Living It Up In Thailand

Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

We arrived at the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok on a typical hot a muggy afternoon. Yeah, you could spend $2/night for a room to stay in Bangkok, but you get a big bang for your buck wherever you stay so we thought we’d live it up! Anywhere else in the world would probably cost you upwards of $1,000/ night to stay at the Mandarin Oriental, but I think we had a beautiful suit for the price of the Marriott in the US, so why not?

breakfast-mandarin-oriental-riverside

The breakfast by the river was my favorite part. I told you, when I’m on vacation, it’s pretty much cheat day every day, so here’s what I started with. A basket of buttery, flaky, sweet fresh baked goods. Yummmmy! Okay, okay, I kept it somewhat healthy too. The fruit in Thailand is ridiculous!

mandarin-oriental fruit

Spa Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

Of course while you’re in Thailand you have to experience a Thai massage, so we hopped on the river boat to take us across the water to the spa at The Mandarin Oriental. Again, you could pay a couple of bucks for this too, but the experience wouldn’t be the same. For the price we paid back home, was like living the life of a millionaire here. [Read more…]

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Bangkok Gnocchi with Truffled Mushroom Ragu & Arulgula

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Do you like MUSHROOMS? You’re on my side, right? If you’re not, let me see if I can hypnotize you to like them, in

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mushroom ragu with gnocchi

So I was writing a post about my trip to Thailand and I had to mention this outrageous dish I had there. It was this Gnocchi with Truffled Mushroom Ragu with fresh arugula and parmesan. When you think of truffled mushroom ragu and gnocchi you don’t usually think of Bankok, Thailand, but like most countries now, globalization has taken over. I almost forgot where I was because it reminded me so much of Italy, and usually I eat the local favorites when I’m travelling abroad, but what the heck, this is what I felt like having in the moment… why not? It was delicious so I thought I’d recreate it for my cheat day when I got home and decided to share it with you in case you get inspired to make it for yourself. I’ll make it as easy as possible for you. I’m usually all about making 15 Min. meals, because I do not have all that much time, but sometimes I’ll spend a little more time to make something special. This is one of those cases.

The sound of those mushrooms sizzlin and the smell of them cooking with olive oil, garlic and spices. Aaaaahhhhhh! You’re feeling the steam from the red wine as it’s being poured into the skillet. Do you pop mushrooms in your mouth while they’re cooking like I do? They’re golden brown and full of  garlicly, spicy flavors. You like them. You like them. They taste so good and YOU LIKE THEM!

Hahaha…I’m pretty good at hypnosis, I know.

I think I’ve always like mushrooms? I don’t remember specifically when it started, but I do remember that, for better or worse, my initiation to being a mushroom lover had a lot to do with butter, garlic, wine and a small amount to do with mushrooms. I mean, it should be illegal NOT to like a food that is sauteed in butter and garlic, and wine.

I like to use wild mushrooms but you could use whichever variety you’d prefer. Also, I’m ADDICTED to this smoked salt from the Artisan Salt Company. I use it in so many things and almost start to panic when I get low. Luckily I can get it on Amazon, so when I’m running low at’s only a click away. Phew!

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You could buy your gnocchi to save time, but it just doesn’t taste the same as homemade and it’s really not all that time consuming. So here we go!!!

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