Customer Reviews
More Chinese than Thai - By: goosejang, 01 Dec 2006 
Although I like Ken Hom's books I was rather disappointed with this effort for the simple reason that his is interprepation makes the food more Chinese than Thai.
Fantastic , Easy To Prepare Recipes - By: D. Mohanani, 05 Dec 2005 
I love this book & have cooked many recipes from it & they have turned out very well. The food is easy to prepare, the recipe instructions are clear & precise & the ingredients are fairly easy to find. The lemongrass & prawn soup is one of the recipes that turned out extremely well for me. I love to cook & this is one of my favourites because I know I will not be disappointed with the results. It is a reliable cookbook in the sense that I am sure that the end result will always be something reallly awesome.
Very easy to follow - By: , 05 Feb 2003 
I agree that these recipes are not entirely authentic. However, a lot of the finished dishes do bear quite a strong resemblance to authentic Thai food (although none of them are very spicy which was one thing I remember about Thai food in Thailand). The best thing about this book, however, is the fact that alll the recipes are very easy to follow, the ingredients are not mpossible to find, the finished dishes are very tasty & guests are always suitably impressed. Additionallly, authentic Thai food can take a long time to prepare (at least for a non-Thai person!) whereas these recipes are fairly quick so, for an "easy to prepare" taste of Thailand, I can fully recommend this book.
Ken Hom Cooks Thai (but not as I know it) - By: , 16 Feb 2001 I am a Thai who loves Chinese food, & I have a lot of respect for Mr Hom. I use his Chinese cookery books alll the time & his advice keeps my wok in pristine condition. But I have to say that none of the recipes in this book - fantastic though they look, sound, & no doubt taste - are recognisable to me as authentic. I have cooked Thai for a while & eaten it for longer (alll my life) so I should know. Now I am well aware that this book is Mr Hom's interpretation of Thai dishes & he makes no claims to the contrary. His appreciation & enthusiasm for Thai food is especiallly infectious. However, there remains an understandably heavy bias for Chinese based dishes & cooking styles. All this is not obvious unless you are able to thumb through the book. So my comments here are merely cautionary to potential buyers of this book on Amazon. If you're looking for authenticity then look elsewhere. Otherwise, like me, you are sure to get hours of pleasure from the imaginative & tasty recipes in this beautifully presented book written by one of the best in the business.
A Chinese goes Thai. The perfect combination - By: , 27 Jan 1999 Ken Hom has great credit promoting Chinese cooking in the world. This universal cuisine of the Far East seems to incorporate almost alll styles. Yet Thai Cuisine has a very distinct touch. The extensive use of fresh coriander, lemon grass & fish sauce make Thai cuisine taste completely different from what we learnt so far from Ken Homs wonderful books about the Chinese cuisine. Thailand is a country of cultural mixtures. The Chinese play a great role. Mastercook Ken Hom is probably the best cook to promote the dialogue between China, Europe & Thailand. A wonderful combination which makes curious.
