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December 8, 2009 Today we feature how to make authentic Thai street vendor noodles, Ba Mee Haeng, more complicated than it seems.
But sure to please your friends. We also feature extended $5 flat rate shipping now through December 10, and some very good deals to help
you make the most of this offer. |
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Thai Restaurant Kit. Saves money for those who want to make healthy, complete Thai curry and noodle dishes at home rather than pay at the local restaurant. Using this kit, per-recipe cost will be under $2, and made at home it will taste even better with our top quality ingredients. You'll be able to make about 30 total servings of the recipes below, and other Thai recipes. You'll have ingredients to spare as well.
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Thai Restaurant Kit. $49.95 ($73 value) |
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Restaurant Kit with 5 lb Jasmine Rice. $57.95 |
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Pandan Paste "The Asian Vanilla"
Fantastic spice for holiday cooking, pandan is referred to as the "Asian Vanilla" probably because of the addictive natural aroma.
Pandanus extract or screwpine paste, is a delightful scent that's used throughout SE Asia especially Thailand. Pandanus leaves (in Thai "bai toey") are often soaked in water and boiled to extract both the green color, a natural food colorant, as well as the aroma which is a bit nutty and reminiscent of freshly-cooked jasmine rice.
Experiment with pandan paste this holiday, add it to your cake icing or favorite cookies. Or, enjoy pandan in the following authentic recipes:
Thai Rice Balls in Coconut Milk, "Bua Loi"
Pandan Custard
Nasi Kuning, Festive Yellow Rice
Product of Indonesia. We also offer Jasmine, Durian, and Maengda flavors.
$2.00 (reg 4.85) Limit 1 please
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NEW. All Natural Tamarind Candy, 7 oz
We've been selling a lot of Thai candy in recent weeks, for the holidays. Here is our best, new, all natural candy made of tamarind. Perhaps the best candy of all. High quality standard, in a modern package. Chewy, delicious, sour, healthy tamarind fruit coated in cane sugar and a bit of salt. There is also a sprinkling of chile powder to give it a slight spicy bite. You'll find two or three small seeds inside each piece.
If you like tamarind candy, or if you've never tried it before, give this a try. Generous quantity. We also offer the old-style Thai tamarind candy, which many prefer.
Ingredients: 94% tamarind, 5% sugar, 1% salt (salt with chile for the version that includes it). Product of Thailand. Or, make your own tamarind candy!
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$1.50 without chile (reg $3.79) |
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$1.50 with chile (reg $3.79) |
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Mushroom Ginger Sauce, Maxchup
This is a new sauce developed by Maxchup. The flavor is gentle, Chinese-style with the unmistakable flavor of Thai ginger. Use it for just about anything, either as a sauce to fry vegetable or add it to flavor your soup, or even as a dipping sauce. We enjoyed this sauce heated then served over udon noodles. Something similar from the same company: extra hot garlic chile sauce. Ingredients: soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, mushroom, ginger, starch, disodium inosinate, guanylate, sodium benzoate. Product of Thailand. See our recipe for Thai ginger chicken. |
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$1.00 (reg $2.89) |
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Special Offer: Instant Thai Tea, 12 Pack
Made by premium Por Kwan company in Thailand, packed in DeDe brand. This is a quick substitute if you do not have time to make original Thai Ice Tea. This delicious formula can be enjoyed hot or iced. Put one pack into a cup and add 10 oz hot water, stir and enjoy hot or pour over ice. The final product is a nice amber/orangish color just like the original.
A mix of Thai tea powder, sugar, and non-dairy creamer. Ingredients: instant Thai tea, sugar, (glucose, palm kernel oil, casein), artificial color, vanilla flavor. Product of Thailand. We also offer instant Thai coffee. |
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1 case (12 packs), $1.50 (reg $3.29) |
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Handpainted Thai Ceramic Bowl with Lid, and Platter
For 10 years we've offered handpainted ceramics in the traditional Thai style as shown here. We only import the "premium" grade, which is flawless after it's fired (zero mistakes, and perfect glaze). Even in Thailand it's difficult to find flawless, usually markets have grade 2 or below. We're slowly winding down our ceramics offerings at ImportFood.com for various reasons, mainly that fewer people in Thailand are interested/able to do this meticulous traditional painting, so it takes a very long time between placing an order and receiving it. In the coming year we'll phase out our Thai handpainted ceramics line altogether. They are also getting more expensive.
We still have a decent supply of two personal favorites. The elegant 6" bowl with lid is a nice way to serve soups, rice or noodles. The rectangular platter has an extraordinary wide range of uses. It's very thick, and oven safe. We serve Thai food on this platter, placed in the middle of the table and shared with a large serving spoon. We also cook on the platter. For example, placing a nice piece of fish on this platter and cooking it in a toaster oven at 325 degrees for 12-15 minutes yields excellent results. |
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Handpainted Ceramic Bowl w/Lid, 6", $8.25 |
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Handpainted Ceramic Platter, 11" x 7", $12.95 |
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Set (one of each), $19.95 |
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Solid Granite Mortar and Pestle
Over the years we've sold thousands of these handmade tools, especially during the holidays as gifts. Our prehistoric-looking solid granite mortar & pestle is repeatedly mentioned as one of the best cooking tools available, period--most recently by one of Bon Appetit's main correspondents. Read more about it here. Product of Thailand. |
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$22.95, 6" size |
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$32.95, 7" size |
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$39.95, 8" size |
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$59.95, 9" size |
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Limited Edition Square Mortar and Pestle
The same super-dense, attractive solid dark granite machined to a precise 6" square block. The mortar is 2.5" tall and has a 1.5 cup capacity, pestle is 6" long with a nice taper, and the top half of the pestle has a granite polish applied to it which gives the look of it having two colors. Complements any countertop, with an elegant style. The bottom, sides and top are all perfectly smooth, and the inner bowl is machined smooth as glass. It works great as a natural grinder for all kinds of herbs & spices, and it would be a very nice gift particularly for someone who has granite countertops. Based on appearance alone, it looks like it's worth far more than $30 or $40. We've seen something similar in an art gallery for $150. |
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Limited Edition Square M & P. $34.95
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Special Offer: One More Week.
Fresh Kaffir Limes and FREE Kaffir Lime Leaves
At this time we have additional supplies of this rare fruit. Order today and get one order of kaffir lime leaves ($14.95 value) added for free.
Kaffir lime peel is indispensable when making your own Thai curry paste.
Kaffir lime peel is loaded with a fragrant citrus oil, and the flavor of the fruit is overwhelming if eaten fresh. The kaffir lime tree is grown and harvested mainly for the leaves which are a staple in Thai cooking, but the tree doesn't produce many of these limes. As kaffir limes aren't eaten fresh, and there's limited use for them, our grower typically strips the trees of all fruit each year to promote growth of the leaves. This year however we kept fruit on a few trees and now it's been harvested. The fruit not only looks excellent but the culinary appeal is perfect: fragrant, strong citrus flavor. Put a slice of the bitter peel in your mouth and your lips get a tingling sensation of citrus unlike anything you've tasted.
One of our longterm customers, a well-known chef, uses kaffir lime peel in seafood recipes, and in cocktails.
Kaffir lime peel is used to make Thai curry paste, by pounding it together with other ingredients in a mortar and pestle. Notice from the pictures the nice thick, white fleshy peel. This is loaded with citrus flavor and aroma. A classic Thai dish that uses kaffir limes, whole, in soup is Khanom Jin. It's also used to make candy.
Kaffir limes are used extensively in aromatherapy. Some massage oils, natural shampoos, and various herbal products call for kaffir limes but the scarcity of this fruit makes it difficult to prepare authentic versions. For anyone who might be interested, please consider ordering now because the fruit is limited to what was harvested last week, and will not be available again until next year.
Each lime is large, approx 2 1/2" diameter and weighs 2 oz. We'll ship your fresh limes separately via USPS Priority Mail, upgrading to 2 day service at no extra charge. Grown in USA.
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4 kaffir limes, plus 1.5 oz kaffir lime leaves
$14.95 |
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| Special Street Vendor Feature--Pok Pok Noodle Cart. Here we take you to the streets of Thailand to see a sidewalk chef prepare Ba Mee. There's no better way to learn how to cook authentic Thai food than our street vendor videos. |
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