Beyond tom yum – how to step out of your Thai food comfort zone
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Popular YouTuber, cookbook author and Thai chef Pailin Chongchitnant at Im Jai by Pun Im, a Thai restaurant in Icon Village.
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- Thai food lovers should explore beyond classics like pad thai to discover new Thai flavours, according to chef Pailin Chongchitnant.
- Pailin is updating her content with evolved recipes, techniques and information via YouTube and revised cookbooks.
- She struggles to perfect Salapao, Thai steamed buns, due to flour issues, aiming for a fluffy texture achievable for home cooks.
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SINGAPORE – If you love Thai food classics such as pad thai, green curry and tom yum soup, well, popular YouTube chef and cookbook author Pailin Chongchitnant thinks you are missing out on a lot.
On a visit to Singapore to meet her fans, the 41-year-old Thai-Canadian behind Hot Thai Kitchen says the most popular recipes on her YouTube channel and website (hot-thai-kitchen.com) are for classic dishes.
