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Khanom Keson Lamchiak
''Khanom keson lamchiak'' ( th, ขนมเกสรลำเจียก, ) is a kind of Thai dessert. It can be considered as a rare and little known dessert. This kind of dessert was often cooked and used in various auspicious occasions in the past. ''Khanom keson lamchiak'' is shaped like a ''Khanom Tokyo'', that is, it is a thin flat flour filled with sweet cream. ''Khanom keson lamchiak'' has only three ingredients include glutinous rice, sugar and coconut. It is cooked using glutinous rice flour mixed with coconut milk, sift through a sieve on hot pan, then filled with glutinous rice flour stirred with coconut and sugar, and roll into a long thin sheet as the final step. If eaten while still hot, will get the aroma of dessert, hence the name ''khanom keson lamchiak'', literally "pandanus pollen snack" This kind of dessert is assumed to have originated since the early Rattanakosin period. Based on the evidence mentioned in the poem '' Kap He Chom Khrueang Khao Wan'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai PBS
The Thai Public Broadcasting Service ( th, องค์การกระจายเสียงและแพร่ภาพสาธารณะแห่งประเทศไทย; ), or TPBS ( th, ส.ส.ท.), is a public broadcasting service in Thailand. It was established by the Thai Public Broadcasting Service Act, BE 2551 (2008), which came into force on 15 January 2008. Under this act, TPBS holds the status of state agency with legal personality, but is not a government agency or state enterprise. TPBS operates Thai PBS (ไทยพีบีเอส), which was formerly known as iTV, TITV and TV Thai television station, respectively. Thai PBS is a public television station broadcasting on UHF Channel 29. The station broadcasts on a frequency formerly held by the privately run channel, iTV. Thai PBS tested its broadcast by connecting to a temporary signal for broadcasting to the special programs chart which had been appropriated by Television of Thailand (TVT or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Thai Desserts And Snacks
This is a list of Thai khanom, comprising snacks and desserts that are a part of Thai cuisine. Some of these dishes are also a part of other cuisines. The word "khanom" ( th, ขนม), refers to snack or dessert, presumably being a compound between two words, "khao" (ข้าว), "rice" and "khnom" (หนม), "sweet". The word "khanom" in the Thai sense is snack or sweet food made from flour. Thai khanom * ''Bua Loy, rice flour rolled into small balls and then cooked in coconut milk.'' * '' Bulan dan mek'' * '' Lot chong'' * '' Cha mongkut'' * '' Fakthong kaeng buat'' * '' Foi thong'' * Fresh fruit * ''Grass jelly'' * ''Khanom babin'' * ''Khanom bueang'' – known as Thai crêpes * ''Khanom chan'' – means layer dessert * '' Khanom keson lamchiak'' * '' Khanom khai pla'' * ''Khanom khrok'' * '' Khanom khuai ling'' * ''Khanom mo kaeng'' * '' Khanom namdokmai'' * '' Khanom phing'' * '' Khanom piakpun'' * '' Khanom sane chan'' * ''Khanom sot sai'' * ''Khanom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai Rath
''Thairath'' ( th, ไทยรัฐ, lit. ''Thai State'') is a daily newspaper in Thai published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet published with two sections. The first section is devoted to news. Although the news section is best known for its sensationalist coverage of crime and accidents, it also includes stories on Thai politics, economy and society. The second section features coverage of sport and entertainment. ''Thairath'' is one of the oldest newspaper in their native language and best-selling newspaper in Thailand, claiming a circulation in excess of 1 million copies daily. History ''Thairath'' was founded on 25 December 1962, by Kampol Wacharapol. Kampol had started two other newspapers, ''Khaopap Raiwan'' ( th, ข่าวภาพรายวัน, lit. The Weekly Pictorial), which was published between 1950 and 1958, when the newspaper was shut down by the government. Following the shutdown of the newspaper, and the government did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Tambon One Product
One Tambon One Product (OTOP) is a local entrepreneurship stimulus program designed by Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during his 2001-2006 Thai Rak Thai government. The program aimed to support locally made and marketed products of each of Thailand's 7,255 tambons (sub-district). Drawing its inspiration from Japan's successful One Village One Product (OVOP) program, the OTOP program encourages village communities to improve the quality and marketing of local products, selecting one superior product from each tambon to receive formal branding as its "starred OTOP product". It provides both a local and national stage to the promote these products. OTOP includes a large array of local products, including traditional handicrafts, cotton and silk garments, pottery, fashion accessories, household items, and foods. After a military junta overthrew Thaksin's government in 2006 following an election cancelled for irregularities, the OTOP program was cancelled. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Chao Rong Thong
San Chao Rong Thong ( th, ศาลเจ้าโรงทอง, ) is one of 15 ''tambons'' (sub-districts) of Wiset Chai Chan District, Ang Thong Province, central Thailand, where most inhabitants are of Chinese descent. History & presently Its name meaning ''"gold station joss house"'' comes from having a Guan Yu joss house and many processed gold factories located. In the past, it was called "Ban Phai Cham Sin" (บ้านไผ่จำศีล) and changed to San Chao Rong Thong in the year 1877, after the officially establishment of Ang Thong Province by King Rama V and resulted in more immigrants settling to live. San Chao Rong Thong is a community by the Noi River, it is an important trading district and main route to travel between Bangkok and the northern region since the past. Around 1950s–1960s traveling to Bangkok by locals, a water taxi was the only main vehicle, with up to three service piers. Noi River, as well as the local canals at that time, were also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and the southernmost tip of Myanmar (Kawthaung). The island country of Singapore also has historical and cultural ties with the region. The indigenous people of the peninsula are the Malays, an Austronesian people. The Titiwangsa Mountains are part of the Tenasserim Hills system and form the backbone of the peninsula and the southernmost section of the central cordillera, which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus, the peninsula's narrowest point, into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. Etymology The Malay term ''Tanah Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
