In the Country

Perspectives on life in the countryside, creativity, sustainability, food and cultures.

Take a short break from the city to explore northern Thailand's gentle world and indulge in creative pursuits in the countryside

Terra is...

Cooking is easy... ... Wild, colourful, oh so green Mushrooms, petit pois, the heavenly cream of all creams How I longed for some...

Weekly market

Weekly market is where farmers present their harvests and the consumers would look forward to the fresh and the rare and precious...

Spaghetti Sai Ua

Thing is, it's not just Thai food that is abundantly good in this culinary kingdom of Chang Mai. One would realise that pasta is almost a...

Som Tam

Food, too, in a constant evolution. Som Tam was primarily a green papaya salad from the North East region, but the variation is endless...

Khao Soi

Khao Soi is possibly Chiang Mai's most famous noodle. But the lesser-known and most amazing delicacy from the north region is that large...

Purple corn

Amazing purple corn (or some call it "blue corn") in Thanin market of Chiang Mai. Super food.

Hed Phor mushroom

The "false earthstar", "barometer earthstar" or "hygroscopic earthstar" is Hed Phor mushroom (or Hed Thob in Lanna). Associated wth...

Organic vegetable

In some part of this fertile and abundant land, organic is a norm and inexpensive (while the industrial farming produce are "luxury"). ...

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