Touched by Food

The perfect lunch for a sweltering summers day is Green Papaya salad, which is listed on CNN's 'Top 50 foods of the world'. This dish is a true gift to our taste buds, offering crunchy textures and a mix of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy flavors in every bite - a real umami feast. Everything you want in a salad. Light, refreshing and easy to prepare.  It originated in Laos before spreading to Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, with variations of the dish now enjoyed throughout these countries and the West, where it's commonly known by its Thai name, Som Tam Thai. 

Rouson, commonly called pork floss, is a quintessential Asian meat product defined by its dried, shredded, and seasoned attributes.  Its texture is comparable to cotton candy, marked by lightness and fluffiness, alongside a complex flavor profile of sweetness, and saltiness, and it dissolves quickly in your mouth, releasing a pork flavor.. Pork floss boasts versatility as a topping, snack, or accompaniment.  Originating from Hong Kong, it has gained international recognition under various names such as routon, meat floss, meal wool, or yuk sung.  The manufacturing process entails stewing, shredding, and cooking the meat to achieve a light, airy texture through gradual dehydration via continuous stirring at low temperatures.   This delicacy takes center stage in banh trang nurong, or Vietnamese pizza. where crispy rice paper is topped with sweet chili jam, eggs, and green onions, and generously garnished with pork floss. .