DusitD2 Samyan, stylised as dusitD2, hits two birds with one stone by offering a time-limited four-course Thai menu and a dessert workshop to celebrate World Food Day (Oct 16) and International Chefs Day (Oct 20).
Served at Dusit Gourmet and named “Food For Thought”, the set menu showcases Thai cuisine with sustainably sourced ingredients. It starts off with Khao tang na gai or Crispy rice crackers with free-range chicken. The starter impressed me with three types of rice crackers made from three different kinds of rice — jasmine rice, brown rice and riceberry rice — for different textures and crunchiness. They are finely crushed, dehydrated on a tray and then fried until crispy. Use them to scoop up the savoury but lean chicken dip containing curry paste from a community which Dusit supports.
The soup course comes in the form of good old Tom yum goong. The…
