Blue Elephant Cookbook: Royal Thai Cuisine |
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John Hellon
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Pages: 160 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1862053030
Pub: Pavilion Books
Pub date: 2001-03-23
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 184983
Reader Reviews:
Very good, basic thai cookbook (8/9 people found this helpful)
The review title says it all. You'll find plenty of ideas for simple and delicious Thai food, nicely presented and well explained. If you want to put Thai food together with the minimum of fuss, this book is great. There are some howlers with quantities of ingredients, but mostly these are easy to spot. The writer seems to have had a very unreliable thermostat on his deep fat fryer though - following instructions on temperature and frying times closely would not be advised unless you like your food rather too well done!
Easy to follow, a pleasure to eat... (9/11 people found this helpful)
The one thing that the earlier review missed out on in reviewing this book was the actual instructions in the recipies.
These are clearly presented, and very easy to follow, you can be creating world class dishes very quickly with this book.
The main difficulty can come from sourcing the actual ingredients themselves, but a section at the front, entitled "The Marketplace" even helps with that.
The book also has sections on Fruit and Vegetable carving, wines to complement the dishes, and an history of the restaurant chain, wonderful!
A Magnificent Book from a Refined Establishment (7/9 people found this helpful)
The Brussels based Blue Elephant which now includes 7 international branches and is still growing did a magnificent job with this cookbook as always under the guiding eye of its original founder Mr. Karl Steppe.
Exotic recipes include Green, Red and Yellow curry dishes for beef, chicken, lamb, and vegetarian courses. This in addition to delightful and sophisticated trademarks such as the Chicken Souffle, the Tom Yum khung prawn soup, Seafood Cassoulet, the Tod Man Pla fish cakes, crab claws, pad thai noodles, several varieities of stir fry rice, the restaurants star Jasmine Cake dessert, coconut sorbet, and bananna cake.
If you are ever in Beirut, Brussels, Dubai, Copenhagen, Paris, London, Lyon or New Delhi don't pass up the chance to visit the incredible experience of dining at this top notch sophisticated establishment. From the moment you enter a Blue Elephant you will be dazzled by the exotic decor.
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