Posts Tagged ‘Thai Cooking’

At Rachada Thai Cuisine, our most important goal is to prepare the very best tasting Thai food. Second only to great tasting Thai food is how good the food looks. Great Thai food should delight the eyes as much as the flavors please the palate.

Thai cooking combines so many colorful ingredients. The many dishes that we prepare look so appetizing, the great flavors almost jump out at you.

And an elegant presentation served in the right dish or bowl compliments the many special dishes we prepare. Read the rest of this entry »

What would Thai cuisine be without Thai noodles? One of our very favorite pan fried noodle dishes at Rachada Thai Cuisine is Gai Kua.

Gai Kua is not quite as familiar to many Americans as Pad Thai, and of course we serve a great Pad Thai at Rachada Thai Cuisine. But a little variety is the spice of life, and we’d like to suggest you give Gai Kua noodles a taste if you’d like to try something delicious and different next time you’re out for a Thai noodle fix.

Gai Kua noodles are made with flat, wide rice noodles perfectly stir fried with with egg, green onion, and bean sprouts, and usually includes chicken for the meat. If you’d like to substitute pork or tofu, just ask.

The different twist is the egg, subtly mixed in the stir fry for a unique flavor. By the way, Kai means “egg” in Thai.
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Eggplant Salad with Grilled Shrimp is a wonderfully delicious Thai salad and perfectly refreshing for the summer season.
The grilled Chinese eggplant are succulent and sweet and the grilled shrimp are fresh and delicious. We butterfly the shrimp before they go on the grill which gives the shrimp just a touch of crunch, the perfect preparation for this special salad.

The warm grilled shrimp and eggplant make the perfect combination with the cold, crisp salad which includes fresh lettuce, carrots and purple cabbage.

Served with a lime juice based salad dressing, the combination of Thai spices and herbs gives this dish a tasty and tangy kick that just bursts with flavor.

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Thai Fried Ice Cream is another favorite dessert at Rachada Thai Cuisine. Along with our Thai Fried Bananas, Fried Ice cream is one of the frequent dessert requests, especially popular with the kids.

We start with our rich and creamy premium vanilla ice cream, dipped in a delicate batter, and quickly deep-fried to a golden brown.

Now that’s a good trick, don’t you think? A fried crispy-crunch on the outside with a cold and creamy ice cream on the inside.
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Ginger Salmon is a favorite at Rachada Thai Cuisine in Moorpark.  Featured on our specials menu, this delicious salmon dish is very popular at our restaurant.

We start with the freshest salmon, grilled to perfection. Our Ginger Salmon is always sweet and succulent, it will melt in your mouth.

Made with a mix of fresh vegetables including carrots, onions, zucchini squash, snow peas, and bean sprouts.

The vegetables are sauteed just right, with the right amount of crunch, never soggy or mushy.

Prepared in a tangy ginger sauce, this wonderful salmon dish will delight your taste buds. Read the rest of this entry »

Galanga root, also referred to as Galangal (Kha in Thai), is a mainstay ingredient that you will find in every authentic Thai kitchen. Galanga has a delicate and unique flavor with a subtle sweet taste, a hint of citrus, and a spicy quality, similar to the spicy heat of fresh ginger.

The galanga root is a relative of the ginger root, but the outer skin is a little more red-ish in color than the brown color of ginger. And the inside is very white unlike ginger which has a more yellow-ish tint to the flesh.

More widely used in Thai cooking than ginger, this traditional root is sometimes referred to as “Siamese Ginger”. Galangal can be used fresh, dried or powdered. Of course, the fresh form is the most exciting way to use this unique herb. Read the rest of this entry »

Thai Food For Thought – The Philosophy of Thai Cooking

You may be surprised to know there is actually a philosophy behind Thai cooking, one of the world’s truly magnificent cuisines. Perhaps you are saying to yourself “I enjoy eating great Thai food, but I don’t think about what makes Thai food so wonderful”. Well, just in case you might be wondering, let’s take a moment and talk about some of the principals and traditions behind great Thai cooking. Then let’s go out and enjoy a great Thai meal.

The underlying foundation of Thai cuisine derives from the early Chinese cooking influence that date backs as early as the 10th century. This cooking tradition establishes a relationship between five fundamental tastes: bitter, sweet, sour, salty and spicy. Achieving a satisfying and exciting taste experience is accomplished by combining flavors from these five basic taste categories. Read the rest of this entry »