Bangkok - Thai Food

Bangkok was the final leg in our Asia vacation last year and by the time we got there we needed rest and relaxation.  We stayed at the Lebua at State Tower which is an amazing hotel in the center of Bangkok offering large suites on insanely high floors (our room was on the 55th floor).  However, walk out of the hotel and you immediately enter the craziest city I have ever been to.  I heard Bangkok was insane but until you are there you can not imagine how insane it really is.  Bangkok was also extremely humid and hot (especially compared to Beijing where needed winter coats). 

Mr.K and I love Thai food but neither of us are willing to eat street food in NYC so there was no chance we were going to eat street food in Bangkok but it provided plenty of good photo ops.  While in Bangkok we decided to take a Thai cooking class so some of the pictures are actually food we cooked. 
BaiPai Thai Cooking School - โรงเรียนสอนทำอาหารไทยใบพาย

We booked our hotel through Jetsetter and had an amazing deal: $105 per night which included daily buffet breakfast (which was delicious), club lounge access until 6 pm (all of the drinks and food you can eat) and a free mini bar (all of the soda and water you could drink).  On our first night we paid for dinner at one of the hotel restaurants and quickly realized how the hotel was making money. The food was amazing as was the view from the 64th floor.  However, for the next few days we decided to skip the expensive restaurants as the same food was served at breakfast and the club lounge.  We only ate outside the hotel a few times but still experienced the Thai food culture by simply walking around.

Thanks to the cooking school recipes we made an amazing Christmas eve dinner for our family and now love Thai Yellow Curry with chicken and jasmine rice.  Hope you all get a chance to experience authentic thai food some day!