Thai food is all about balance; its flavours are more subtle than other Asian cuisines. A number of dishes arrive together, each one distinct and they are usually eaten with rice.
Our Chef
Tweesak Trakoolwattana (Tao) was born and trained in Bangkok. He has worked all over the world and is now Executive Chef in Saba, Dublin’s leading Thai restaurant. Why, he asks, would anyone want to eat anything other than good Thai food?
Tao welcomes us to his kitchen and as we savour a bowl of conchi, a traditional breakfast dish in Thailand and Vietnam, he introduces us to the main ingredients used in preparing a Thai meal and how to balance the flavours and aromas.
Tao demonstrates the first dish in his kitchen in Saba, and then we gather around a work station to work on five or six more dishes with your participation.
A trip to the Asian Market follows where Tao shows how to choose the best Thai ingredients, pointing out the less familiar as well as the more widely recognised ones. From there we visit a well known Irish food shop where we learn how to make the right substitutes to create that genuine Thai flavour if there is no Asian food shop nearby.
The day finishes back at Saba when Tao serves up what he considers to be a perfectly balanced Thai meal.
Tao is a brilliant teacher and packs a lot in to the day, but we do give you copies of the recipes and notes on the ingredients. Numbers are small so there is lots of opportunity to ask questions!
Saba Restaurant, Clarendon St, Dublin 2
Our Thai Cooking Days run from 10 am to 4 pm
Our Thai Cooking Days run from 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, 18 September, 2011
Sunday, 9 October ,2011
Sunday, 23 October, 2011
Sunday, 20 November, 2011
26-28 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2, Dublin
Saba is an award winning Thai and Vietnamese restaurant in Dublins city centre. Saba which means “happy meeting place” in Thai, serves delicious Thai and Vietnamese dishes, mouth watering cocktails and funky wines in a colonial meets contemporary ... read more...
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