“Thai food is the most delicious medicine” – Chef Chumpol

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“Thai food is the most  delicious medicine” – Chef Chumpol

 

Michelin-starred Chef Chumpol Jangprai. Photo from facebook.com/RHAANThai/

 

The Michelin-starred chef demonstrates how food sustainably can be achieved

 

Michelin-starred Chef Chumpol Jangprai has a clear image of himself in a decade to come: he will be enjoying the fresh air and living on his farm in Wang Nam Khiao in Nakhon Ratchasima province. There, he grows chilli and various other Thai herbs together with lavender and supplies them to his restaurant. And while he’s in residence, visitors who share his values about nature and sustainability come to stay as guests.

 

He plans to use all organic ingredients at the two Michelin-stars R-Haan restaurant he co-founded in Bangkok. Every week, he will divide his time between the farm and his restaurant. And he will train a new generation of chefs to follow this legacy. Well recognised for his culinary skills, his goals these days go beyond quality and delicious food.

 

He wants Thailand to be the land of food sustainability. Throughout his long career, Chef Chumpol has demonstrated his commitment to sustainable development, bringing various indigenous ingredients to fine dining tables. All ingredients at his restaurant are sought domestically and that benefits local food producers while promoting biodiversity and improving the quality of life in the communities.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-food-is-the-most-delicious-medicine-chef-chumpol/

 

 

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[internationalism]

so he doesn't name any healthy food ingredients, except generally about herbs and warning against not organic chilli (which has high chemicals residue).

a nice piece of advertisement for his many businesses, topped up with nationalistic jingoism, but there is not any substance to "medicine" in the title,

short of claim that thai food can prevent and cure covid and cancer.

Yes, fresh and organic food, grown ourselves and domestically, are already known to be healthy 

[Misterwhisper]

What an obnoxiously self-promoting piece of non-descript, vague drivel. I wonder if it's a paid advertorial. Surely looks like it.

 

And why does everything in this country have to be tainted with nationalistic undertones?

 

He grows THAI chillis and various other THAI herbs. I'm almost surprised that he cultivates "only" lavender -- and not THAI lavender.

 

   

[colinneil]

????????Blowing his own trumpet, so according to him Thai food is delicious medicine.... Pla raa, medicine, that damn stuff is a killer.

[RotBenz8888]

Fancy some raw pork?  Beware of the tapeworm. 

[Venom]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

All ingredients at his restaurant are sought domestically

Is MSG produced domestically? ????

[jaiyen]

All Thai food has a lot of oil, fish sauce, sugar,  MSG and vegetables and herbs that have been meticulously oversprayed with carcinogenic toxic insecticides. Sounds like a world beater ! No wonder tourists are so desperate to get back !

[internationalism]

44 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

All Thai food has a lot of oil, fish sauce, sugar,  MSG and vegetables and herbs that have been meticulously oversprayed with carcinogenic toxic insecticides. Sounds like a world beater ! No wonder tourists are so desperate to get back !

that's why he did mention organic (no chemical residue) chilli grown in his garden or sourced locally, and the other foods.

 

thai food is healthy, because fresh, grown year round, without need for preservatives asmd processing.

In the west a lot of food is processed, made ready to eat, fast and junk food. 

hence in thailand lower obesity

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

that's why he did mention organic (no chemical residue) chilli grown in his garden or sourced locally, and the other foods.

 

thai food is healthy, because fresh, grown year round, without need for preservatives asmd processing.

In the west a lot of food is processed, made ready to eat, fast and junk food. 

hence in thailand lower obesity

You might be correct about fresh, grown all year round without preservatives and processing -, BUT you forgot to mention the uncontrolled application of toxic chemical sprays and fertilisers applied by farmers who have little idea of what they are doing - other than more must be better. 

[Knocker33]

I know all that salt, sugar, msg, ect is a really good for your health

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

that's why he did mention organic (no chemical residue) chilli grown in his garden or sourced locally, and the other foods.

 

thai food is healthy, because fresh, grown year round, without need for preservatives asmd processing.

In the west a lot of food is processed, made ready to eat, fast and junk food. 

hence in thailand lower obesity

You are joking I hope. It is grown with over-use of chemicals and fertilizers, excess MSG & salt, crappy oil, and lower obesity in Thailand....wrong!

[xylophone]

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

that's why he did mention organic (no chemical residue) chilli grown in his garden or sourced locally, and the other foods

Testing on "organic" vegetables a couple of years back, by an independent laboratory, showed in many cases that the organic vegetables were just as likely to contain as many pesticides, chemicals and whatever as the "normal" vegetables (even in a local market) and these were atrocious with regards to high levels of just about everything not good for you.

 

Unfortunately I don't think anyone can trust vegetables/produce from Thailand, because money is the driver, and ignorance is abundant.

[Artisi]

15 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

You are joking I hope. It is grown with over-use of chemicals and fertilizers, excess MSG & salt, crappy oil, and lower obesity in Thailand....wrong!

Obesity is on the rise, exponentially..... 

[J Town]

Is it normal for medicine to give you diarrhea?

[phantomfiddler]

Purely subjective of course, and delicious as it may be, Thai food comes a close second to good Indian food ????

[internationalism]

that's why is growing organic in his own garden. It's also possible to grow by ourselves, for the sake of health, gardening is good for wellbeing.

yes, it's possible to buy directly from the farmer, who doesn't use.

no, there is no oil, msg, salt or excess sugar in fresh fruits and vegetables. It can be in preserved ones, the ones used in the west for large part of year, because of short vegetation period.

yes, obesity in thailand is lower, than in the usa

[KannikaP]

13 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Purely subjective of course, and delicious as it may be, Thai food comes a close second to good Indian food ????

You have obviously never eaten good French, Italian, Carribean, or even English food.