Thai Street Festival
by Bex Tappin
24 / 06 / 2009
Thailand Street Food Festival at The Coconut Kitchen -
Friday 26th June
On Friday 26th of June The Coconut Kitchen will
be showcasing the exotic delights of Thailand’s street food. There
will be a traditional Thai street BBQ stationed outside the restaurant with one
of the chefs cooking gai satay (chicken satay), moo ping (pork skewers),
nea ping (beef skewers), tod man ping (lemongrass fish sticks) and sai oowah
(spicy Chiang Mai sausage). While in the kitchen May and the rest of her team
will also be cooking kiew tod (crispy prawn wontons), steamed knom jeeb
(dimsum), po pia tod (vegetable spring roll) and hoy jooh (crab and pork in
crispy beancurd sheets). Also on offer is the traditional noodle dish,
knom jeen - rice noodles served with either gaeng kiaw wan (green
chicken curry) or nam ngiaw (a Northern Thailand spicy tomato and pork sauce)
and som tam talay (Thailand’s famous papaya salad with seafood) - and much
more!
Attractions for the evening:
A mini night market with a couple of market stalls
selling traditional Thai crafts and interesting works of art. Abersoch lifeboat
will also have theirown market stall.
There will be a release of traditional Thai sky lanterns
(Khoom Loy) across the harbour while the sun sets. Traditional Northern Thai
(Lanna) people use Sky Lanterns all year round, for Spiritual celebrations and
other special occasions. It is considered good luck to release a 'Khoom Loy',
as many Thai people, especially Buddhists, believe they are symbolic of your
problems and worries floating away.
If she gets enough encouragement Lilly, one of the Aussie
waitresses from Byron Bay, will be treating everyone to a display of her fire
dancing skills, something usually seen at the full moon parties on Koh Phang
Ngang. Hopefully this will take place sometime after 10pm or when it is dark
enough!
Apart from having a good time, the other aim of the night is
to raise funds for the Abersoch Lifeboat. So for every bottle of Singha (Thai
beer) sold £1 will be donated for every sky lantern sold and set off into the
sky - £2 will be donated.
So go along and experience a different kind of evening at
The Coconut Kitchen, there will be seating available inside or outside but they
wont be taking bookings. So with the weather forecast looking hotter, the taste
of Thailand will definitely be in Abersoch for the night!
The evening will begin at 5.30pm till late. The usual menu
won’t be in operation so normal takeaway service will not be offered
on the night either.
Please call 01758 712 250 if you want to know anymore
information.
