Cycle 4 – Item 54

28 (Thu) February 2013

Yellow Curry with Chicken & Bamboo Shoots

1.0

by me

at home

-Oksu, Seongdong, Seoul, Republic of Korea-

with W and DJ, Nanny 8

This Thai yellow curry paste by Suree is a bust.  Previously, it was involved in a Cambodian dish amok trey that resulted in abject failure (see 3.309 KHM Nom Chienn).  With tonight’s lousy outcome, I’m suspecting that the poor quality of the product was largely responsible in both cases.  I can’t quite put my finger on what the problem is, but the curries have come out somewhat bitter and oily without any depth.  I seem to recall the brand’s red curry paste being pretty good, though that was years ago.  My standards have probably changed, because I can’t imagine that the formula would’ve changed all that much since then or that the color variety would make that much difference.  This time, I’d even pan-grilled the chicken for charred flavor, which usually makes anything taste good, but it wasn’t enough.  I might give the paste one more shot – three strikes and it’s out.

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