apple's wok flames are taller than she is and she doesn't flinch. 90 seconds, start to plate. i've watched it four times and still can't clock her timing.
open the postcard →february, bangkok. i cooked with apple, a street cook whose wok flames are taller than she is. her pad thai is 90 seconds start to plate: tamarind, palm sugar, dried shrimp, and a wok that's actually hot. two cooks, two pad thais, both right.
then hua hin. polina ordered som tam from a street cart with no english menu. her face went through four seasons in eleven seconds. she bought two more.
“apple's pad thai is 90 seconds start to plate. the secret is a wok that's actually hot”
✦ written there
notes from the road.
keep cooking