Garlic stem

pork belly, cut into thick slices (about 1/2–3/4 inch or 1–2 cm thick) • –10 fresh chili peppers (adjust to your preferred spice level) • garlic • cilantro root or 4 cilantro stems • salt (15 grams) • sugar (4 grams) • seasoning powder • chopped green onions

rice noodles • lotus stems, cut into sections • water spinach • fish balls or Vietnamese pork sausage • dried chilies • red bird's eye chilies • garlic • ladle fermented fish sauce • fish sauce • coconut sugar • lime • cilantro •

pork (about 130 grams) • soy sauce • oyster sauce • sesame oil • Black pepper, to taste • cornstarch • thin rice noodles, soaked until soft (about 80 grams) • large Chinese broccoli stems (blanched) • Minced garlic, • dark soy sauce • light soy sauce • mirin (used as a substitute for sugar)

fresh thin rice noodles, blanched (50 grams) • dark soy sauce • oyster sauce • small shallot, chopped • preserved radish (without garlic) • fresh holy basil leaves, stems removed • large egg

ground pork (chilled in the freezer until very cold but not frozen) • boiled pork skin • cooked sticky rice, soaked in water until soft (about 160 grams) • minced garlic (about 65 grams) • seasoning powder • salt • Thai bird’s eye chilies, stems removed, washed and dried, as desired

crispy pork belly (about 225 grams) • coconut cream (about 240 ml) • water or thin coconut milk (about 240 ml) • fish sauce (about 7 ml) • palm sugar (about 7 grams) • red chili, sliced diagonally • Thai basil leaves (about 10 grams) • Curry Paste Ingredients • dried bird's eye chilies • dried red chilies, stems removed, soaked until soft and squeezed dry • shallots, peeled • garlic, peeled •

Tom Yum Ingredients: • lemongrass, cut into 2-inch pieces and smashed • kaffir lime leaves, torn with the center stem removed • galangal, smashed • Thai bird’s eye chilies, lightly crushed (adjust to taste) • garlic, smashed • shallots, smashed • cilantro roots, smashed • sawtooth coriander (culantro), cut into 2-inch pieces • chicken pieces (about 1/2 kilogram), any cut you like • chicken broth or water (about 1 liter) • fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems trimmed and large ones halved •

Spring roll wrappers or cotton candy roti wrappers • egg yolk (for sealing the wrappers) • vegetable oil or pork lard (for stir-frying the filling) • finely pounded garlic, white pepper, and cilantro root mixture • medium cup shredded cabbage • carrot, sliced as desired • Chinese broccoli stems • ground pork (250 grams) • soaked glass noodles (200 grams) • –2 teaspoons granulated sugar (to taste) • wood ear mushrooms or shiitake mushrooms • oyster sauce •

Nile tilapia, cleaned and scaled (you can cut it into pieces or leave it whole) • Thai bird’s eye chilies, finely pounded • Thai bird’s eye chilies, lightly crushed • shallots, crushed • garlic • galangal, sliced • lemongrass, sliced diagonally • kaffir lime leaves, tough stems removed • limes • culantro, sliced (or substitute with cilantro if unavailable) • tamarind pulp • plum tomatoes, halved •

–2 tablespoons green bird’s eye chilies • galangal • lemongrass • coriander seeds • cumin seeds • kaffir lime peel • –2 tablespoons shallots • black peppercorns • garlic • cilantro roots • cilantro stems • salt •

pork neck • ladles fresh coconut milk (divided) • coconut sugar • tapioca flour • oyster sauce • ladle soy sauce • sweet dark soy sauce • seasoning powder • salt • vegetable oil • garlic • white pepper •

rice noodles • fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined • Bean sprouts, to taste • Garlic chives (use only the stems, save the flowers for another dish) • shallots, coarsely chopped • garlic, coarsely chopped • Pickled radish, coarsely chopped, to taste • firm yellow tofu, diced • dried shrimp, finely shredded • duck egg • Tamarind paste • Palm sugar •