hey everyone I am in Bangkok Thailand and today I want to take you to one of the most unique
restaurants in Bangkok so this place is called Raen Mallika it is in SOI to convince 22 so it's
a very central location now this place is where you can come for a super authentic traditional
Thai experience and I'm not just talking about the food as you will see but first I gotta go and get
changed this place is not just about traditional Thai food it's also about the whole experience if
you want you can even change into a traditional Thai outfit they have something for men as well
I'm already super excited I haven't even seen the food yet and it's not complete without some
flowers in your hair so they also provide you with a shawl in case you know you feel like this
is a little too much skin you don't want to expose so there's lots of options for you and my dining
partner is finally here let me introduce you to Bom her family owns not just this restaurant but
many many Thai restaurants all over Bangkok and it's your mother who's the chef behind all the
food right so I have to full disclosure here Bob and I are actually friends but and I told you this
when we first met my family has been going to your restaurant long before we became friends so when
I knew who she was I was very excited and you know your restaurant your family's restaurant is one of
the regular places that we go to so thank you very much for for hosting us here so tell us a little
bit about this restaurant because it's very unique compared to all of your other places right so what
is the concept of this restaurant the concept of really guys Royal Thai cuisine right so every dish
is very it's beautifully decorated yes right you have carvings right the place the Delawares came
from chin money okay this is actually a special type of pottery yes yeah buttery Wow and food has
just started arriving this is a massive place so what do we have here bring Malika's signature dish
and it's in youth fried flour yes these flowers are grown in our own place oh you kill all of
these recessive these are unique Oh so I'm gonna try what you mentioned was your favorite which
is these crispy s1 it's the crispiest one because they're the smallest and there's a lot of surface
area so these flowers grow all over my my hometown in hat yeah and so I'm very much used to like
eating them raw as a kid I loved eating the nectar I'm stormy - there's a little neck there that
comes through it I've never seen it deep-fried and then what do I do so there are two types of dip
this is sweet and sour this one is ginger so let me try the ginger sauce you can see all the spins
yeah I know I can see that dude is super crispy and that batter is airy and light not sauce is
really good it's like sweet salty I'm just really rich can you smell it ginger yeah absolutely and
the sesame as well that you've got on it and so this one right here so I have a similar recipe
that I put on hot Thai kitchen before I've seen you've seen it um but I use beetle leaves what
are you using here instead because that's not it this is kale leaves kale leaf Chinese broccoli
and it called it in Canada and why do you use it instead it's more crispy oh I see oh and they've
cut it into a nice round circle here yummy - did for you or yeah sure oops I that's the salmon
here that's not a problem it's all going in the same time same location this is pork fat Oh see
that's something I don't put in mine pork fat because leaves you a better mouthfeel oh I see
it a little bit of fat right lime with the skin and that's really important because the skin is
where all the essential oils and the flavor is and this sauce just looks so luscious it's some
fish sauce lots of palm sugar and dispersion verbs Cameron that's right a lot of fiber too
so much crunchiness so much texture and you're right the leaves have more its crunchy its
crunchy err and it's got a more earthy flavor than beetle leaf so it's a different experience
but it's totally totally delicious so this part of the meal is what you guys are famous
for and that is finger dining which is a very ancient way where like Thai people used to eat
with our hands right and so you're reliving that old experience so walk me through this
what do I have to do first here customers can choose whether they want to eat with spoons
okay or with your hands so it's not mandatory if you don't eat with hands it's totally fine
but you have a separate menu yes right for a finger dining should you want to experience
the whole shebang okay okay so first first you need to wash your hands horse in in the water
I'm James lime yeah always a good thing and teamís Oh to help washed away the fat right
right right right right okay this is our rice it's so cute look at this rice bowl you guys
ah now the finger knighting is only when you're eating in your like when you are actually eating
when you're taking food from the center you use a spoon yes so the first thing you want
to try this is picking take him right so it's a red curry stir fry with long beans and salted
duck eggs I suggest you whip your fingers okay so there Bryce does it a steak Turkey nurse oh
okay use about three fingers three fingers okay try to shape your rice into a pyramid type shape
okay okay I'm gonna you just like smooshing this other stuff into your rice I like squeezy delivery
so you're making like a little hand sushi basically yes I think this is way too big
you clearly have done this before and I haven't okay how do you squeeze your right no clearly not
so it's kinda like a sushi I have messed it up I create a major mess fine we're gonna go with
this we're gonna go with this and you use your thumb and push it in okay mmm okay that's not
bad things weren't falling out of my mouth so we're we're good that's delicious the salted
egg is not too salty the stir-fries a little bit sweet it's one of my favorite dishes this
one this is called a nun pre-cut bowl it is absolutely stunning this contains crap and a
cube crap and egg yolk yes okay so it's not crab eggs it's crab a and egg yolk grab eggs and egg
yolk okay cuz egg yolk makes the the taste more creamy and yeah it's not smooth mornin
a little bit of that dipping sauce on there this sauce is good for everyone because it's not too
spicy I just love the variety of vegetables that you have there's so much on the platter
it's not just my hair no super creaming dip it's tart and just egg yolky it's so creamy
not eggplant if you've never tried it eggplant slice dipped in egg and fry it's super soft it
gets really soft the eggs a little chewy it's good to dip anything basically this is home I
don't weigh I call it coconut souffle coconut souffle what a great way of putting it so it's
got red curry paste as a flavor and fat meat mm-hmm and basil and fish as well there's fish
meat in there okay so I actually have a recipe for this on my website if you guys want to check it
out but mine is not as cute as this one whoa look how cute that is it's like a little cupcake can
you split it in half it is to be I just love how we're using our hands for everything right so you
make it a little bit firmer so that you can eat it with your hands that makes a lot of sense okay
to make it firm you have to beat it for about like 20 minutes really same as when you do it
Hartman yeah you gotta really mix the fish yes to develop the strength of the protein of the
fish so it's nice and firm so you don't have to add too much like any flour or anything to
it it's just fish eggs coconut milk flavor of red curry paste really comes through flavor of
kaffir lime leaves is really strong on this one I love it i absolutely love this dish and I love
it even more than you've made it cute moving on to our last thing and it looks phenomenal
what is that fried pork leg uh-huh we eat it with bite blah so guys I Platt is a type of
southern Thai curry that uses fish gut so the gut of the fish so it's got a very strong funky
flavor so it might be a quiet taste for a lot of people but it's a specialty of the south - I'm
the skin or absolutely so this one right here what you got me is stinky bean hmm it's called
sapa it's also a specialty of the south oh it's spicy all right mmm such a unique flavor salty
funky spicy that's a thought crunchy and I'm sweating already time for dessert oh absolutely
we just went from bright sunny and hot to absolutely pouring monsoon rain from main
course to desert it's insane but welcome to Thailand in dude right this is like part of
life we are now having dessert so what we've got right here is one of your probably more
famous desserts right so what do we have here Illinois's aside there are three colors in here
the green color comes from Tempe yeah and they also add banana banana yes in the green one
yes oh I've never seen that done anyway my mom wants to add fruit India every in every
color in color oh I see because normally I think other people for the treaty they just add pandan
water rice rice flour and then the purple is taro purple potatoes purple potato excuse me
and then the yellow pumpkin is pumpkin okay and of course they make their own coconut milk with
embassies young and young coconut oh it smells I can smell the young coconut it's so aromatic
this is one of the best versions of world oil the coconut milk is fresh the balls are just
chewy and soft enough like mochi and the young coconut really adds a lot of aroma but you don't
have in in many other versions of polite so this is something you guys are really proud of this
looks like a regular mango ice cream but it is not so tell us what this is this is 100% mango and I
represent our farm it's organic oh wow and look at this this is just mango flesh slice off of the
seeds straight up but it's also a really special variety right what is it called again it's coat of
brown he couldn't come Oh Rumpy couldn't tongue so I have to preface it that okra mango it's becoming
really hard to find it smells so good it's it's one of my absolute favorite varieties of mango the
problem with regular or brown is it's very fibrous so there's a lot of like you know things that can
get in your team and it's smaller too and it's smaller the sea flavor like this side right but
this particular kind of a plum is less fiber so to be easier to eat shall we say mmm let me try it Oh
it's like mango jelly yeah like it's not hard like you might think I was frozen through it's
really hard it's tough so sweet and the reason why it's fob even though it's frozen it's because
sugar doesn't free so the more sugar something has the more soft it freezes so this tells you
that it's a very sweet mango it's incredible it is super healthy like guilt-free dessert there
was so much more food that we had that I just can't cover them all in the video like this
beef salad with lemongrass and mint this red curry with Chinese barbecue duck and pineapple
a silky smooth steamed egg just look at that jiggle right look at that jiggle a prawns and
squid salad with crispy Chow and for dessert there was also some mango and sticky rice but
with mango ice cream mind you and these creamy layered coconut pudding that I absolutely loved
and I am so full my songs are just about splitting at the seams thank you so much
for a wonderful wonderful meal and it's such a unique experience I highly recommend it I know
she's a friend of mine but I'm not saying this just because she's a friend as I said I even
go to your restaurant long before we knew each other if you want to know more about
the restaurant how can they find out they just Google ok Bruin space Mallika easy and then all
the informations will come right up so as always you can get in touch with me on Facebook Twitter
or Instagram or on my website hot Thai kitchen calm and I will see you next time so at B car