chat

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It's a lovely time

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It's like we're accommodating whoever that visits us

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After you, Aa Pom

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Okay, when we're eating this

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To make it fit easily in one bite

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Actually, Thai people are polite

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we need to eat with certain manners

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such as folding the leaf into a cone

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In fact, we have to fold the leaf before adding the filling

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Like what I said before, it usually isn't plated like this

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When we finish making a cone

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put some roasted coconut in there

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then dried shrimp, lime, chili

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and then the sauce

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Each family has different recipes

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Add the sauce to make it more flavorful

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This method makes it easier to pop the wrap in the mouth

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Excuse me, but I need to do something

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which is removing the chili

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Hold the cone tight and put it in there

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What we feel in our mouths

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is the saltiness of dried shrimp

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umami of Miang sauce

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sourness and the fragrance of lime,

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So you get them all in just one bite

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That's right, in just a bite, and there's also old ginger

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What is it for?

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Whenever Thai people consume fat, such as that from coconut

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they'll put some ginger in to treat the stomach pain from fatty food

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So it's like they've already prepared for this

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If we're eating something greasy, we also need to put something to counteract the fat

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Can you see any of these diseases in Thai people?

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High blood pressure, dyslipidemia

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even if we've eaten coconut milk for a long time

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pork belly as well

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Also shrimp's head oil

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I've heard that in Ayutthaya period, we just ate the head oil and threw away the meat

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I can remember when my father was still young

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His place was near Chao Phraya River

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We could just swim in the river back then

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My father told me that when he jumped into the river

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he could see some freshwater prawns cling on the poles at the stairs

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They were so big

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and they used to be easy to find and not that overly expensive

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It's like 1,600 THB per kilo these days

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That's right

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So, after we've had the snacks

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and talked a little bit

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The real meal is finally served

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Aa Pom, what do we have here?

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For today, I have them arranged this

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to show what eating in Sum-rub is like, remember what we've talked about it earlier?

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Yes

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So, there are spicy food, fresh vegetables

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Fried mackerel

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Probably all three generations of people can eat this dish

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All of them?

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So, for this dish, the kids can eat the fried mackerel

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or rice with mackerel

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They can't take the chili paste yet

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The parents can have any of this

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The grandparents might need to eat some soft vegetables and dip them into the chili paste a bit

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In this case

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the kids can also get to learn to eat spicy food

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Oh, they can try the chili paste

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Yes, they would see how much they can take

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Thai people start to be familiar with the smell of shrimp paste

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which is commonly found in Thai cuisine

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So telling them to avoid eating spicy is actually wrong

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because they won't be able to eat that when they grow up

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If they want to try, let them, so they know what spicy is like

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The kids need to face it by themselves

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I want to say something, parents these days are overprotecting their children

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Sometimes you don't let your children learn how to lose

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or to be wrong

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Your children can be wrong

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Your children can lose

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Because when the day that you can no longer protect them arrives

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they won't be able to take it on their own

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Then whose responsibility it is?

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It's true, this is a really good remark

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See? This is like a lesson disguised in food

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This is a dip

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We call this a dip

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And what else do we call dip?

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Lhon is also a dip made from coconut milk

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But today we're having a traditional one, which is Kapi paste (shrimp paste)

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We eat it with fried mackerel, fried vegetables, fresh vegetables and blanched vegetables

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there's also sesbania flowers

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Since the shrimp paste is already spicy

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the soup that'd be the perfect pair can be made from coconut milk

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Today we have roasted duck in red curry

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And why is roasted duck in red curry the only soup we put pineapple in?

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Hmm, no idea

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It's because, in the past, the meat of domestic ducks and chickens is tough

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Ohh

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They've been running around every day

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That's why their meat is tough when butchered and grilled

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How can people fix that?

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We can use pineapple to make duck meat tender

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This is Thai wisdom

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Some enzyme in pineapple makes the meat tender

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If you see any roasted duck in red curry with some pineapple that still looks too fresh

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it's not a good one

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It takes time to let the pineapple do its work with the duck meat

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then we can season it after that

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So we need to slow cook it and then add the seasonings afterward

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And all the food, whichever it is,

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has some kind of evolution

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So, these days, we're also using lychee sometimes

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or grapes and other things

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But can you see?

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There's always some pineapple in the bowl

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To make the meat tender

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There needs to be some pineapple

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If not, then it's wrong

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And since the soup is already spicy

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This dish is also hot

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That's why we have this dish to balance the taste, stewed pork belly (Hong pork)

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This stewed pork belly (Hong pork) is like Phuket's braised pork

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It's a combination

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between Thai sweet braised pork and Paloh

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There's a lot of Chinese people in Phuket

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But there are still these "Three companions" , three necessities of Thainess

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which are coriander root, garlic and whole pepper

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I really like the name "Three companions"

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Yeah, we just call it "Three companions" because it's convenient

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coriander root, garlic and pepper, that's too long

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"Three companions", that's it, we get it

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And in Phuket stewed pork belly (Hong pork), we can also add Paloh spice

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Paloh spice consists of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, cardamom and pepper

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The word in Chinese means five spices

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Oh, so it's five spices

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Chinese spice is Paloh indeed

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Then we cook it until it's tender

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but the sugar in Hong pork or Paloh will turn the skin of the eggs and the pork

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Anyway, this dish consists of both eggs and pork

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which the children can have

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and the adults can also have it to lessen the spiciness

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Like, oh, it's too hot, I gotta eat this

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So the meal is heavy enough

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Let's make it lighter with spicy salad (Yum)

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In the past, we always had banana blossom in the household

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So we use it to make the spicy salad

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But why did we order this banana blossom spicy salad today?

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It's because we already have this chili paste which is spicy and sour

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It's already hot

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The banana blossom salad's taste is milder

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because we also add some undiluted coconut milk

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or coconut milk and roasted coconut

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So this is the kind of freshness that isn't too much

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And we can wrap it up with clear soup

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Whatever kind of a clear soup it is

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it's for soothing our throat

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So grandparents can swallow more easily

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or else some rice that's too hard could get stuck in their throats

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Okay, so, can I ask you a question?

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I can see that we already have a set of spoon and fork

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But, from what I've read, Thai people in the past ate with their fingers, right?

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Yes, that's right

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But it wasn't because we didn't have the spoons

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For these dishes, they also used serving spoon

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But sometimes they'd use their finger, such as when tearing off the mackerel meat

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or when picking up the vegetables

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Oh so it's clear now

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I've always been wondering how could they have the soup while eating with their fingers

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They also used the serving spoon

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If the family members are very close

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they can also use the same spoon to eat

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Maybe this sounds rather unhygienic for us

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but it's because of their familiarity

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and there weren't as many bacteria as nowadays at that time

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Apart from that

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they can also use the serving spoon to pass the food into their own spoon

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Now I want to ask for something

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I've been curious about this all my life

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How did they eat with their hands?

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Let's try it then

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The first thing to do is washing our hands

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So we need a bowl of water to wash our hands

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If we were at home, we might just run to use the water jar

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Then we'll put the rice into the plate

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Rice is the only thing that's exclusive to you on the table

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We're scooping the rice into our plate

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And if any family has a rice paddy

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Freshly harvested rice will have a sticky texture

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For fried mackerel and chili paste

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the first thing we do is to tear off the fish meat we're going to have

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Thai people in the past didn't really mind using hands to eat

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The problem is I don't know how to do it

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Don't use any part below the first joint

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You mean this part right?

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See? I only use the first joint

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This is no joke, I'm so done

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Be more graceful

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Then try mixing it with the rice

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Use only one hand, keep the other behind the back

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then use the tip of your finger

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When you finish mixing them together, add the chili paste

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So we already added the paste

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Try it

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It's okay, it's your first time

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We need to hold it like this, using all five fingers

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then pick up the rice like this

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Hold it like this and make it tighter

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It's falling out

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It won't, just press it on the plate

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Okay, press it on the plate

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Oh, how many bites is that?

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That's enough

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Then we hold it up like this

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Use your thumb to push it in

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See your hand as a spoon and put it in your mouth

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And we can have vegetables as an accompaniment

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At that time, Thai people didn't have that much soup

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Now let's have the roasted duck in red curry

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and then Paloh stewed pork as an accompaniment

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The soup makes the rice less firmed, so you need to press it harder

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We need to mix it first, then press it

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That's right, make it firm

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No need to get all of that

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then put it in your mouth

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Why is your elbow that high?

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Try to be more gentle

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Put your arm beside you

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Then...

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And that's it

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If you feel that the red curry is too spicy, you can get the eggs

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Thank you

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Then you can have it with rice

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For some people, there's no need to eat with their hands for every single bite

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We might have to eat like this

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Then you can pick up the rice late

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Hey, lower down your elbow

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Press it first, press it. This isn't sticky rice

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Are there different ways to eat with our hands?

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For those who are well trained

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they can't use any part below the first joint

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they can't make any other part dirty

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So the grip needs to be like this

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to keep the rice from falling out

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We can see if anyone is an elite by looking at their hands

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It's not always the case

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For beginners, just try to keep the part below the second joint clean

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And when it starts to get difficult to swallow

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We can have the soup, that's all

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This is how Thai people eat

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So you said earlier that this is what commoners eat, right?

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Then how is the royal cuisine different from this?

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So there's the word 'Wang' (palace)

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So it's a house where royalties live in

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Wang is actually royal language

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A place where the royalties, from the king's grandchild and above, live in is called Wang

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As for royal Thai cuisine

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The Grand palace, for example, is the place for minor wives

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They all have their own villa and workers

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When they don't want their workers to spend time doing nothing

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So, what are they gonna do?

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Let's take a look at this dish

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See? This one isn't really commoner

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It's more like royal

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These Centella leaves are carefully wrapped in a tiny bouquet

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something like this

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Vegetables also come in small pieces, no need to keep biting it

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The commoners would just pick them up from their backyard

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then they'd eat the whole thing

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They'd just bite into a whole cucumber

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It's possible too. It's like feeling the freshness

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But for the royalties, they need to be graceful

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So they need the food to be in one bite

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Oh, so it'd be rather awkward for them to pick up the food with their hands

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So the food is already arranged into pieces

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That's right, so we can just eat it in one bite

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And there's one more thing about commoners' food

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it's gonna be extremely spicy and salty, scrumptious!

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But for royal food

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People like to say that royal food is sweet

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That's not true

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Royal food is flavorful

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and mild-tasting

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There's a flavor in every bite

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For those who are familiar with commoner's food, they'd say that it's tasteless

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That leads to the belief that royal food is sweet

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which isn't true

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because, as you can see here, this dish is sour and salty

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This red curry has a salty taste

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But this one is salty and sweet

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Each dish has its own leading flavor

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Or else why would they arrange the food in Sum-rub

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So they already thought it true

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that there should be this dish to pair up with the other

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We can't just order any dish without thinking

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And is there sour and sweet taste in clear soup?

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It only has a salty taste

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Since it's a soup for us to sip when we have trouble swallowing

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there's no need to be an explosion of flavor

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It's only for cleaning your throat

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The royalties also have this kind of food

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This one is already deboned

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So this one is actually considered for royalties since the bone is already removed

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The bone was removed from the whole body

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then they reassemble the mackerel

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This is meticulousness

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It means that they have a lot of time to prepare such detailed dish

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Can commoners do this?

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No, they need to work

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They don't have time to focus on food details

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Working is more important

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So their happiness lies within their dinner time

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They could just pick the cucumbers and eggplants from their backyard

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Clean and eat it fresh

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Sweet and scrumptious

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No need to waste their time with detail

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Now I understand a lot more about Thai cuisine

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Thank you Aa Pom so much for sharing your knowledge with us today

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But I want to tell you guys one more thing

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I actually have seen you in another role, apart from being a chef

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I'd been to Concert in the Park event

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And I saw you singing

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If I want to hear you sing again, what do I have to do?

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At the moment, I'm getting back to performing in musical

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Wow, musical?

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Yes, the upcoming play is "Love Recipe The Musical"

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I'm not the main character

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but the song I got is pretty difficult to sing

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I'm also not sure if they think that I still always sing like the good old days

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It's a bit of a struggle

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But I'm trying to do my best

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Only 6 days and 10 rounds

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For those who want to hear Chef Pom sing

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you can't miss this musical

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because this isn't just a musical, but a musical about food as well

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You can check the description box down below for more information

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I want to thank you one more time

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for all the information you're sharing with us today

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If you guys like this video

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0:20:22.400,0:20:23.760
Sawaddee ka

0:20:23.960,0:20:25.080
Hey, have you missed hearing my voice?

0:20:25.080,0:20:27.840
Feels like I didn't talk much in this video

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because I was busy being fascinated

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This is a very useful knowledge that we can't find anywhere else

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First of all, I want to thank Attarote restaurant on Soi Sukhumvit 39

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for these amazing Thai dishes today

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and also for letting us use the venue

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Apart from this, if you guys want to keep up with Chef Pom's work

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don't forget to go see Love Recipe The Musical

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from September 27 to October 6, 2019

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Rounds on weekends are also available

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Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening

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Only 10 rounds, guys!

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Make sure to not miss it

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If you're interested, please find the information in the description box

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Chop chop, reserve the seats!

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Goodbye for now

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Bye-bye

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Sawaddee ka