Comments on: Thai fishcakes – tod mun pla

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:06:17 +0000

The two fishcakes dont really have much in common apart from fish, do they?

Substituting one or two ingredients is one thing. Using a totally different method and a second most important ingredient (potato) thats more or less ignored in Thai cuisine is on a different level altogether. Putting a stick of lemongrass into, say, an Irish stew wouldnt suddenly make it a Thai style dish lol.

By: Not Delia

Not Delia — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:00:48 +0000

You’ve missed the point. Yes, everyone has their own way of doing things and most of us use substitute ingredients if desired or necessary. I’m the first to applaud that.

What I was saying – if you’d read my post correctly – is adding lemon grass, or a bit or chilli, or a chopped lime leaf to what is essentially a Western recipe, doesn’t make it Thai.

Making a potato-based fish cake with tinned salmon/tuna or whatever, and adding a bit of lemon grass is NOT Thai food. And I don’t think it is perfectly acceptable to call it Thai food. I don’t care at all what other people eat and if they want to eat potatoes with lemon grass that’s just fine by me. But it sure as heck ain’t Thai food, so it would be nice if some of the glossy magazines would stop pretending it is.

By: Amadee T

Amadee T — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:02:19 +0000

This is very funny. You rant about it being authentic Thai or Thai style and yet you yourself omit ingredients, or substitute others. If people are not comfortable using specific ingredients or can not find the necessary ‘Thai’ ingredients to hand or cannot travel to specialised authentic Thai grocery stores, I think it’s perfectly acceptable to substiute and call it Thai “style”. I’m also aware that Thai recipes are handed down from grandmother to grand daughter for example and you will always expect to find variations on a theme, regionally and from family to family. I’ve eaten the same dish prepared by different ‘authentic Thais ‘ and rarely have they tasted the same and I doubt they’d be so anal to suggest their way was the one and only method of preparation, cooking etc.

Tastes change and international cuisine is available to everyone these days thanks to TV shows, and the internet and now everyone can experiment with various cuisine, thank heavens

By: Not Delia

Not Delia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:56:14 +0000

LOL! I did wonder whether to say anything or not, but I’d had a bit of a rant about the BBC doing the same. You’re in good company.

If you want any more info about Thai food, gi’s a shout.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:38:18 +0000

Ohhh…so THESE are Thai fish cakes! They look good too! I’m about to make some Thai green curry paste with some chillies I have growing in my window so this’ll be the perfect recipe to try a little of the paste with.

I am now going to make a sneaky change to my recipe on FFFY to regular salmon fishcakes! (shhh don’t tell anyone)