{"id":26241,"date":"2016-11-10T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=26241"},"modified":"2019-06-23T13:30:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T20:30:02","slug":"thai-green-papaya-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/thai-green-papaya-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai Green Papaya Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thai dishes are known for their sublime balance of all five tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami, usually achieved with palm sugar, lime, tamarind, and fish sauce.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n About once a month, members of our “foodie family” visit the Buddhist temple Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep in Chino Hills to experience the food court\/farmers market they hold every Sunday. We buy fresh fruits and vegetables and gorge ourselves on authentic Thai food prepared by members of the community.<\/p>\n Jump to Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This past Sunday was a special day as the monks and worshipers were honoring the memory of Thailand’s beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej<\/a> who died in Bangkok on October 13th. The temple grounds were festooned with colorful paper flowers around a throne bearing the likeness of King Bhumibol, whose 70 years on the throne made him the longest reigning monarch in the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photo Credit: Austin Trask<\/em><\/p>\n Beginning with Thai coffee and moving on to curry puffs, Pad Thai, Pad See Ew, chicken satay, fried rice to salads such as Larb and Green Papaya Salad, and ending with sweet treats like Mee Krob and others we don’t know the names of – it’s fun to spend time with friends while experiencing a little bit of Thailand here in the OC.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Thai coffee with Mee Krob and a crispy wonton crepe-like marshmallow dessert.<\/p>\n At the recent Gray Event to benefit the Elephant Nature Park outside of Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, guests dined on a refreshing, vegan Thai Green Papaya Salad (lower right) prior to the main course.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n