Sawaddee ka welcome to hot thai kitchen I've got such a special episode for you today I am in
Bangkok skylight and the reason why I am here because this is happening so this is
perfect the biggest food trade show in all of Thailand and one of the biggest in Asia
anyone who is anybody in the food and beverage business is here and I am here to share with you
guys of interesting food I mean I'm expecting there to be some really cool food product Food
Innovation I've never been here so I don't really know what to expect but I just heard
that it is just a place to be if you're in the food business and I'm so excited to be sharing
this with you guys so let's get inside and figure out how to navigate this place because it's huge
oh wow a massage parlor this is perfect this is how big this place is people are going to be
so exhausted they're gonna meet that I'm gonna need that so we are now in the Challenger Hall
and this is supposed to be the part where the Thai exhibitors are cross the street that's for
international vendors so we're going to go first to the ready to eat and rice section
which i think is going to be pretty interesting we're in or finally in like a lot of work to get
in here but look at all this stuff and I already spot lots of samples to be had here yes I am one
of those people who get very excited at free samples giant mango like literally giant mango
look is it bigger than my head look at his wife look at this guy and it's red I've never seen
a mango like that so this is he one mango and exam it's a Chinese name because the guy that
bred this giant mango is Taiwanese I have found a new black rice so you know we've talked about
rice berry rice this is jazz berry rice which they just told me that has been around before
even rice berry has been around so with a mix of jasmine rice and another kind of black rice and it
apparently got more nutrients than Rice berry but because they really control the amount of
rice that grown they work very closely with farmers and Fairtrade and making farmers a
fair price and all that they don't expand the growth as much as Rice berry so people don't
really know about it I mean I've only heard about it it's the first time I get to taste
it apparently it's going to be quite soft and it is oh it's a little chewy too actually it's
really tender and soft but it's I feel like it's got more of a chew than rice berry rice
well that's really tasty you know you think it's just right but you wouldn't believe the area that
it just Rises so many different kinds check out these people shelf-stable precooked rice
and you can keep in your cupboard for two years and you microwave it and apparently it'll taste
like freshly cooked rice yes oh how fascinating and no chemicals no preservatives is just the
packaging that does all the the protective quality oh wow how fascinating and they've
got apples but you know I live in Canada so they're just apples and of course it's not
just Apple samples its apples apples presented by beautiful ladies Mac Miller this is coconut yogurt
cocoa Girt coconut yogurt fermented coconut and I expected it to taste like coconut but it doesn't
it tastes like yogurt it tastes nothing like coconut me hi mama honey maybe it's fat-free
and that explains why it doesn't taste like coconut physical the flavor of coconut is in
the coconut oil and so they've taken all that out that's why it tastes like yogurt
fascinating more pretty ladies with samples let's go and see what she's offering instant
home yum soup so you just add hot water and novios is actually shrimp meat in here oh
that's good oh that's tasty this was that just with water added I'm really into that because
you know sometimes if traveling you want to take them ready to eat them yum soup with you
because you just never know when you've got a craving for Thai food right so I'm about to try
congee but it's not it's a it's Cullum which is a little different than congee the rice
is two wholes it's not mushy like congee it's our breakfast our breakfast oatmeal basically
so it comes in a little like brick like that and you just add hot water oh it's not bad
oh it's the flavor is definitely spot on tiny pineapple mini mini by now without a motive I
found another pineapple this one a big pineapple I found another pineapple what is it when people
dress up a pineapple of the ship this is a really interesting of a social enterprise so this
organization actually started by a Buddhist monk who saw that farmers were lacking in knowledge
and they were farming with chemicals and they were still poor rice farmers that is and so he
started an initiative that educates farmers on how to farm organic rice sustainably educate them help
them reduce their cost because interestingly what she said was when they were farming with chemicals
not organically the cost was higher the cost of chemicals were higher but now if they know how to
properly farm organic they can reduce their cost and actually create a product that is sustainable
and can sell for a higher price and they've got some rice very brown rice white rice but
what I think is really cool is they've also got congee rice so this is rice berry that has been
completely ground into powder so when you make congee instead of like cooking it for hours until
it breaks down the rice is already broken down and it's supposed to just take about 10 to 15 minutes
to cook and fit that's really cool I'd like one of these I'd love to try em what the texture is
like and they've got of course the brown rice and the white Frank's version of as well that's
very cool she gave me samples I'm so excited of the Conte and since by the way the brand is nan
which is the cutest thing ever because it means you eat until full and you sleep warm eat full
sleep warm yeah if you can have these two things in life life is good I feel like I've seen a lot
of product but I may be covered 20% of this whole place is cute but I'm already seeing a lot of
definitely a lot of rice products a lot of coconut products all sorts of rice and coconut innovations
but also a lot of social enterprises so now I'm seeing places that are focusing on sustainability
farmer welfare paying farmers fair a fair price for their products and that's a really big step
forward for Thailand especially because we have so many developing parts around the country so
I'm so happy to see the business starting to become a trend here so let's go and find out
what else they've got it totally recognize these guys so erawan brand is the brand that I use for
my rice flour tapioca starch secure a flour all of my Thai starches and what they're doing here
is they've got these desert flour mix and this is not like an instant pancake mix or anything
it's just the flour in here so this is for condom time this kind of dessert and the trickiest part
about making this is getting the ratio of flour right alright so in here it's rice flour and
poppy oka starch and you still have to add all your ingredients like all the extract whatever
you're using the coconut milk the sugar they give you a recipe but the hardest part has been
figured out and that's the ratio of rice flour tapioca Wow look at that you're going to show
me how those little flowers are made oh my gosh this is potentially embarrassing I've never done
this before when the love Infineon aha okay so you start out with a strip so you make it a whole tray
and then cut them into strips and you just start by rolling and then you twist it oh I see and then
you just keep twisting it around the first roll oh my gosh okay it's like sticking to itself like
scotch tape and then you put the end on the bottom hey that's not bad right that's pretty good for my
first flower I'm so proud of myself oh cool ha ha delay argument okay now I have to taste it
yeah room letters clothes the texture is fought on you guys I'm Lloyd Elma lately
light ha ha they put jasmine flower in it jasmine flower water that's tasty hapana ha
so this is rice milk that's made entirely from the germ of the rice apparently one kilogram
of rice only gets you one of these foods so in this jar there's got to be a lot of kilograms
of rice and it's um it's mostly really good for you a lot of proteins a mess oh it just seems
like rice like in a good way I mean I'm sorry no sugar there is a little bit of a sweetness longer
number I mean it's got the natural sweetness of rice so I thought there might be a little
bit of sugar in there but apparently that's just the natural sweetness oh I really like
that actually it's warm it's thick so things like really loose oatmeal a little a little you know a
little bit of a viscosity oh man that's like good breakfast there's a nice people I asked
them if they have if they exported the product and we said no you can tell us a small family
business and they said oh please help me you know spread the word in Canada I'd love to export this
healthy product they're so clean they gave me a sample and and he said I'm not supposed to
give samples but for you this is for you ok Magic Mountain so this is actually a part of
the royal project so mountains in this case is referring to hill tribes hill tribe groups that
live in the mountains and they're generally very poor and so one of the royal projects
of the late king is to go in and find them some sort of an agricultural product that they can
grow and sell to develop some careers and skills and help them make some money these are awesome
awesome project so I always want to support these diesem products so this is apparently
an innovation zone or trying to get an idea of what that means exactly and I think they're just
featuring food that's using innovative technology let's see three feet in a box aha I see this is
almost like a little kit where you just need to add fish cornstarch and eggs and you'll
be able to make Thai fish cakes looks like the recipe is also on hot pie kitchen calm oh now
this is food innovation this is DIY ice cream mix without needing a machine comes in a shaker
Cup so as I understand it you put this stuff in you mix this with milk you put it in the shaker
cup you shake it up and then you put it in the freezer and you'll have a little cup of ice cream
this is kind of cool I want a sample of this maybe I can just stealthily walk away with one
that's me guys I'm telling you I wasn't kidding when I said rice berry was all the
rage in Thailand take this out the rice berry rice bran oil as a supplement high in omega-3
and all this other stuff oh my god cooked egg whites in a tube you know for those days you
want to Bueller cooked egg whites for breakfast oh my god this is a coconut like a young coconut
like an actual coconut and they've managed to put a little cap on it so you no longer have to
try to hack it with a machete you just pull this up how cool that is I thought this was just like
you know a pack of plastic packaging that they made so it looks like a coconut but I max this
is an actual coconut that is tool boy I didn't even cover 25% maybe I could have been a year
all week and continue to be fascinated I am just so blown away by the types of food innovation and
technology that is here and you know what's even cooler is this because it is a freight show not
for it's not a consumer show I am seeing things that I will see as a consumer again seeing food
a stage before they reach consumers an ingredient raw materials and I'm also seeing food that's not
yet available so there's so many people here where they're launching their product for the
first time so I'm almost getting a glimpse into the future of what my grocery store is
going to look like I'm thoroughly impressed by why the Thai food manufacturers actually
there's a lot of really cool stuff coming down the line especially sustainable thousands and
things that are more so social conscious so I hope you enjoyed that trip with me and
let me know what you think in the comments below and I will see you next so I can't I