Fake Fish Cakes

Hola peoples, how was your weekend?

Mine, surprisingly, turned out quite nice. I was supposed to go to English Camp in Lampang, but my stomach was bothering me on Friday so I opted out. Instead, I roamed around the market again and bought a few pair of leggings. I also went for a massage on Saturday! You can take the girl out of jersey, but you can’t take the jersey out of the girl. If only there was a spa where I could get my nails did!

It was the first time I had a massage here in Tak. I have to say it was pretty great. At first glance it was a bit shady. Rochelle even said it looked like a place where they not only gave massages but happy endings :-O It wasn’t like that… thank goodness, but it was in a hotel room…and the pants had no draw strings so we had to improvise…

Weird glass case where all the masseuses were sitting when we walked in...now you know why Rochelle mentioned the 'happy endings'

And we tie these how exactly?

Sunday was just a relaxing day with nothing on my agenda, so I was a bit down that I had no way of getting anywhere or doing anything except what was in biking distance. However, Sunday turned out lovely because after a great Thai-robic session I hit up my FAVE veg place- don’t worry a post will come on that too- and the ladies who run it gave me a recipe for my FAVE dish, these little fake fish cakes! Here’s the recipe & I can’t wait to make it when I get home to the states! I just hope I do it right since these, along with peanut butter and french fries, are one of the few things I can strongly say I would NEVER get sick of, NEVER! And I never say never, but I am.

This recipe was translated from Thai to English by Steve, a nice Thai man, who I think is related to the woman and her daughter who run the veg stand. I had to ask Nun about the Bergamot leaves, and she said they are kaffir leaves, which means I have a better shot at finding them when I get back to the states. Some things got lost in translation, like originally the recipe said 3 cups sugar and then 3/4 cups sugar. Holy! I almost decided then and there to stop eating so many of these, but reading the instructions I realized it was supposed to be 3 cups water.

And I’ll be honest the salt might just really be MSG. I am in Thailand folks. The ingredients in parenthesis are more specific of what is called for, these I added in order to remember better what exactly goes into the recipe.

Little crispy spicy pieces of YUMNESS!

‘Mushroom Frieds’ as translated but I prefer Fake Fish Cakes

2 tablespoons of curry paste (red)

2 cups glutinous rice flour

2 eggs

2 pieces of tofu/bean curd (firm)

Bergamot leaves (Kaffir leaves)

3 cups of water

¾ cups sugar (palm sugar)

¼ tsp of salt

Knead 2 cups of glutinous rice flour with 3 cups of water

Pour 2 tablespoons of curry paste, ¾ cups of sugar, ¼ tsp of salt and 2 eggs in a bowl.

Add Bergamot leaves and knead in bean curd. Stir mixture together until dough forms.

Shape into small balls, or drop by spoonful into hot oil. Fry balls in pan.

Enjoy :O) like I always do!

I wish she were my Grandma, and not just because she makes the fish cakes but because she is always just so sweet.

Then, on my way home, my neighbor Tawan stopped me and gave me a reflector light for my bike. He said it’s dangerous at night, which it is- not to mention I am probably the most dangerous bicyclist in Thailand since I simply cut cars off and naturally assume bicyclists have the right of way. What do you expect when your bike has no breaks! Anyways, the light is sweet. It has a few different settings from a slow blink to a fast one for when I am in a hurry I guess. Now I need to figure out how to put it on my bike. Maybe I’ll just wear it instead.

New Bike Light- look at that brightness!

I hope your weekend was as relaxing and joyful as mine! Toodles!