I Made the BEST DAMN Green Curry EVER at Mama Noi Thai Cookery School in Chiang Mai!

I look so serious in that picture, like I know what I’m doing. Looking at it now, it’s like I had that “Eye of the Tiger” anthem playing in my head. I may look deep in concentration but I really wasn’t thinking about anything. I just didn’t want a rogue piece of chili to fly into my eyes while vigorously grinding those curry ingredients into a fine paste.

I don’t enjoy spending time in the kitchen does but this cooking class at Mama Noi Thai Cookery School was one of the most fun things we did in Chiang Mai. When you don’t have to do any clean-up and virtually all chance of failure is eliminated, then cooking becomes a guaranteed joy, even for boneheads like me.

All I did was follow our teacher’s instructions, and I wound up with the best damn green curry I have ever tasted in my life. Seriously, it was that good. Here’s how I did it.

Taking a cooking class is one of the most popular activities in Chiang Mai so there are many cooking schools to…