Caviar forays into Asia: Famous chefs introduce delicacy to Thailand

Caviar, a traditionally and famously luxury delicacy, and luxury food, better associated with chilly northern nations, is finally breaking into the fine-dining scene of Asia, starting with Southeast Asia’s Thailand.

At his upmarket Bangkok restaurant, Michelin-starred chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn spoons black caviar onto a plate, adding the newly affordable Thailand-made delicacy to his reinterpreted traditional family recipes, with the 37-year-old celebrity cook able to economically serve the roe thanks to an innovative farm outside the capital.

Using high-tech harvesting methods, a Thai-Russian partnership is offering a more ethical and affordable product, sparing the endangered fish that provide the delicacy from their usual fate of death.

“The price is … more affordable, I would say, compared to the ones that we imported,” Ton explained, as he…