The King of Siam's Massaman Curry

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I think the other issue with finding Thai recipes is them actually being written down. My mom and aunties always went by the eye method. "Mom, how much did you add?" "Oh this much!" Thanks mom... Thai family cooking ladies and gentlemen.

I actually cried after I watched your video. I am a Thai chef and I have never seen the foreigners who have cooked Thai food and did so much research like you. You are absolutely right in every aspect of this impressive video. Thank you so much I am so grateful for your excellent work .

"Rama II wrote a poem for his beloved Princess Bunrot, an avid cook; but instead of writing it directly to her, he couches it in that he's writing of his love of the different foods that she would cook." As a chef, that's honestly one of the most romantic things I've ever heard.

Thai food has very strong taste because we always have it with rice. We didn't even call it as a meal, it is side dish or "kub kao". Many of the foreigner miss this point and find our food is too strong in the taste. Luckily, Massaman is so good even without rice. That's why this dish is so popular. Try the soup with rice. You will happy in every bite.

MAJOR SHOUTOUT to Rosalind and her family on the book and sending my heartiest congratulations!

Rama 2 writing lovely poems to his princess about the food she cooks is relationship goals.

I truly appreciate how Max tries to credit original recipes and creators for their work and advocates for traditional cooking methods on these recipes. Absolutely fantastic!

I’ m thai and i have to accept that you know the history of massaman curry better than me😂. I’m so impressed that you mention the way we put the spices into motar and grind by hand not by the “blender” because it totally gives the different results of tase and texture. Love how you pronounce thai words, and also your vedio❤❤❤

Max is like the weather here, from one extreme to another. Last week, ice storms and boiled leather; this week, 60s and sunny with one of the most appetizing dishes I've seen in forever.

I adore Massaman curry!! We lived there in 1967-1970, and had a lovely Thai friend who made it for us! Surach made it with beef. I even got to meet King Chulalongkorns sister. My school choir was led by a member of the royal family who took us to sing for the Princessess. ..we followed the Vienna's Boy Choir.

Seeing someone putting in the effort to cook traditional Thai food the original way, enjoying it the way it was intended, and learning about its history makes me super happy. So much better than some celebrity chefs who change things around to make it “their” way without acknowledging the dish’s roots!

As a Thai who choose History as a major subject during university, loves to eat and cook, this video does bring a big smile to my face. The Massaman you made looks great. By the way, that Poem about food and sweets is called "กาพย์เห่ชมเครื่องคาวหวาน (Garp-hey-chom-krueng-cow-wan)" which means "A poem to admire savories and sweets" in Thai which is a classic Thai literature that is still being taught till today. Back in my highschool days, we learnt about this poem during Thai Literature period just before lunch break. That's torture. lol

I GREW UP EATING THIS. Or a local version of this. My family makes it for big events. Edit: OMG the cooking technique I learned growing up is similar to this too! Cooking the curry paste was the longest and most exhausting part for me as a kid. I just didn't have the patience, there are modern day cheats, but I always return to this familial recipe.

As a long time Thai follower, it's super cool to see a Thai episode. It would be pretty interesting if you could do an episode on Thai desserts. Although Thai desserts are less famous compared to our savory dish, some of the desserts have a very interesting history especially ones created by Marie Guimar, a half Bengali-Japanese woman born in Ayutthaya who became known as the Queen of Thai desserts for the many dishes she invented. Although the fact is murky whether or not she actually invented the dessert (as many of her creations had Portugal influence), her desserts are tasty and her story is VERY dramatic and fascinating. Her life is one of a very high-high and a low-low that portrays the western-eastern power struggle in Southeast Asia as she was married to a Greek adventurer who became an official in the Thai court before he was bloodily executed as a part of the power struggle. Anyhow~ Always keen to see more episodes on whatever you are interested to make! Keep up the great work!

อาหารไทยคือที่สุด ซับซ้อนแต่อร่อยมากกกกก คุ้มค่ากับการทำ ❤❤❤ อาหารไทย ประณีตบรรจงและละเอียดอ่อนมากๆ ❤❤

With how propagandized my country's history is taught, I love it every time I see a history video about Thailand. I always want to know a deeper, more factual history of Thailand.

Most things online I avoid reading the comments, but for max’s videos I love reading the comments! Pretty much everyone is so kind and warm. It adds to the Tasting History experience to also learn from other viewers around the world 🤗

My mom's family has close ties to Thailand (no pun intended!) so we went to Thai restaurants a lot when I was younger. The Massaman curry was always my favorite kind of curry there, but as a kid I mistakenly thought it was called "muscle man curry"!

I am Sri Lanka who grew up in Thailand. I was very excited when I heard about the ancient Thai curry called khaeng sinhong which is literally translated to Sinhalese curry. Fortunately I read Thai and I have attempted making it a few times at home here in New Zealand from recipes I have found online.