rooster59 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 What’s cooking? UK foreign secretary tries hand at Som Tam By The Nation During his recent visit to Thailand, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson not only savoured Thai food but also made his own “Som Tam” for the first time. A video posted on Friday on @ukinthailand, the Facebook page of the British Embassy in Bangkok, showed Johnson cooking Som Tam or green papaya salad, one of the most commonly available and popular dishes in Thailand. The dish traces its origins to the country’s Northeast. Johnson met Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o- cha and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai last Monday to discuss UK-Thai relations. Johnson’s visit to Thailand was preceded by stopovers in Myanmar and Bangladesh. After his return to UK, Johnson appeared to joke about sex tourism in Thailand during a major speech about Brexit in his home country but the British Embassy in Thailand insisted that he had made no mention of sex tourism. According to the embassy, Johnson said: “… I have just discovered we have more than a million people who go to Thailand every year, where our superb consular services deal with some of the things that they get up to there.” Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30339102 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I can't fathom how and why a foreign secretary find himself making a som tam? is this one of the ' eye popping' activities 1 million brits get into while in Thailand he was talking about the other day?.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, ezzra said: I can't fathom how and why a foreign secretary find himself making a som tam? is this one of the ' eye popping' activities 1 million brits get into while in Thailand he was talking about the other day?.... When he's pounding papaya, he can't be talking at the same time, and that is the only way to keep him from embarrassing the UK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 It maybe useful for Boris to know when pissed in a northern accent som tam I talk a right load of brexit crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, ezzra said: I can't fathom how and why a foreign secretary find himself making a som tam? is this one of the ' eye popping' activities 1 million brits get into while in Thailand he was talking about the other day?.... It would be eye-popping if he got one of those chilli seeds in his eye. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 cooking Som Tam or green papaya salad must be different recipe to what the missus uses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulthailand99 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 evil,nasty stuff can't bear to be around it. Apparently it is Thailand's greatest invention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Is this one of the eye-popping things British citizens get up in Thailand that cause them to need assistance from our "superb" consular service? Do consular staff visit once you have given yourself the runs from eating this stuff? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMartinHandyman Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 cooking Som Tam or green papaya salad must be different recipe to what the missus uses Actually when my wife makes som tam she refers to it as cooking. I know what she means and it makes me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBkk Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 6 hours ago, tonray said: When he's pounding papaya, he can't be talking at the same time, and that is the only way to keep him from embarrassing the UK. He'd have been better off pounding some of the other secular activities Thailand has on offer !!!!................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 6 hours ago, rooster59 said: Johnson cooking Som Tam Ummm.... Johnson making Som Tam perhaps.... cooking involves heat, but Somtam is pok pok pok... no cooking involved!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo71 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 He is planning to serve it to the Cabinette, to speed up Brexit "I brought you a little treat from my recent trip to land of smiles, take a big mouthful" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, ScotBkk said: He'd have been better off pounding some of the other secular activities Thailand has on offer !!!!................ Secular? I think there's a lot who pound quite religiously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBkk Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 22 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Secular? I think there's a lot who pound quite religiously. Divine Prostitution springs to mind ......................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, ScotBkk said: Divine Prostitution springs to mind ......................... Not sure which is the correct response to that: Pray tell more, or, Prey, tell more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 He couldn't cook the books; that's why UK pensioners' state pension has been frozen (for me) for ten years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 As a salad some tam is not cooked. it is prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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