Bangkok Week 103 June 13, 2010 A fun, busy weekend in Bangkok before dashing off to KL for 3 days. Stay tuned for that album. View fullsize We won a baking class at Anotai, a famous organic vegetarian restaurant that we'd yet to visit. Class courtesy of our friends at BK Mag. View fullsize The restaurant occupies the first two floors of the shophouse, and the cooking studio is located on the third floor. View fullsize An assortment of spices line Khun Anotai's demonstration counter. View fullsize Her demo kitchen is fully equipped with standard-sized designer appliances (unlike the industrial ones they use in their restaurant & bakery). View fullsize Khun Anotai explains the motivation behind her restaurant concept and organic vegetarian cooking. View fullsize Four lucky readers won places in the class, for themselves and one guest each. In the background, reps from Martha Stewart Living Thailand listen in. View fullsize Khun Anotai demonstrates 2 types of cookies, with the help of her assistant. View fullsize Studiously taking notes. View fullsize She makes giant, bakery-sized cookies by using a large ice cream scoop. View fullsize Turn back around and pay attention! View fullsize While our teacher continues, students are a bit distracted in the background. (To be fair, the woman on the right is the photog for BK Mag.) View fullsize The second batch -- banana-oat-chocolate -- near completion in the oven. She only uses the bottom element when baking cookies. View fullsize Highlighting the spring in the final product -- how to tell it's done. View fullsize Our chef is shocked by Nathan's shenanigans. (He's the rep from the magazine.) View fullsize The studio is equipped with a handy ceiling mirror. We can do without that in our future kitchen, though. View fullsize No shortage of notes (and cookie stains) on these recipes. View fullsize Hot off the presses -- the second batch of cookies (with one regular choc chip still hanging out in the background). View fullsize The giant cookies were so huge they could be cut into quarters (and still be satisfying). View fullsize Stealing the fruits of my ... observation. View fullsize A big thumbs up from this expert food critic. View fullsize Chillaxin' and chattin' after the class. View fullsize We were given a set of pre-prepared cookies to take home as souvenirs ... and of course, this week's issue of BK. View fullsize On the way home, we run into an old friend-cum-Levi's model from the days at Brown. View fullsize Another filling lunch at MBK never fails to please. View fullsize World Cup Madness!!! Hey! Ho! Let's g- View fullsize Another promotional poster made by the city of Bangkok... this time much more overt about shopping the country out of despair! What did I tell you??
