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Monday, November 21, 2011

Yummy! Thai Food!

I stumbled on a little Thai place while visiting friends and family just outside of Atlanta, GA. I usually order red curry, but this particular restaurant offered Massaman curry with cashews and avocado, which is my favorite way to have it prepared. If convenient, I would eat here again, thaiheaven.biz However, my favorite place to eat Thai food in and around Atlanta is a place called Surin of Thailand. It is located in a small neighborhood in downtown called Virginia-Highlands. www.yelp.com The flavoring for Massaman curry is called Massaman curry paste (nam phrik kaeng massaman). The dish usually contains coconut milk, roasted peanuts or cashews, potatoes, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, star anise, palm sugar, fish sauce,chili and tamarind sauce. Traders brought spices such as turmeric, cinnamon, star anise, cumin, cloves and nutmeg from Indonesia to the south coast of Thailand. The dish is served with rice and sometimes with pickled ginger or "achat" (อาจาด [aːtɕàːt]), an accompaniment made with cucumber and chili peppers macerated in vinegar. In 2011 CNNGo ranked massaman as number one in an article titled World's 50 most delicious foods.