starting thai cafe in australia with wife needs cooking school

[davetrout]

Hello chaps,

l live with my wife in australia we want to start thai cafe.My partner can cook ok, but her sister is really good. she still needs some schooling to get it right, maybe 3 to 6 month course. Does anyone know of good thai cooking school in bkk

any replys appreciated.

cheers dave

[Amy C]

start a 'Bubble Tea' shop, Asians are crazy for it, i seen a couple in Perth on holiday and always busy.

[Amy C]

just remembered, there is a cooking school on Sathorn Road near BTS Surasak, called Blue Elephant, don't know if they do long courses of 3 or 6 months or just one day ones.

[tolsti]

http://www.lecordonbleudusit.com/thailand/thaicuisine/en I reckon this would probably be amazing

[xen]

The best thing would be to get her work in a busy restaurant . To be a good cook/chef it is speed that is the skill you need and that is best learnt and practised in a restaurant on a Friday night with a packed house. If she can't cook 4 dishes at once , make sure the kitchen hand is keeping up with washed plates and organise both the kitchen and the front of house staff then it doesn't matter how good your food tastes.Good cooks in the home kitchen do not necessarily make good restaurant /commercial cooks. Two different sets of skills are required.

[SamSipEt]

For a 3 - 6 month course (or for any duration for that matter) why restrict yourself to Bangkok?

I went to this one in Chiang Mai about 12 years ago and they are still going strong so they must be something right http://www.thaicookeryschool.com

They offer a variety of courses and to go through all of them will only take a few weeks. Yes it is aimed at tourists but surely that is what you want her to learn i.e. the Thai food that is popular across the world.

Disclaimer - I have no connection other than through my (expanding) stomach and no I didn't apply what I learned because the GF is far better cook than I will ever be

[White Christmas13]

start a 'Bubble Tea' shop, Asians are crazy for it, i seen a couple in Perth on holiday and always busy.

And what is a Bubble Tea Shop ? I lived in Perth for about 40 years

I have a Thai wife and she never heard about it

[davetrout]

http://www.lecordonbleudusit.com/thailand/thaicuisine/en I reckon this would probably be amazing

excellent totsti,

this is what we are looking for. this helps to cater for westerners

cheers

[Thian]

start a 'Bubble Tea' shop, Asians are crazy for it, i seen a couple in Perth on holiday and always busy.

And what is a Bubble Tea Shop ? I lived in Perth for about 40 years

I have a Thai wife and she never heard about it

It is an ice-tea with small balls in it, called pearls in Singapore and very famous there.

There is a tea/coffee shop named " coffeebean and tealeaf", and they also have a branch in Central World plaza, if you come in from the skywalk then it's on the 2nd or 3rd floor but in the middle of the mall where the coffeeshops are (not at the side).

http://www.coffeebean.com.sg/

Last week i went there and ordered an ice-tea with pearls but the guy couldn't understand me and also had no idea what i meant, sooo Thai.

Anyway, i have had it in BKK as well, it comes with a wide straw so you can suck up the pearls and chew on them. I like them.

But a good (expensive) thai cookingscool is the "blue elephant cooking school" in BKK. Google that.

If she is really thai than she better just works in a good restaurant in Thailand or just look on youtube. And don't forget the msg or it won't taste the same.

[Aussieroaming]

Strange..my wife can't cook either but her sister can.

Be careful how you sell that news to your wife as mine spat it when she realised that I thought her sister was hot and talented too.