The Best Thai Cookery School

On a whim, we decided to take an evening cooking class. Our lead chef/market guide/taxi driver was named Mr. Perm and he took us through all the ins and outs of the local market ("the best way to tell the difference between the red curry, the panang curry and the chiang mai curry is to read the sign"), before driving us all out to his home north of the city. We spent a good three hours cooking, drinking Chang beer, dodging fire and of course, eating. We all proclaimed it the best Thai meal we'd had so far.