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Street Vendor Prepares Pla Dook Foo (Cotton Fish Salad)
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In this video, a sidewalk chef prepares local freshwater fish in a unique way that is sometimes translated as "Cotton Fish Salad". Prepared in this simple, unique style, the fish puffs up like cotton. In Thai the translation: pla = fish; dook = freshwater fish species similar to catfish (but catfish in Thai is pla chon, so dook is distinctly different); foo = puff up. For making this at home, use catfish for excellent results, but we like using local trout. We've also made this with canned tuna fish (drained well), which tastes great. See our recipe for Pla Dook Foo. Also, see our feature story on this vendor, and how to find her shop in Kanchanaburi. We hope you might try making this at home. enjoy this video and take the time to leave a comment below.
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April 7th, 2009 3:03 PM

Kamaruzaman said:

Very good. Teach how to cook just like reading ABC.

April 7th, 2009 5:13 PM

Patrick T. Hodai said:

I enjoy the videos about the Thai street vendors very much. In the recent video about the Pla Duk Foo, the commentator kept saying that the dish is also called "cotton fish", I don't think that this is correct. There is a popular dish called Pla Samlee daed diaw which is also served with a green mango salad. Just thought I'd throw my two cents into the mix. However, that being said, the videos are still a lot of fun to watch. Patrick Hodai

April 7th, 2009 5:13 PM

ImportFood.com said:

Yes Patrick you are correct. Cotton fish is for pla samlee, not pla dook foo. The announcer, my husband, confused the two fish. You know a lot about Thai fish. Thank you for making clear. Happy that you like these videos. Any other comment, please share. Yaowalak, ImportFood.com

April 7th, 2009 11:52 PM

Anonymous said:

I enjoyed this video like always , but what is up with the music???

April 8th, 2009 08:28 AM

ImportFood.com said:

Thank you for watching our videos, and thanks for noticing the music. This simple American song about catching crawdads is a nice match for the rural living in Kanchanaburi, where this fish is being cooked.

April 13th, 2009 10:18 PM

Kevin said:

Loved the video. Music was great.

April 29th, 2009 1:14 PM

mjd said:

I came across these series by pure accident--that said, I so much enjoy them. I love browsing recipes and cookbooks and have thought Thai recipes to be involved (i.e. complicated) for some reason. Maybe because of the spices involved. These videos make show how simple, quick, and appetizing some of my favorite Thai foods, such as Pad Thai, are to prepare. I am inspired to cook Thai now. I've already acquired a granite mortar and pestle (the largest I could find--yeah, it's very heavy); a wok (again, the largest I could find at the store---no, it's not industrial large, just big enough to stir fry noodles without tossing them out on the stove top; lot of spices; I will most likely order a few items from here as soon as I read/view (again) the entire series. In a few words, this series revived my interest in cooking new things. Love it.

July 17th, 2009 9:56 AM

Dan said:

very nice! love your Street Vendor vids. They will be the #1 reason I will use to visit Thailand :) On your next visit, could you film some other fish dishes? My fave local thai place servers 'Pa Pla Dook' and "Pla Dook Pad Ped" catfish that are out-of-this-world

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