Flavours of Thailand
Besides a special food menu, the festival hosts Thai belles and men dancing to traditional and contemporary music to create an exclusive Thai ambience.
Thai food is currently a highly admired cuisine in Dhaka like elsewhere, gaining worldwide popularity. It has become the country's representative in the promotion of culture and image. Thai food blends a variety of tastes and mostly contains healthy herbs. Additionally, each dish is decorated for aesthetic appeal and is guaranteed to whet the appetite of the gourmet.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Apart from the popular hot and sour soup, the Thai specialist chefs tickled the taste buds with Bangkok fried rice with Thai herbs and Bangkok gravy noodles. The salads and the sauces, which added nicely with the various dishes Sautéed beef and chicken, was indeed lip licking. Ho mok pla, spicy fillet fish with coconut cream and curry paste along with crunchy Tung Tong--chicken inside rice paper, much like Wonthon, is quite mouth-watering and people took extra helpings. Fried fish with chilli sauce and spicy minced beef/chicken salads were high on demand and taste.
The assortment of desserts includes fruit salad; fresh fruits from the basket and most importantly decorated fruit cocktails. It was amazing to see a range of yogurt on small glass offerings, which, like our sweet-sour Doi, revealed the similar food habits of Thailand and Bangladesh.
Until July 16, this buffet would be a grand delight on one's dinner menu. The culture and food together was a wonderful blend of oriental flavours adapted to the local taste. High on Thai spice, the week should be a scrumptious feast for food enthusiasts.