I love how Chef has the biggest smile on her face as you’re trying her food. True passion in her craft!

@PailinsKitchen

27 күн бұрын

She is so passionate and so sweet.

@earthwombat

14 күн бұрын

why the capitalized 'chef' 😅 is it her nickname?

@BrandiBAR

2 күн бұрын

@@earthwombathe’s using Chef as her name, so that’s why it’s capitalized.

That fermented rice drink looks so good - its so cool how she grew the rice and made the yeast themselves!!!

people in your comments are being obtuse and quite frankly straight up disrespectful about the use of bugs in ethnic cuisines. little do they know that cultures around the world have incorporated different insects into their traditional foods and it is not just left to the concept of fine dining. thank you pailin and chef for sharing this interesting and inspiring video using thai flavors and cooking methods!

@mimanda

27 күн бұрын

I mean... technically shrimps is bugs

@saraxx98

27 күн бұрын

My uncle went to teach English in Thailand on a temporary visa and never came back bc he kept making my auntie laugh at her family shop where he developed his photos. When they visited my country my cousins would bring back Thai-brand crickets from Asian grocery stores sometimes and idk what Thai ppl do but the way they cook the bugs is better than others I’ve tried . Just elite, and a great source of protein. The comments being nasty and just wrong about it (that we can’t digest them?! Huh lol) are so pathetic.

@TanukiSC

27 күн бұрын

Closed minded fools. Probably the same clowns who spend half their time in other countries in a McDonald’s.

@rizu8517

25 күн бұрын

Like people consume spoiled milk and chicken periods calm down about bugs.

Now THAT is what a restaurant should be. Innovative and a vision for excellence. And foods I cannot make better at home. Great presentation! Thank you!

I really dislike the concept of "fine dining" always been seen through an Eurocentric lens. Food from non-Western cultures does not need to mimic the aesthetic and technique of French cooking to be on the same level. I see a lot of minority chefs always default to "how do I make my cultural food look and feel more like a French fine-dining experience" when in all honestly, just throw that whole concept out the window. Creating an elevated experience that is deeply rooted in ALL aspects- within our own cultures is so much more refreshing, impressive, and meaningful. That said, all the food looked absolutely delicious and the chef was so sweet! Best wishes for her prosperity!

@pjacobsen1000

12 күн бұрын

It's an interesting point, but we should also remember that there's nothing 'European' about the presentation you see in French/Western restaurants nowadays. 50 years ago, fine dining in Europe looked nothing like it does today. One could even make the argument that what you see in European fine dining is not 'western' but simply 'modern'.

@Muhammadsliter

2 күн бұрын

Cry about it

This was a very good episode, thank you for making this. I think that the "royal" or fine dining style of Thai cuisine is severely underrepresented, it's delicious and always a feast for the eye, nose and mouth.

"I don't want to eat it!" Proceeds to stab into the mango sticky rice 👍

Thai food definitely works well for fine dining because the flavors are balanced, intricate and complex. That being said, I think the market is still small for fine dining for Thai food because there's an associate with it being more of a comfort food, cozy take out, and a family meal - not haute cuisine. I hope the Thai food restaurant market expands though, and we get to see more of these types of restaurants along with other concepts besides the usual.

@polawattantiransee3410

24 күн бұрын

Royal Thai cuisine (อาหารชาววัง) may be the closest to Thai fine dining without any westernisation at all. They have their own decoration techniques like fruit carving (แกะสลักผลไม้) and creating natural food colouring using herbs and flowers, while the food will also be presented in a more refined manner (no bone, no seed, no strong or pungent food etc.). On the other hand, they may not have a food-course like fine dining, but they will have something more similar to a set meal or table d'hote called samrab (สำรับชาววัง). There are also a bunch of dishes which you may not find in normal Thai cuisine such as krathong thong (กระทงทอง) and khao chae (ข้าวแช่), which makes it really diverse as well. So yep, definitely lots of potential

Pai: It's so pretty, I don't want to eat it. Also Pai: one big spoon splitting it in half :D Jokes aside, it's so nice to see Thai food presented in a fine dining manner, not necessarily putting truffles and all those expensive to make it upscale. It's the craft, the attention to detail and the innovative way to make use of traditional methods and flavors that make it the enjoyable experience it is. And another note, I find myself understanding most of the thai conversation without the need to read subtitles. I started this learning journey with Hot Thai Kitchen and now I'm here.

Thai cuisine is the best among the best. The balance of flavor, freshness, and color combos is built in elegance. While I appreciate the creativity and beauty of what was presented in the video, I’m grateful for even the most “basic” Thai cuisine. Thanks to you, I now make Thai food better than most restaurants that constantly cut corners.

Beautiful flavours. Thoughtful and delicious. Thank you for opening up some of the secrets of this elevated kitchen. Your joyful enthusiasm is catching.

Mango and sticky rice: a dish created in Heaven.

Wow! Everything looked so beautiful. Those small flowers are very cure, and that rice drink looked so cool! I really liked the color of it. It also sounds incredible that you can get a sweetness in it without adding any sugar. If you manage to make it yourself at home you have to post a video about it! :D

She does a lovely job of presentation. So much work goes into the dish way before presentation tho. A hidden gem.

I did not expect her to be the nurse to the princess!!

@lenapawlek7295

27 күн бұрын

Right!!! How cool

I hope the camera person got to taste something because I would be DYING watching you eat these amazing dishes. Her food looks amazing. Chef Nutcha at Baan Lao is an artist. I will definitely try to get to her restaurant when I'm in Vancouver. What a wonderful video. The love for her craft and her sense of home was front and center. Thank you for allowing us to see an amazing approach to Thai cuisine.

This is amazing! So beautiful and elegant presentation. And I didn't know rice can be made like this. Such an interesting episode!

Chef Nutcha is a magician……incredible, fine dining at it’s absolute best…….All of those exquisite flavour combinations, stunning presentation…..thought, imagination and many of her ingredients home grown 🔥🔥🔥

This is a very interesting episode. Baan Lao seems to be a gourmet temple worth trying out. At least the crickets are visible so that you can take them out if you have chitin allergy.😉

Everything looked great but that fermented rice beverage was fascinating, both as a process and a final product.

This was one of the top 5 most beautiful pieces of KZread I have ever consumed ❤ I have no idea what the other 4 are… maybe this is number 1!

Stunning dishes. So happy that Chef Nutcha and Baan Lao are in Vancouver!

I wish you could come to Philadelphia. We have an amazing fine dining restaurant called Kalaya. The owner is a James Beard winner. The food is served Thai style sharing among the diners. I ate there for my birthday and it was incredibly delicious. A truly elegant place.

อาหารแต่ละอย่าง น่าทาน ทั้งนั้น เลยค่ะ พี่ไพลิน ทำให้น้องแพมอยากบินไป แคนาดา ไปชิม ร้านบ้านเรา โอ้ยๆๆ หิว เลยค่ะ😋

Of course Thai food can be high end. I had dinner at the Oriental 20 years ago, and the meals were served by a chef who had worked for the King. Blew my mind. Still remember the meal.

So cool!!! The food looks so delicious!!! Thanks for giving us a behind the scenes look!!

Wishing them the best! It looks incredible

What a wonderful video. I loved seeing fine dining Thai cuisine. It makes me want to go to Canada and try this restaurant. And that mango sticy rice was so so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Incredible!!!! Just FANTASTIC!!! Thank You for such a beauty!

You really did show me how thoughtful the chef is making each dish. It was more than just how she presented it, it was how creative she was in using the familiar ingredients of pandan, coconut, meat (ok the cricket was different!) but producing different dishes. Wish I could try her cooking!

The truth be told that you can find restaurants at this level everywhere throughout Thailand. Similar craftsmanship. I think this means something.

I want to thank you both for sharing this with us and to the Chef the food looks amazing

All of these look divine! They're super inspiring for ideas to try new recipes

There are several Michelin-starred fine dining Thai restaurants in Thailand, and there's Kiin Kiin in Denmark which has had a star on and off over the years (no star at the moment).

All of the food looked absolutely delicious and beautiful! Such a talented chef!

In the US, regular Thai food is no longer cheap. An average dish costs $15-20 per plate nowadays.

@scose

26 күн бұрын

Fast food is practically that much now 😢

@bobfrog4836

18 күн бұрын

Burritos are right around the corner at $12. I never eat out anymore.

Aloha Pai, I've been following you for a while and your videos are amazing along with all your recipes. Mahalo for sharing this! The food Chef presented to you, OMG! the Mango and sticky rice looked amazing as her smile. Mahalo Chef Pai

Wow! I want to eat all of those. Especially the grasshopper! It looks so intriguing.

Wow! Beautifuly presented foods!

Wow, the food and the rice wine looks yummy! Big LIKE from Singapore.

Thank you so much for sharing this video very nice to watch .

This makes me excited to try so many wonderful Thai restaurants. There is one near my house called Street to Kitchen, and they won a James beard award last year! If you’re ever in Houston, TX please give them a visit. Chef Benchawan is so known for bold, unapologetic Thai cuisine… when I eat there I wonder if it would be to your taste! 😋

OK, Pailin...looks like you have to step up your game. LOL! Definitely a place to visit when in Vancouver. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful Awesome show thank you both so much for sharing this with us. Have a wonderful day.

I don't make all these but I appreciate the care and intricacy that goes into it--a skill that is slowly disappearing in fast paced societies.

Lol Emotional Damage! I actually enjoy the crispy texture of fried bugs, so I’d be good with all of this. It would be really interesting to try fine dining Thai food, if I could afford it. You’re making me want to move to Vancouver… lol Edit: Well done on your first dumpling! It looks really fun to make!

The way you described them is so yummy. I wanna go there now! 😮

Lovely video!

High-class ingredients and presentation. I LIKE IT !

Thanks. Educational and useful 🇹🇭.

Most of the time when I see insect in other youtube channels from abroad they are usually freeze-dried and unseasoned, which is definitely not the way we normally eat it. Personally I prefer bamboo caterpillars and silkworm pupae because crickets and grasshoppers' leg keep getting stuck between my teeth. 5:44 pro move 8:30 fermentation breaks down starch in the rice into glucose (which is the sweet part), then the yeast consume these glucose for energy, which produce ethanol. Ethanol can be oxidized in the presence of oxygen into acetic acid, which give sour taste. If we feed the ethanol to acetic acid bacteria we would get vinegar. 9:46 I think I screamed the moment I realized what this is since I love it. 12:22 "It's so pretty, I don't wanna eat it." I find this is true whenever I get to see cool food presentation, like, I don't want to ruin this artistic masterpiece.

@melissalambert7615

27 күн бұрын

The trick is to remove the legs before eating or serving. If you go back to that dish and pause it looks like she did remove the legs.

High-class ingredients and presentation.I LikE IT !❤

Everything looked so good

Thai food is fine dining, its more than the food its the way it is served. Always with joy and care!!

Palin, I know nurses have considerable knowledge about science, but it's kind of left up to the imagination as to how she may have used that knowledge to develop into a world class chef. Very enjoyable and interesting video!😊

Wow that looks amazing, if I ever get there I will look for it, nevermind the cost

Love it ❤❤❤

Oh man, I wanna make that fermented rice drink so bad… I wish I had the proportions (and access to good, high quality rice)…😩

Congrats on your first Green Dumpling! I always saw them at the street vendons also, but was still not sure to try it. But now it sounds so good! Not sure about it but the grasshopper is still the cleanest out of the bugs.

So as soon as I saw the title, I immediately thought "of course it can!" Thai food is world class cuisine in its balance and creative use of fresh and preserved ingredients. I think I'll need to check out Baan Lao.

Interesting techniques! Wish I was in Vancouver to give this a try

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Nice video🌷🌷

I'm so upset my wife and I were ONE block away from Baan Lao in January as we were walking around at night, looking for a restaurant for supper. Well now I have another place to visit when I next return to Canada. This is my next destination!

Pailin, that was awesome. Can you teach us to make that green pandan crepe with the brown filling/paste.

Both Chefs are LOVELY. Thank you for sharing these few fine Thai food Chef Pailin. Btw, are the soaked rice cooked or raw ones (for making the rice wine). Thank you 😘😘😘

Tbh I always wanted to at least try bugs, but I am allergic to crustaceans, and molluscs including squid and octopus, so I've been told I should avoid other arthropods like insects and arachnids because I will probably have a reaction to them too. I'm sad I can't try all the things I wanted to. It also makes it hard to eat Thai food because on top of the crickets, a lot of it has shrimp paste or oyster sauce too. Everything else looks so amazing though, hopefully one day I'll find myself there 🤞

@tsuribachi

27 күн бұрын

Since both arthropods (crustaceans, arachnids, insects) exoskeletons are based on the same material, chitin, it is indeed likely that they can all incite the allergic reaction.

@rosalie.e.morgan

27 күн бұрын

There is quite a bit of info on vegetarian substitutes on the companion website for this channel

@littlefurnace

27 күн бұрын

@@rosalie.e.morgan yes absolutely, which is great for me. I really mean in a restaurant or takeout context like this, it's difficult to make sure things are shellfish free

@littlefurnace

27 күн бұрын

@@tsuribachi I understand where you're coming from, however generally when people eat crustaceans they don't actually eat the shells, particularly westerners. I certainly don't usually eat the shells. As I have an allergy to both crustaceans and molluscs, it is more likely I am allergic to a muscle protein called tropomyosin, which is the major allergen in shellfish.

@tsuribachi

27 күн бұрын

@@littlefurnace I see. Thank you for the information in this topic. From what I have read, tropomyosin do present in other arthropods as well, so avoiding them is still a safe choice.

Isaan FTW! Great video and now I have another restaurant on the bucket list =)

Le Du is one of my favorite fine dining restaurant. It's in Bangkok. I had gone to Naam (another Michelin starred restaurant that at the time had a higher rating) but preferred Le Du instead.

That woman is WORKIN

Beautiful!❤

I would love to try these amazing delicious food 🥰🌹

Oh wow!!!! We have a fine dinning laotian restaurant in Raleigh and it is devine!! Would love a thai fine dining experience as well!

Cool!

ชอบเสียงเชฟร้องอุทาน ว้าาว เย้ เงี้ยว อู๊ etc....เหมือนเด็กดีใจได้ขนม น่ารักดีครับ แต่ติดนิดพอใช้ L สะกด แล้วไม่มี s ตบท้าย ชาวต่างชาติ อาจเข้าใจผิด ว่าเป็น อาหาร ลาว จากชื่อได้ แต่ไม่เป็นไร คนลาวยังน่ารัก กับคนไทยอยู่ 😊❤

Amazing

Next level❤

I was just in Vancouver last week and now back in khon Kaen

How cool!!!!!

Pai, was that your first time trying a bug? Great video btw! Would love to visit this restaurant one day.

Fit for the Royal Court!

That’s wine rice in Bali we called it “berem “ we make it once every 6 months

@4:22 there's a pak moh place in Seattle! It's called E-Jae Pak Mor. They put other types of filling in it though. It's a Thai street food place and it might be the only Thai place in Seattle that doesn't have pad Thai on the menu! I found out you were in Seattle not too long ago and I hope you got to try it!

Everything looks soooooo amazing! What a great experience! I'm curious as to what kind of fabric was on the dumpling steamer. Silk?

@Lalawolf2

6 күн бұрын

I think it’s muslin cloth 😊

I LOVE that we are normalising natural language. Thanks chef is killing it, you both are.

I made your Mie Goreng for dinner tonight, it was delicious

I know what restaurant I’m going to to when I move back home.It’s time Vancouver was known for more than seafood and Indian.I’d also love of someone opened up a Thai restaurant mid Vancouver island too

i like the clothes peg holding the grass to the glass

I want to confirm that authentic Thai food can definitely be served as a fine dining course. The authentic way of cooking Thai food will make the customers experience all sensations, sight, taste, smell, hear, and touch. Also, Thai food contains complex tastes that make everyone surprised, happy, and enjoy while eating our food.

Wow, I would love to eat there. Unfortunately, it's a bit far from Germany, just to eat out.

Wow!

Awesome recipe chef, please show japanese mazesoba recipe please 🥺 please

it doesnt really matter if thai can be fine dining or not, its a matter if theres a location near someone's home that they can visit on a weekend. in my city, you can literally count with ten fingers the number of high end thai restaurants. the rest are all typical fast eat thai food you find anywhere

ขอบคุณคุณไพลินสำหรับวิดีโดแสดงร้านอาหารไทยในต่างประเทศครับ ฝรั่งเค้าพลาดมาก ตั๊กแตนทอดนี่แหละของดี😤

wish I lived nearby so I could visit :)

Looks tasty

We’ll be visiting Vancouver and Richmond soon. Do you have some Thai restaurants you recommend? Not necessarily fine dining as we probably couldn’t afford it :)

I need that t-shirt 😊

Amazing, I would absolutely eat here!! ❤

Wow! Please tell me what was sprayed on the pandan dumplings? Oil, sesame, water . . . . Pandan is a wonderful flavor!

@PailinsKitchen

27 күн бұрын

That was oil :)

Yes!!💯 Best Cuisine in the world 🗺️