Krill (known in Thai as koy เคย) are tiny little shrimp-like crustaceans that live in the ocean. What are krill (เคย)? What are krill (เคย)? Almost immediately, he started catching some krill on the inside of the net. In the ocean, there were upstanding sticks, and he hooked the net over the sticks, and then let the net drift with the current. The fisherman had a 10 meter long net, which was made from a very fine mesh. Fisherman balancing in the boatĪfter arranging with the fishermen, we then headed into the boat, and went fishing. The coastline in Samut Songkhram is full of mangroves, and the water is mostly shallow and quite muddy, making the conditions almost perfect for krill – that’s why Samut Songkhram is so famous throughout Thailand for its shrimp paste. The coastline at Samut Songkhram is full of mangroves and the water is muddy.ĭuring the boat ride, we stopped along the bank to check out some huge troops of monkeys, who stared at us, as we stared at them. Mangrove monkeys in Samut Songkhram, Thailand I actually barely knew what krill were until we headed in the boat with a local fisherman to harvest some. It took about 1.5 hours until we arrived at the shrimp paste factory, and after greeting our host, we then headed to the mouth of the ocean to take a boat and fish for krill. Samut Songkhram is famous for a number of things, including fermented shrimp paste (kapi กะปิ)… and that’s exactly what we were going to learn how to make… and eat! Heading out in the boat to harvest krill Fishing trip We drove to Samut Songkhram (สมุทรสงคราม), the province that’s right next to Bangkok, sort of to the southwest. It was another early day on Day 9, Ying and I actually woke up at about 3:30 am in order to eat breakfast and get ready, and the van picked us up at 4:30 am from our house. Bangkok to Samut Songkhram Bangkok to Samut Songkhram – Day 9 One of those things… how to make and even harvest the ingredients for shrimp paste (kapi กะปิ), an essential ingredient across Southeast Asia, and very important in countless Thai dishes. One of the things I have loved so far, about being part of and traveling with a Thai food TV show, is that I get to do so many things that would be very challenging (both budget and contacts) by ourselves (just my wife and I).īeing a TV show, they not only have the budget, but the leverage, to do so many cool “behind the scenes” food things in Thailand. By Mark Wiens 12 Comments Sunrise in Samut Songkhram (สมุทรสงคราม)
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