Sa waddee Ka(Hi ! in Thai)  My name is Ao Benton pronounced like “O?“ I’m Thai. I was a Thai cooking instructor in Chiang Mai , Thailand for 5 years. Now I live in Mt. Pleasant ,SC. I married with Sullivan’s Island guy Todd Benton. Now I live with my kind parents in-law and I will stay here for a while to do my Thai cooking lesson ( What I did for living in Thailand) and Thai meal for a party. I love to cook. I cook almost everyday here for my husbands family because I love them and they love me too. I don’t cook in special American holidays such as Thanks giving, X-mas, New year maybe Easter too?!?
 Usually I cook special Thai meals which I can’t find in a fine Thai restaurant  here. I like spicy and aromatic food but not just only hot and burn . There are many people who think “ Thai food is always hot. ” That is not really true, it depends on the person and how  they order and another reason is Thais don’t  eat just chilies with  rice . We have varieties of herbs and spices to give aroma to our dishes.
  My cooking, I prefer to use a lot of herbs and spices rather than use a lot of chillies to burn someone mouth with mashed Thai chili. .If you prefer really hot you can too. Some Americans eat so hot ! Hotter than native Thais included my husband too. I told him “ slow it down my sweetheart you will get addicted to chili” Who know  my warning did not work!!! I just let him. . . . .burn~~n~n .
In Thai we have a saying “ Aloy Park Lum Bak Tood”
Which means “Enjoy eating , suffering at the end  or Pain in the ass “ What you say? That is doesn’t mean it has never happened with myself.
 It is normal that different people love to eat different flavors even in my family. My father, he loves spicy- sweet but he doesn’t like sour. My mother loves hot ,sour , bitter, but doesn’t like sweet. My younger brother loves spicy, sweet, sour, salty, but doesn’t like bitter. I like spicy, salty, sour, most but some time can be sweet or bitter if it’s healthy.
 That means there are many options for you to try even you are not a big fan of hot food .

Create Date : 17 มีนาคม 2552
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