Do Borders Change Food?

In this video, we wanted to look at a stewed green that you can find on both sides of the Mekong: Cho Phak Kat in Northern Thailand and Suan Pa Cai in Yunnan.

0:00 - One dish, Two Systems
2:33 - Fundamental 1, The Greens
3:49 - Fundamental 2, The Sour
4:46 - Fundamental 3, The Soup
8:07 - Fundamental 4, The Finishing
9:53 - The Eating
12:03 - Is this all Burmese actually?

FULL, WRITTEN RECIPE

Unfortunately too many versions here to copy over the ingredient lists, so do check out the full recipes for *all* of these versions over on Substack. Totally free of course, if it had to be said:

https://chinesecookingdemystified.substack.com/p/the-en-rice-ification-of-yunnan

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Outro Music: by
Found via My Analog Journal (great channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHaL5H-VYRg&t=896s