Thai Food Experience in Edmonton

The restaurant "The King & I" is loacted near "Old Strathcona" which is one of the famous area where tourists and locals can enjoy shopping, dinning, farmers market, art and culture event.  We just came across it after we enjoyed some culture play near there. 





Thai restaurant : The King & I

This is the entrance.  Cozy ambience welcomed us. 

That was a late afternoon and I guessed just after

crowd of people left.

Here is Thai Food what we had!

Kai Kao Tom

Rice soup cooked with chicken and mashroom.

It tasted sour and spicy.  I found stick of lemongrass.

I loved this soup.



Singha

Crispy and light taste! It's a lager beer. 

It reminded me of German beer or Japanese

Asahi Super Dry.

 

Here it talked about the history of this beer.

This was 1st Thai beer brewed in Thai under its royal permission. 

In late 1920, Praya Bhirom Bhakdi thought it was time to brew local beer there.  He went to China, Indonesia and Gemany to study brewering.  Later he found out Thai had underwater that could be perfect mix to brew beer. That's quick summary how this beer came up.  Sounds like this beer also had culture mix.

Main : Pad Thai

This reminded me of a bit of Japanese Yakisoba or Chinese Chowmen.  Because of Tamarindo sauce, it tasted sweet.  Crispy peanuts gave this plate extra flavor. Basically rice noodle with shrimp and some vegees and chiken.  I found myself ordering this plate whenever I visit Thai restaurant.  I don't know why.

Main : Matsuman Nuea

Red curry with cumin and peanuts and beef.
Thai curry uses coconuts and that brings somehow fusion between spicy and mild taste.  I actually liked this plate better than Pad Thai here.






I knew that Staffs here came from Thai through conversation.  They know what spices and ingredients are used for their plates.  That's the way it should be in a authentic restaurant, I think.  When first I looked at lemongrass stick, "Oh that's root part of spring onion".  But if I bit it, "Oh No".  Then I asked one of the staffs what it was.  He explained one by one.  One more spice like root.. it starts with G... I forgot.  In the end, I left it with a happy tammy.

 

Dr. Gabor Mate at U of A International Week 2013

Last time I took a lecture was ... probably my university days when I didn't study so much ;)

I attended Dr. Gabor Mate's lecture.  He talked about how our behaviour, parents and society in culture relates to mental and physical disorder.  In his view, not only biologic condition but also life experience will influence our health.  The main idea I got from him was looking at a whole picture when it comes to diagnose.  That was an interesting moment when I found it similar to a wholistice medicine.

I  was surprised to see pack of audiences who couldn't get seat and so stood or sat in aisles.  Eventually extra audiences were moved to the other hall so that they could listen to him in skype broadcasting.

There "Hah ha"moment came for me.  His joke went like this.  "Staff asked me if I would use Power Point."  "So I said I would make a power point."  He was such an interesting man.  I had no perception before I joined it but I liked his talking and hope to hear again.

After his lecture, audiences had a chance to ask question and he answered it courteously.  I'm sure time was quite up.  Still more audiences wanted to talk to him.

This is a good way to educate ourselves.   I saw audiences in all ages from students to senior.  I often heard the words "Lifelong learning".  I didn't get what exactly it was.  Now I think "I see."

Conscious Culture: Finding Paths to a Better World



This is what's going on in my hometown Edmonton during Jan 28 - Feb 1.  If you happened to be here, you will have some opportunity to enjoy over 50 free presentations such as films, theatre performance, art projects, exhibitions.  The details are as a link below.

 

International Week 2013 - University of Alberta