Bangkok | Baan Tepa - Infinitely Creative Fermentation Play 🧪

👩‍🍳 Chef Tam, the head chef and owner of Baan Tepa, is the first Thai woman to receive two Michelin stars globally. This chef, who returned from studying in New York, spent three years transforming her ancestral home, built in the 1980s and sheltering three generations, into a restaurant. The restaurant features Farm to Table organic ingredients, interpreting modern Thai cuisine with Western cooking techniques. Recently ranked 42nd on the 'Asia's 50 Best Restaurants' list, Chef Tam continues to innovate and focus on sustainable development. In December last year, she invited Jason White, the former head of Noma's fermentation lab and a renowned fermentation scientist, to launch the Fermentation Research and Development Project. 📋 Menu of the Day (3/29): Garden Snacks: Grilled Lettuce with Finger Lime and Fish Floss 🌟🌟🌟 Three Types of Chili Dips 🌟🌟 Smoked Oysters with Fermented Peanut Milk and Spiced Broth 🌟 Crab Miso and Purple Rice Toast with Amomum Tsao Soup 🌟🌟🌟 Chicken Liver Blue Cheese Mousse and Home-Made Sourdough 🌟🌟 Local Noodles with Cuttlefish and Lemongrass Sauce 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Grilled River Prawn with Thai Seafood Sauce and Tarragon Sauce 🌟🌟🌟 Aged Pork with Coconut Ham and Thai Noodles 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Silver Pomfret Curry 🌟🌟🌟 Cold Smoked Tomato with Fermented Tomato Gel and Macadamia Nuts 🌟🌟 Charcoal Grilled Lobster with Southern Curry and Crispy Flatbread 🌟🌟🌟 Three Ways of Wagyu with Thai Turmeric Hand Rice 🌟🌟🌟 Green Mango Lasia Leaf Sorbet 🌟 Taro Paste Cake with Burnt Banana Leaf Ice Cream 🌟 By collaborating with Jason White, Baan Tepa has unlocked the Pandora's box of fermentation, such as combining naturally made vinegar with smoked fish bones and long peppers, and pairing smoked cuttlefish with fermented tomatoes and onion bonito soy sauce. The menu evolves rapidly, with many classic dishes being replaced or forcefully infused with fermentation elements. We, initially naive, chose the long menu of 9 dishes and 3 additional dishes offered that night. Twelve dishes may not seem like much, but by the end, we were hesitant to continue, unsure whether the "fermentation game" would bring more surprises or shocks, leaving us with a long night of helpless anticipation. For more experience details and fermentation exploration, welcome to follow our account with the same name! #Michelin #Bangkok #ThaiFood