fused

With the accessibility of different groceries, traveling and knowledge of world cuisine and the interaction between different cultures that has been happening for several centuries I'm not sure if there truly is something that can be considered pure local cuisine anymore.  With the odd exception of a handful of remote areas out there like Alaskan villages where they still eat muktuk and drink seal oil.  Even these remote places in the world people at least have knowledge that there's a world of different foods out there even if they never get to experience it.  

The following dishes are my adopted Thai family's interpretation of Chinese.  I love these guys, they are fun and excitable but I would suggest never gambling with them unless you're willing to lose and be a good sport about it.    

tastes like summer in a bowl ( i hearts you tony)

left: General Taos Chicken (i love guilty pleasure food)

middle: Cumber Soup

right: huge loaf of tofu deep fried with toppings

topped with goodness

I did not cook any of these dishes but I could probably give guess for a basic outline for the soup.  

Cucumber Soup

Ingredients: 

ground pork (chopped finely)

glass noodle (aka bean thread noodles)

garlic (finely chopped)

onions (half moon cuts)

cucumber (that's right the green veggie tubes are cucumber and very delicious)

chicken broth 

Fish sauce

Cilantro 

Green onion 

Directions:

Heat Chicken broth and onions to boil.

Hallow out 2" segments of cucumber

Mix ground pork, cooked glass noodles, garlic.  Once mixed stuff into hollowed cucumber segments and add to boiling broth till centers are cooked.