Loy Krathong Festival - first report

Every aspect of the Loy Krathong Festival held yesterday at the Asan Centre of UBC was fun. To mention just a few highlights: there was excellent food, first nations drumming, world class folk dancing from northern Thailand by the Lai Muang Ensemble from Chiang Mai, ending with a procession to place the Krathongs on the water outside. The Krathongs themselves glowed softly and beautifully on the water and were fascinating to watch as they gently moved to and fro.

This report will concentrate on the food. The Thai snack that we prepared ourselves, mfan kham, was outstanding. Hot, sour, spicy, salty and sweet simultaneously.

And dinner was great: my favourites were the green papaya salad which was handmade live while we were there and the green curry from Montri's.

Here's a photo of my folded and stained menu: