Friday, December 7, 2007

Paris..Sydney..or switzerland ? Tuk Tuk ...Tuc Tuc...Where are you.? Paris..Sydney..or switzerland ?

Now.. there are many tuktuks or tuctuc in every corner of major city such as

Australia : Australia

South Pacific : New Zealand and Fiji

Europe : Austria, Belgium,Denmark,Finland,Sweden,Switzerland,Germany,

Netherland and Spain

Middle East : Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Kuwait

Africa : Sudan, Kenya, Morocco and South Africa

North America : Canada

Central America : Jamaica

South America : Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Panama and Peru

Friends have you ever seen tuktuk in your country.

TUKTUK is the Happiness you can drive. It 's open air vehicle for travelling.

please send your photo with tuktuk to me for joinning exiting .

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Thai Restaurants in London

NORTH OF LONDON

Charlie Wright's
45 Pitfield Street N1 6DA Tel: 0207490 8345

Jaidee
28 York Way N1 Tel: 020 7837 7188

Rabieng Thai
143 Upper Street Islington N1 1QY Tel: 020 7226 2014

Sasa Thai Buffet
13 Islington High Street N1 9LQ Tel 020 7837 7767

Thai Corner Cafe
236 St.Pauls Road N1 2LJ Tel: 020 7704 8227

Pad Thai
87 Ballards Lane Finchely N3 1XT Tel: 020 8346 0334

Cats
79 Stroud Green Road N4 3EG Tel: 020 7281 5557

Thai on the Hill
109 Highgate West Hill N6 6AP Tel: 020 8340 7818

Bailey Thai
82 Hollaway road
Highbury N7 8LT Tel: 020 7700 1425

Black Cobra Thai
10 Brecknock Road Holloway N7 0DD Tel: 020-7700 1292

Great Northern Railway Tavern
67 High Street Hornsey N8 7QB Tel: 020 8340 4724

Bangkok Thai Cafe
510a High Road Tottenham N17 9JF Tel: 020-8808-7083

Charuwan
110 Junction Road N19 5LB Tel: 020 7263 1410

Nidting
533 Hollaway Road N19 3BT Tel: 020 8348 6898

Cafe Penang
741 Green Lanes Winchmore Hill N21 3RX Tel: 020 8360 8668

Friday, January 19, 2007

Thai Restaurants in Oxfordshire

Thai Orchid
20 High Street Abingdon
OX14 5AX Tel: 01235 525540

Siam House 40 Parsons Street Banbury
OX16 5NB Tel: 01295 275088

Thai Garden 28 Parsons Street Banbury
OX16 5LY Tel: 01295 709911

Thai Orchid
56 North Bar Street Banbury
OX16 0TL Tel: 01295 270833

Thai Restaurant
48 High Street Banbury
OX16 5LA Tel: 01295 264675

Singapore Thai Garden
Take-Away 7 Causeway Bicester
OX25 6AN Tel: 01689 246333

Suwanna Siam
9 Causeway Bicester
OX26 6AN Tel: 01869 321753

Thai Shire
7 Horsefair Chipping Norton
OX7 5AL Tel: 01608 645888

Bangkok Palace The Faringdon Hotel
1 Market Place Faringdon
SN7 7HL Tel: 01367 243888

Bull Inn Bell Street Henley on Thames
RG9 2BU Tel: 01491 574821

Thai Angel
53-55 Reading Road Henley on Thames
RG9 1AB Tel: 01491 574659

Taste of Thai
@ Latinos 16-18 Hart Street Henley on Thames RG9 2AU Tel: 01491 579392

Thai Orchid
8 Hart Street Henley on Thames
RG9 2AU Tel: 01491 412227

Bangkok House
42a Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford
OX1 2EP Tel: 01865 200705

Gulf of Siam 9 Hythe Bridge Street Oxford
OX1 2EW Tel: 01865 249099

Jim Thompson'S 283 Banbury Road Summertown Oxford
OX2 Tel: 01865-554475

Oxford Thai 179 Cowley Road Oxford
OX4 1UT Tel: 01865 203763

Suwanna
43 St. Clements Road Oxford
OX4 1AG Tel: 01865 202787

Thai Orchid
58a St Clements Street Oxford
OX4 1AH Tel: 01865 798044

Crazy Bear Hotel
Bear Lane Stadhampton
OX44 7UR Tel: 01865 890714

Thai Orchid
19 High Street Thame Tel: 01844 212175

Sala Lamb Arcade
High Street Wallingford
OX10 0BS Tel: 01491 825050

Thai Borbahn
76 High Street Wallingford Tel: 01491 838077

Thai Orchid
The Queens Head, The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford
OX10 8ER Tel: 01491 839857

Yummy Thai
8 Newbury Street Wantage
OX12 8BS Tel: 01235 768222

Suwanna 44 Market Square Witney
OX28 6AJ Tel: 01993 770771

Cuisine of Thailand

Thai cuisine is known for its balance of five fundamental flavors in each dish or the overall meal - hot (spicy), sour, sweet, salty and bitter (optional). Although popularly considered as a single cuisine, Thai food is really better described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern (or Isan), Central and Southern. Northern curries, for example, tend to contain coconut milk and fresh turmeric, while northeastern dishes often include lime juice.

Influence and Western popularity
Thai cuisine has been influenced by Chinese stir-fries and Indian curries while maintaining a unique taste of its own. Like Vietnamese food, Thai food is known for its enthusiastic use of fresh (rather than dried) herbs and spices as well as fish sauce.Thai food is popular in many Western countries especially in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the United States, and Canada ServingInstead of a single main course with side dishes found in Western cuisine, a Thai full meal typically consists of either a single dish or rice khao (Thai ข้าว) with many complementary dishes served concurrently.Rice is a staple component of Thai cuisine, as it is of most Asian cuisines. The highly prized, sweet-smelling jasmine rice is indigenous to Thailand. Steamed rice is accompanied by highly aromatic curries, stir-fries and other dishes, incorporating sometimes large quantities of chillies, lime juice and lemon grass. Curries, stir-fries and others may be poured onto the rice creating a single dish called khao rad gang (Thai ข้าวราดแกง), a popular meal when time is limited. Sticky rice khao neow (Thai ข้าวเหนียว) substitutes ordinary rice in rural Northern and Northeastern cuisine. Noodles are popular as well but usually come as a single dish, like the stir-fried Pad Thai or noodle soups.

There is uniquely Thai dish called nam prik (Thai น้ำพริก) which refers to a chile sauce or paste. Each region has its own special versions. It is prepared by crushing together chillies with various ingredients such as garlic and shrimp paste using a mortar and pestle. It is then often served with vegetables such as cucumbers, cabbage and yard-long beans, either raw or blanched. The vegetables are dipped into the sauce and eaten with rice. Nam prik may also be simply eaten alone with rice or, in a bit of Thai and Western fusion, spread on toast.

Thai food is generally eaten with a fork and a spoon. Chopsticks are used rarely, primarily for the consumption of noodle soups. The fork, held in the left hand, is used to shovel food into the spoon. However, it is common practice for Thais and hill tribe peoples in the North and Northeast to eat sticky rice with their right hands by making it into balls that are dipped into side dishes and eaten. Thai-Muslims also frequently eat meals with only their right hands.

Famous dishes for foreigner
Many Thai dishes are familiar in the west. In many dishes below
:-Pad Thai - rice noodles pan fried with fish sauce, sugar, lime juice or
tamarind pulp, chopped peanuts and egg combined with chicken, seafood, and tofu.
:-Rad na - wide rice noodles in gravy, with beef, pork, chicken, shrimp,
or seafood.(Originally from China)
:-Tom yam kung - hot & sour soup with shrimp
:-Som tam (Thai: ส้มตำ) grated papaya salad, pounded with a mortar and pestle. There are three main variations: Som tam poo (Thai: ส้มตำปู) with salted black crab, and Som tam Thai (Thai: ส้มตำไทย) with peanuts, dried shrimps and palm sugar and Som tam plara (Thai: ส้มตำปลาร้า) from north eastern part of Thailand (Isaan), with salted gourami fish, white eggplants, fish sauce and long bean.

information from From Wikipedia.org