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Thai… caviar? Farm produces delicacy in tropical climate

Chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn makes a dish using caviar from Thai Sturgeon Farm at the Lahnyai Nusara restaurant in Bangkok on April 1, 2022. Caviar, better associated with chilly northern nations, is breaking into the country’s fine-dining scene thanks to an innovative farm outside the capital. (AFP photo)

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.

The luxury food, better associated with chilly northern nations, is breaking into the Southeast Asian country’s fine-dining scene, with the 37-year-old celebrity cook able to economically serve…

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