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As Scott and Daniel gear up for their summer promotional tour of North America, they need some advice on where to eat the best Thai food. Known for not being able to go more than a week without a Thai feast, we’re giving every person in North America who tells us their favorite Thai restaurant a great prize - the brand new, 2546 Smiling Albino keychain! Send us an email with your Thai restaurant details and we’ll send one your way (be sure to mention where the restaurant is!).
Got an answer?
Prize: Why all the fuss about SA's new 2546 keychains?
Previous Winner:
Tony Carney of Louisville, KY, is now the proud owner of one of the great musical compilations in Thailand: Thee Chaiyadej’s Past. Tony was the first to correctly answer that the origins of Thailand’s notorious Songkran festival are Indian. Well done Tony!
Many of the premier temples in Bangkok, including Wat Po and Wat Arun, are decorated with porcelain rather than traditional tiles. In fact, Thais may have invented recycling in the early 1800s when they started using broken plates and cups from China as ballast for their trading ships making the return trip from China. Once back in Thailand, the porcelain pieces were cut and fashioned for temple decoration. Talk about innovative!
SA now has a toll free number from the USA. 1-877-THAIWAY. Give us a call and come on an adventure!
Smiling Albino has posted new dates for the coming season. Don't forget to check them out and line up your trip.
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Time flies when you’re traveling and it’s already time for our summer edition of Albino Smiles. We hope everyone is enjoying warmer weather with the snow hopefully behind you for another six months.
It’s been a wild few months over here leading trips, kicking off some new community outreach programs, testing new adventures and preparing for our promotional trips back to Canada.
Just when you thought we couldn’t top our incredible adventures, we’ve done it! We’re happy to offer two new wild trips with a third on the way. Check out our 6-day ‘Wet & Wild Krabi’ adventure in the deep south, the new, longer ‘Un-Urban Pedal II’ and watch for a new physical northern escapade combining hiking and biking the back roads, paths, nooks and crannies of Chiang Rai province, along the Burmese and Laos borders. What are you waiting for? Book your spot!
Starting in July, SA will be in North America for two months. The SA North American Tour will see Daniel & Scott touch down in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Toronto & Ottawa. Be sure to contact us to book your own SA travel show. Let us know where and when and we’ll put on a fun presentation for your group.
Q: What do Daniel and Scott do during their free time?
A: We usually end up coordinating social programs throughout the kingdom.
We’re proud to be involved with four social programs and have dedicated an entire section of our website to the cause.
June 18-20 saw us launch a new teaching program at Hua Mark Noi School, in the far eastern suburbs of Bangkok. Seven hundred, mostly Muslim students, from Grades 1-6 enjoyed three days of fun English instruction with Scott and Daniel.
July 9-19 saw the third installment of ‘English Fun Days’ in Doi Mae Salong take place. Many thanks to Norma and Louise from Ontario for volunteering their time to teach the students at Santikiri School, as well as the Rotary Club of Bangkok South for their continued financial support.
Different things Thais do that we sometimes find odd, but sometimes aren't much different from what we as westerners do.
When giving a wrapped present to a Thai, they generally will not open it in front of you. Instead they casually offer thanks and wait until they’re in private to check out the contents.
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This time we have the ultimate in strange. It covers all bases, but what the heck does it mean?
Massaman Curry with Chicken
Ingredients:
- 3 tbs Massaman curry paste (available at most Asian grocers)
- 500g sliced, boneless chicken
- 3 cups coconut milk
- 2 tbs roasted peanuts
- 5 small peeled potatoes
- 5 small peeled onions
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick (roast first in a wok with no oil)
- 3 tbs fish sauce
- 2 tbs palm sugar
- 3 tbs tamarind juice
- 1 pinch of salt
Preparation:
Heat the coconut cream in a frying pan until it thickens up. Add Massaman curry paste, roasted peanuts, chicken, potatoes and onion and fry for 3-4 minutes, then add a bit more coconut milk. Once the mixture thickens up again, add fish sauce, palm sugar, tamarind juice and a pinch of salt. Simmer for five minutes. Finally add the bay leaves, cinnamon and simmer until you’re dying to eat. Serve with fluffy jasmine rice. Enjoy!
Long before they caught on in the west, Thais were enjoying sweetened soy milk beverages. Available most everywhere in bottles and drink boxes, leading brands include Yo, Lactasoy and SA’s favorite, Vitamilk. At 10B each ($0.25US) they’re a steal!
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