Thailand's Rural Cowboy Village (and the famous snack it claims to have created)

[@aybaws]

Kinda surreal seeing someone covering the food history of my hometown in such great detail. Thank you for covering Muaklek, I miss it a lot.

[@OTRontheroad]

Wow, really kind of you. Thanks a lot

[@ThepareeLi]

เนื้อนุ่ม is not soft butter, but refers to the beef. "Tender beef, good milk, famous curry puff" in reference to the famous diary farms and beef rearing in the area, which has been around due to the previous king's effort to promote diary farming, finding the right breeds that would tolerate the heat, etc (I believe the Thai-Danish dairy farm is the result of that). Also, re: the American and Vietnam war connection, Highway 2 was built with American money and support, hence the name "Mitraphab Highway" or "Friendship Highway". Great video!

[@thaiav8r]

My memory of curry puff goes way back in the late 1960’s when my father was stationed at Udon AFB working for Air American during Vietnam war. During school holiday he drove us from Bangkok to Udon via Highway 1 and Mittaparp highway to Koran then Khonkaen and Udon. Those’d were the days long before Gas stations along the way become little mini mall with food, coffee and convenient stores like they are today. The drive from Saraburi to Udon will take another 5-6 hours. Muaklek was a strategic supply stop for us to buy snacks for that long drive. Curry puff was our favorite for its ease of handling and consumption as well as good taste. However, my favorite curry puff these days are actually from Hat Yai. The origin is obscure but the result is amazing. Thai adopt and adapt other cultures in every aspects that fit our comfort and convenience. That is something uniquely Thai, I think. Kudos for another great content and thank you for your contribution.

[@jcmusa]

Folks this may be one of the best produced and most enjoyable videos I have ever watched on KZbin. Thank you.

[@sangeethsushmakonumuri8298]

Finally a YT channel close to my heart. I love everything about it: the history, the research, the connection and influence of each cuisine to the rest of the world. What's not to love and indulge! Thank you for all your work!

[@OTRontheroad]

Thank you so much!

[@kaizerkoala]

Man this surpasses the Sri Racha video. Obviously, curry puffs are not the only thing that saves Muak Lek (dairy industry (yeeeehaw!) and several nice waterfalls certainly help) but it's obviously helped with the job creation. Muak Lek downtown is so unique and probably worth a quick visit or two on the way to Khao Yai.

[@OTRontheroad]

Have you been?? And yeah- next time, we'll do the tour at the Thai-Danish Dairy Farm/theme park

[@kaizerkoala]

@@OTRontheroad Of course (Im Thai)! There is a cluster of waterfalls in 15 something km from downtown and it's gorgeous. The resort that I stayed even has an almost private waterfall. Btw, does that mean you will cover the topic about the dairy industry in Thailand ?

[@OTRontheroad]

@@kaizerkoala I meant more like...we want to go back sometime, even without filming- would love to visit some wineries and get further into the mountains. Beautiful area and not so far from home

[@dondobbs9302]

I'm loving going through you-all's older videos. Another great story, amazing people and places, and the wonderful food discoveries.

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks! Always happy when someone goes back and watches this one. All the old videos we made starting at the beginning, I feel like I was trying to figure out how to write; like the first couple I'm basically just cosplaying Bourdain. Then there's a few when I'm trying to figure out how to write a KZbin video. This was the first one where I just said "f*** it" and wrote it in my own voice as I wanted- even if there was some unorthodox stuff in here. I love this video and feel like more than any other one it informed where the channel's gone since then.

[@aerosuffly]

There is something called Pan Sip (ปั้นสิบ) or Pn Klip (ปั้นขลิบ). It looks like a tiny version of curry puff, like thumb size. The dough is more like American pie dough, not puff pastry, and the most common filling is like candied fish meat. Nowadays you can buy it pre-packed everywhere. 7-11 might even have it. I have no idea how it related to curry puff.

[@TheXavixavieri]

Pan sip, is indonesian for dumplings, chinese dumplings. Fried or unfried. Idk the significance, but it is fun

[@iskandartaib]

@@TheXavixavieri Oh! Sometimes spelled "Pangsit"? I remember the chain of restaurants in Jakarta.

[@TheXavixavieri]

@@iskandartaib it is mainly spelled pangsit, i was wrong to say it is pan sip. I said that because it is convenient to make the link

[@solz]

This is such a great channel, thank you for all the incredible content. So well-produced too. I'm British born half Thai and this is a really great way to learn more about the food culture of my fatherland even though I'm not based there.

[@eddiensw]

THANK YOU so much for covering this. i am a self proclaimed curry puff connoisseur but i am so ashamed that i have not even heard of Saraburi. The look n shape of curry puff in a small town in Thailand send chills to my spine. And it was a very educated and logical guess that it could be originated from Empada of Portugese. I thought about this documentary for the entire night..how come it is only famous in Saraburi...but in Malaysia and SIngapore it is available in every corner. No definitive answer needed though.. REALLY appreciate the effort you put into this.. i m visiting BKK again mid April but with my elderly parents..at least i should pay homage to Chef Gaa and Kini puff! Thanks again

[@GlitteratiLive]

Thank you for giving me access to the stories and history of a culture that has become my second home.

[@thunderodis50]

Came across my recommendations and I’m really glad I found your channel! Well done 👍! Great editing and commentary! Hope you grow big!🎉

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks so much!

[@pannachawangkul585]

Hi Adam. You went to Saraburi, my old childhood stomping ground, this clip brought back memories. Muak Lek's dairy farm was operated years ago by my older cousin. My dad, may God rest his soul, used to work there during the 3 months summer break from teaching. He'd bring back fresh cow milk for us occasionally. I am not sure if the cousin is still there or retired. We've lost touch since I moved to the States many years ago & have not been back to visit since. Nice to see the old hometown through your eyes though. Thank you.

[@OTRontheroad]

What a great message! Thanks very much, I hope we did your home town (and your dad) justice. I love this video- one of my favorites we've ever filmed. Such a unique place

[@artyyay]

Every single episode is truly a legendary story. Your contents almost have something Thai about it from my perspective, and that is a true love and devotion. Thank you for creating great contents, it’s truly enjoyable and discovering the land that I’m traveling is remarkable

[@aikonkevin4942]

How fascinating the twist was, great video, this one is my current favorite.

[@escapementality5361]

A well made and informative video! So hungry for curry puffs now. After 3 years of hiding from the world we are finally getting back on the road this Saturday, and this video got me excited about the adventures ahead! I'll need to go through your videos in preparation - never been to Chiang Mai so that's the plan for January.

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks and yeah, it's a great feeling to finally get back to some kind of normal. At some point we'll definitely tape a couple videos up in Chiang Mai- but if we haven't gotten to that by January, feel free to shoot a note (e-mail should be in the channel info page) and I'm happy to send along some recommendations.

[@ohofai]

Amazing how your team has come up with such a rich and deep insights into our culture - that even the natives are not aware or even question. I've learn so much from your content. Thank you!

[@arnowillekes7979]

There’s something extremely uplifting about your docus! Khob khun 🙏🏽👍🏽🍀😋✊🏽

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks so much!

[@martyhandley4456]

Fantastic...this was an information filled culinary adventure. Keep knocking these out of the park......

[@mizalk]

I only recently started watching your channel and I am very impressed with the new information I get whenever I watch another video. Insightful, engaging and downright truthful, you are now my guide to explore food in Thailand :).

[@OTRontheroad]

Thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated.

[@icy2527]

As a 40 years old ex-Saraburian and my mother-side family live in Saraburi for 100 years. I've tried curry puff and It's famous as Saraburi's souvenir since I was young. But the older generation like my grandfather (who came from China and he might be 100 years old now if he was alive) consider Saraburi's ขนมเปี๊ยะ (Bing/饼) as the souvenir from Saraburi . So snack as a souvenir from Saraburi might be older than we thought especially Saraburi has train station for 120 years. The another hint for the chicken filling in curry puff, it's virtually the same as Thai version of chicken filling puff pastry (we call it chicken pie or พายไก่ but it's actually puff pastry) . I think curry puff in Saraburi might be the fried version of chicken filling puff pastry and fried version of mung bean/taro chinese pastry /bing.

[@OTRontheroad]

Amazing. Cool to hear. I’ll definitely look into that connection

[@laisee]

Another great one, I love your insights and commentary. I had Malaysian and Singaporean neighbors in Beijing who made them here and would most definitely argue the origins. Love the cowboy town.. exploring and discovering is what travel is really about and the place is so friggin special!!

[@Shichman]

Excellent as usually, and love the ending.

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks Dave! Yeah this one is absolutely one of my favorite videos we've ever done

[@Shichman]

@@OTRontheroad I appreciate your nuanced ending, it must be nearly impossible to track down food history. Ultimately the first person who invented it is not nearly as interesting as the food stories that follow, in my opinion. Great perspective.

[@nulachisa8013]

ข้อมูลที่มากมาย การเรียบเรียงที่น่าทึ่งทการถ่ายทอดที่ลึกซึ้ง งานดีค่ะ❤❤❤❤

[@DeanHarringtonimages]

A very nice segment... I haven't been back in Thailand for 35 years... I'm looking forward to a trip!

[@ilakya]

To those who don't know Thai, We have this province's motto to represent each province's uniqueness. Saraburi is special. While other provinces use a beautiful rhyme to describe the beauty of the place or products. Saraburi is actually a dirty pun joke. But by that I personally think that this is also actually the quality of Saraburi people. A country farm land with the happy people with the crude humor. The phrase that is officially translated as "Tender meat, Fine dairy, Famous curry puff" could also mean "Famous prostitute with nice and soft boobies". But it's just a joke. You'd find more of later meaning in Pattaya and Bangkok.

[@OTRontheroad]

No....that has to be a joke, right? You serious??? Come on. I really hope you're telling the truth because that's hilarious! My respect for Saraburi province just increased even more.

[@canondmajor1488]

@@OTRontheroad I gonna commit the sin of explaining the joke here. XD The motto in Thai is เนื้อนุ่ม (Tender Meat) นมดี (Fine dairy) กะหรี่ปั๊ฟดัง (Famous Curry Puff). Each one had double meaning though. เนื้อนุ่ม, Tender Meat, can be translated literally as "Soft flesh". นมดี, Fine Dairy, can be translated literally as "Good Milk" with นม also being a slang for breast. And กะหรี่พัฟดัง, Famous Curry Puff, the กะหรี่ translated literally as Curry, but also is a slang for prostitute. So, a place with the slogan that's essentially double as "Famous for prostitute with nice breast and soft body." Hope that's helpful. ;P

[@ilakya]

​@@OTRontheroad Let me confirm this. The joke is real. But what I mean is that despite the dirty joke, Prostitution is certainly famous elsewhere in Thailand. I don't know why but "curry" in Thai is slang for prostitution. And as you've discovered by yourself, Saraburi is famous for the curry puff. And they weren't shy to use that as a dirty pun joke (which is conveniently related to their other famous products from cattles) to stick with their province forever.

[@OTRontheroad]

@@canondmajor1488 Brilliant. Probably would still have left that out of the video though hahah

[@pannavich_hsieh]

@@OTRontheroad It is the truth, we love rhyming the words and most of them are filthy 😂

[@arnowillekes7979]

How culinary fieldwork yields an entertaining and insightful and delicious narrative…agree totally with the above netflix comment, good luck! 👍🏽🙏🏽🍀😋✊🏽

[@arnowillekes7979]

Okay the underneath comment…😂

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks so much!

[@fruitloops224]

Daria needs to try Ko Rat's curry puff. Khanom Ban Khun Ya make the best puff I've ever had in my life and I've been living in Saraburi for more than 20 years.

[@OTRontheroad]

Noted!

[@siawprasert2433]

I remember eating Curry Puff every time someone gave it to my parents for souvenir when I was a little more than 40 years ago. When I was a school student in the 80-90’s, I visited Muak Lek waterfall, Saraburi, there were a lots of Curry Puff shops around. The new generation curry puff sellers came from other areas, most of them only started selling only 20 years ago but I’ve definitely seen them around a lot longer than that.

[@OTRontheroad]

Yeah as you saw in the video- the actual history is still pretty vague. But what a great place

[@matchapim5876]

I came to watch this video since i watched your roti video and you mentioned curry puff, wonderful video! i wish i was less of a homebody and went out to explore other cities 😅 Now I kinda crave กะหรี่ปั๊บ the original chicken filling is my favorite one!

[@iskandartaib]

This road trip, with the curry puff stalls and emporiums by the side of the highway, reminds me of driving back from Kelantan and Terengganu - except there it was something called "Keropok Losong" (steamed fish.. sausages?) that you'd come across every so often. I'd buy a bunch, which we'd freeze and eat over the next few months. Should do that again sometime. Actually, I'm waiting for them to complete the East Coast Railway so it doesn't take an entire day of driving to do this.

[@randyw6706]

Dude, I love your videos. I’ve been to many places that you suggested.

[@joeycheong2473]

wow... never imagined it was first created in Thailand! This is really a wonderful snack !

[@OTRontheroad]

watch the video! It almost definitely was not first created in Thailand.

[@e20plm]

I ate the 1st carry puff in Muaklek some 40 yrs ago. Was 20. My father was an engineer back then. Sometimes he had to visit the town of KORAT and I was his driver. There was a small crude stall on the road side near the entry to Muaklek waterfall selling Carry Puff and dried beef. The only filling was chicken carry nothing else. The highway #2 then was called FRIENDSHIP HIGHWAY. Built by American troops during the Vietnam war to connect central Thailand to E-Sarn.

[@OTRontheroad]

Wow that’s a great story!

[@saschaputsathit4244]

My father owns a small Farm in Muak Lek, which he uses as a holiday retreat from Bangkok. I was there in Oct 2022, really liked it there, chilled and not so hot compared to Bangkok. ❤🔥

[@manuelluna3818]

In the southern Spanish region of Murcia, there is a traditional recipe for a laminated dough meat pie that goes back to the 17th century. It is nowadays called "pastel de carne" (literally, meat pie), and is still very popular in the region. As you point out in the documentary, there are many traditional European, African or Indian recipes that also use laminated dough to produce some form of pie, but the interesting part about this one is how similar is the technique that is used to build the layers by rolling the dough into a log, cutting it into pieces and spreading the layers from the center out. Despite the "pastel de carne" recipe is very different from curry puffs (it is for instance not fried but baked, and only the top layer of the pie is laminated dough), the technique for producing the layers and spreading them is pretty much identical to that shown in your video by the thai curry puffs producers. This might be totally coincidental, but the only other somewhat similar application of this technique I've ever seen is the Portuguese "pasteis de nata", AKA "pasteis de belem" AKA cream-yolk tarts, which are the origin of the asian versions of this dish from the Portuguese influence. Now, I'm not sure to what extent did the spanish have any influence in the Thai cuisine, if they had any, but Portuguese definitely had historical influence in the region, and it was not uncommon that Spanish people from the poor regions (that is, the south) enrolled as sailors in Portuguese ships. It makes me wonder whether the Portuguese/Spanish could have influence the dough lamination technique used for Thai curry puffs...

[@schinpaisan]

Love your videos, you did a lot of research please keep up the good work. Some small info I would like to share but I guess you might already know, the original highway was built by American government as a strategic road to their air bases in Isan area. the area is perfect for raising cattle so…. 1. The area is full of cattle farmer since way back and at one pointThai business man built Hugh cattle ranch to produce beef for American arm forces (Chokchai farm) and this is where “Nua Noom” (tender beef) came from and has nothing to do with butter on this one 2. the king with assistance from Danish royal family started Thai-Denmark farm for dairy products in the 50’s and this is where “ Nom dee”(Good milk) came from 3. Curry puff “Karee dang” well you did the whole video about it. So that’s why Muak Lek’s slogan is “Nua noom Nom Dee Karee Dang” my friend One question, where is the location of that Bahn mi shop in Khlong Toey? I tried look the place up but got no result. If you could help me with that I will be greatly appreciated.

[@OTRontheroad]

Thank you very much, and I'm glad you watched this video, it was one of my favorites to do. The cattle farming history is fascinating and definitely something I'd like to explore at some point- especially as the Thai-Danish dairy farm is such a massive operation. Regarding the Num Pang (Cambodian Banh Mi) shop in Khlong Toei, I can't promise they're still there- I assume they are, I just haven't been back in the early mornings to confirm- but it should be here (at the corner of the intersection between the main road- close to the Mercy Center- and the morning market alley) goo.gl/maps/K9usfdK4nz6K31jK8

[@schinpaisan]

@@OTRontheroad thank you for your help. I will check that out

[@jinha911]

Dang I'm shock the quality of the video. It should already have over 1 million views

[@OTRontheroad]

Thank you- it always makes me happy when people watch this one. I think even today it might be my favorite one we've ever done

[@mno74900]

Highway 2 was built by US Army in 1965 and was named Tanon Mitraparp means Friendship Highway.

[@RoutierNordAmericain]

I remember when the highway was only a 2-lane highway back in the 1980s. My mother is originally from Khorat city, which is about an hour's drive from Muak Lek; she & her parents used to visit the waterfalls park a lot when she was growing up back in the 1960s. When I go back to Thailand in the future, I plan to make a stop in this town after seeing this video.

[@hollish196]

This is fascinating. Thanks for making this trip.

[@jaychullanandana4920]

This could be coincidental but the name - Muak Lek Thai: มวกเหล็ก - means Iron hat. You were referenced to Saraburi was an outpost of Ayutthaya Kingdom. Perhaps, the original name of the village, มวกเหล็ก, could be derived from a Portuguese mercenaries' outpost. Many Portuguese soldiers/mercenaries were wearing some kind of iron helmets, an ancient form of Pickle Helmets, as a part of their uniform. Just a plausible connection! Could be far fetched as well! Also, this could depend on how far back the village of มวกเหล็ก is dated to. Also King Narai, สมเด็จพระนารายณ์มหาราช, who built his palace at Lopburi Thai: ลพบุรี. Of course, Lopburi and Saraburi are closed by. He reigned Ayutthaya Kingdom during the 17th Century. During his reign, it was the golden age for foreign commerce and diplomacy. Constantine Phaulkon, a Greek adventurer who became chief minister to King Narai of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and assumed the Thai noble title "Chao Phraya Wichayen" (เจ้าพระยาวิชาเยนทร์). I think you should check out the history of food cultures during King Narai's reign. You might discover how various foreign influences helped shaping the way Thai culinary varieties have been developed.

[@OTRontheroad]

Haha- might be a stretch but an interesting theory! I will say- we've been researching Maria Guyomar de Pinha (Phaulkon's wife, as I'm sure you know) for a future video and it does feel like she's basically credited with inventing everything that nobody knows the origin of today....like maybe 20% of the story of her contributions to modern Thai food is actually provably true?? Less? Still, it's a fascinating angle to explore and I appreciate you taking the time to write. The "Iron Hat" name is quite interesting!

[@NanChirayukool]

The innuendoes in the town slogan got me snikers a bit. The one that drop the 'puff' from curry knows what they're doing. Adding good milk infront makr it even worse😂

[@MsLilsweets]

Isn't it a small world in that i live in the Texas Panhandle and the little towns along the highway are the same. Hi from Shamrock Texas ☘️

[@hollistertr31]

Cool channel! Very well done! May I ask how long it takes you to edit a video such as this? Do you do it yourself?

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks a lot! We do one video a week- it’s me and Jaspar, I definitely couldn’t do all of this myself. A rough outline of our process is something like....film on Sunday, then Monday Jaspar spends the day logging all the footage and then sends me stuff I need to see for writing (like interviews). Then Tuesday I’ll write a script and record VOs and shoot them to Jaspar, and he’ll assemble a rough cut by end of Wednesday. Then Thursday we’ll see what’s working and what doesn’t work, revise and rewrite and re-record, then Friday I’ll come to his house and we’ll do a marathon edit session until it’s good enough....then Saturday he’ll do color and audio correction while I’ll work on transcripts for subtitles and all the back end stuff, and then start the process again the next day....we do get days off...but not often.

[@kilanspeaks]

In Indonesia, curry puff is only popular around Riau Islands and parts of Sumatra, where it’s known as epok-epok, karipok, or karipap. It doesn’t have that many varieties like in that cowboy town of Thailand, though. Common fillings include curried potato, sardines, sweet potato, meat floss, etc. Given that the pastry has an English name (curry puff) and it’s popular in places where the British left their mark (Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Sumatra), I tend to believe that it originated from the Cornish pasty. But yeah, it probably made its way to Thailand from Malaysia. But boy, I didn’t know that there’s so many varieties of curry puffs in Thailand! This is something that I must look out for next time I’m in the country. BTW as an Indonesian I feel like epok-epok is distinct from pastel, and very different from our other pastries like panada (which is bread-y, unlike Spanish empanada) or jalangkote (OK maybe this one is very similar to pastel).

[@OTRontheroad]

Yeah honestly that’s where I’m mainly drawing from- I don’t have nearly as much knowledge of Indonesian food outside of Sumatra. But I lived and cooked in medan and adore Sumatran food culture- so that would be my primary knowledge base of Indonesia. Terima kasih!

[@kilanspeaks]

@@OTRontheroad thanks for adoring Sumatran food! As a Bornean, I can’t say that I’m familiar with the food from the island, but like most Indonesians I know a few favorites from Padang, Medan, and maybe Palembang. Hope to see you spread your wings all over Southeast Asia someday, but until then your Thai series more than enough to whet my appetite for more good food!

[@OTRontheroad]

@@kilanspeaks Much appreciated. I mean- there are 40,000 islands in Indonesia. I can't imagine anywhere with more food secrets hidden. Really want to dive in.

[@snilrach]

Very cool video! one small correction: Slogan for Muak Lek is actually tender meat(or beef) not soft butter. maybe the confusion is because the word butter in Thai is similar to meat 😅

[@OTRontheroad]

Yup, you’re totally right. Noted and we’ll get it right next time.

[@LiezeNeven]

Interestingly enough we have something very similar in Nepal. I am sure the flavours will be very different from Thailand, but it is similar enough for there to be a connection. It is hard to find the puffs in their original "Cornish pasty" shape as most of them have gone square but I have seen a few places still selling them. They are called chicken puff here. Edit: the local name is chicken shapale or safale and it is supposedly Tibetan (?)

[@OTRontheroad]

Yeah I know the Nepalese and Tibetan versions of this- in my opinion (and this is JUST a guess) it's probably not closely related to the Thai version- this kind of stuffed-dough-type-of-food is so ingrained in Himalayan culture that I wouldn't be surprised if it evolved in its own way. But I'll look into it at some point

[@christianedewitt3836]

I love these adventures!! If you need someone to carry your luggage, I am applying!

[@OTRontheroad]

Let us know if you come through Thailand! We can probably find room.

[@andrewdunbar828]

And eating leftovers!

[@maxhyper2863]

Curry puff sold in Saraburi for at least 30 years. In terms of history, railways from Bangkok to Korat was built by a British company in Singapore. Many construction workers came from Chinese immigrants. British-Malaya cuisine widespread in Thailand at that time.

[@misterkim6426]

Some nice looking plants there at the 0:10 mark. lol

[@MrNataphong]

erm. a little bit miss translated "soft butter,...." they actually said "เนื้อนุ่ม" means "soft meats". "เนื้อ" is meat, "นุ่ม" means soft. and good content.

[@thaiav8r]

เนื้อนุ่ม นมดี กะหรี่ดัง….Tender beef, good milk(dairy)…famous curry(puff)…Nuea Noom…Nom Dee..Garee dung

[@CHRISTIANSDAYSHK]

Great video ❤

[@OTRontheroad]

Thank you!

[@CHRISTIANSDAYSHK]

@@OTRontheroad well done Adam

[@DT-gs3wi]

Something about Thailand are so unique 😊

[@visions30]

What makes a great curry puff is really the butter that makes the pastry and a great appetising curry flavour of the filling. Origin? In Singapore is believed to have been a hybrid between the British for the pastry and Indian Merchants for the recipe of the curry :P

[@juliandco]

So... How many curry puffs did you eat that day? This was so good! I watch a ton of Netflix food shows and this was every bit as good.

[@OTRontheroad]

A lot.

[@OTRontheroad]

And thank you!

[@hendeeze]

Should have sampled the Thai Sticks at 16:06 so you could eat more curry puffs. 😂

[@OTRontheroad]

HA! Didn't even notice. Great catch

[@laisee]

dayumm... had to click there.. must have been focused on the old blue tractor as I didn't notice either!!

[@bungfai2348]

Thai sticks!!😂😂😂

[@malayaichannel]

In Malaysia, we have a song about Karipap from 1973 (50 years ago) called Epok Epok which is the older name of karipap. And we have newspaper's caricature showing street vendor has been selling karipap in the 1950s. Many locals believe it comes during Portuguese invasion of Malaca in 16th-17th centuries

[@OTRontheroad]

Wow! Cool tip and thanks for telling me that story.

[@ศรีสุวรรณเปรมรัศมี]

Have u try Thai Mochi in Nakon Sawan

[@danialroslan1531]

Seems unlikely it originates in Thailand since it's not widespread. Epok-epok is very common among Malay communities in Malaysia and Singapore, consumed daily as breakfast or snacks. Usually it has curry filling, but sardines is another common variation filling.

[@andrewdunbar828]

I've spent 9 months out of the last 2.5 years in Malaysia and haven't come across the sardine ones yet. I'm now back and will be travelling around Malaysia for the next 2.5 months so if you have some tips where I might find them I'd love to know. Currently in Penang.

[@dragonmaejo]

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[@thammaratnatee9850]

ไม่รู้ว่าจะเข้าใจภาษาไทยหรือเปล่านะครับ แต่กะหรี่พัฟ ที่มวกเหล็ก น่าจะได้รับอิทธิพลมาจาก อาหาร Pakistan ครับ เพราะเมื่อประมาณประมาณ 100 ปีก่อน ได้มีกลุ่มคน Pakistan ได้ย้ายเข้ามา อยู่ในอำเภอมวกเหล็ก โดยทำอาชีพค้าขาย วัว ควาย เป็นหลัก แล้วก็ได้แต่งงานกับหญิงคนไทยในพื้นที่ ซึ่งก็เป็นไปได้ว่าสูตรอาหาร samosas ของ Pakistan ได้เริ่มมีการทำการตั้งแต่ตอนนั้น และครูต้อ ก็อาจได้รับสูตรทำอาหารดัดแปลงจนมาเป็น กะหรี่พัฟ เหมือนปัจจุบันนี้ก็ได้ครับ

[@OTRontheroad]

That's a very interesting theory. Pakistani immigrants have a massive part of Thailand's beef industry and it does make sense for there to be a connection to Muak Lek. I don't know if that explains this dish- it's most likely a lot older than 100 years if you look at how it's evolved in places like Malaysia- but it's certainly worth exploring. Great comment, thank you

[@vignesh69841]

Please do an episode on "samosa" or "sambousek"

[@panchaphat5623]

Interesting !

[@_cyber_dome_3986]

Where do we find Sakunpon Curry Puff? 🙏🏻 Google search and Google maps don't show it.

[@OTRontheroad]

Sorry- can you give me a time mark? Don't remember which one that was by name

[@andrewdunbar828]

I'm going to start calling them "curry folds" now that I learned the original term. I've started a process to get the etymologies fixed in the English Wiktionary too.

[@janwatsada]

Wow 😊😊😊

[@OTRontheroad]

hope you enjoyed the video! One of my favorites we've ever done.

[@WenikaWichairud]

Karipap or curry puff is a small, deep fried or bake pastry shell filled with thick chicken and potatoes curry. It is believed that the flavorful snack was invented by the Malays from Malay Peninsula and parts of Sumatra and Borneo. It was inspired by the British Cornish pastry, the puff was likely introduced into the Malay Peninsula in the 1800s. Some have suggested that the shape of the curry puff is similar to the Portuguese empanada, a type of meat pastry.

[@OTRontheroad]

Amazing how many different origin stories you'll read when you dig deeper. This is one of them- also pretty unlikely given the criteria mentioned in this video. But there are literally dozens of "authoritative" research pieces that all disagree with each other.

[@wasanaa5934]

There are curry puffs in Sri Lanka and it was a Portuguese colony once upon a time.

[@kopai555]

If i remembered correctly Curry puff used to be Portuguese snack or food and it been modified to be flavor that's liking by local in the Ayutthaya Era. her name is Maria Guyomar de Pinha (ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Guyomar_de_Pinha) She work as Royal Chef in Ayutthaya Palace within reign of King Narai (1656 - 1688) till King Phetracha (1690) Also many Thai Snack likes Thong yip or Thong Yod also came from her modified version of Portuguese Snack. Yup its used to be Royal Desert till she sharing her recipe to normal ayutthaya peoples.

[@OTRontheroad]

At some point we’ll do a video on her- probably within the next month or two. It really does feel like everything nobody knew the origin of got credited to her at some point. I’m pretty confident after a lot of research that she had zero to do with the introduction of the curry puff or about 90% of the food that’s now associated with her- but the thong yip and foi thong was indeed her work. And her story is absolutely fascinating

[@kopai555]

@@OTRontheroad Yeah because of what her husband wrong doing she's also arrested jailed and got rid of everything that her own when she got released she coming back to work in the palace as chef again.

[@mb9948]

Does anyone know where to get good curry puffs in the US?

[@snilrach]

some Thai restaurants might have it on their menus. Best bet is to find a Thai community in your city or ask Thai restaurant workers. You can try Malaysian or Hongkong version but they're kinda different.

[@mofb8331]

Just finish watching your video and i enjoy it..its a very good and interesting take you have there..but my take on this is that the cuffy puff is created in malacca during the portuguese years colonizing the city..its and an asian adaptation of the empadas or pastil..it was after all the first place where a significant european culture settle and mix together with many asian culture..malacca was a very cosmopolitan city in the 16 ce compared to other far east asian city that only during the later years have gone through the same cultural mixing and encounter experience of the fusion of east and west.. like malaysia nowadays if look at the people on the street you can see the diversity like almost all people from all over asia and the rest of the world mingle here..many things fuse together here during this period not just food but other aspect of culture like clothing language music and dance...a lot of creole portuguese mix with malay and chinese influence started here first before spreading around asia and creating a new trend ideas taste and style..some how i guess its the peranakan chinese that spreading this curry puff making all over south east asia..malacca was their original home before they spread to singapore penang and some goes to thailand and indonesia during the strait sttlement era of the dutch v.o.c and british rules. The peranaksn culture was the ephitome of east west fusian..and the curry puff is one of the many examples of that.

[@OTRontheroad]

That's a very, very interesting take and I think you make some really good points. It is a theory that would make sense- I'm very interested in Peranakan cuisine after living and cooking in Indonesia. And I can't wait until we can grow enough to start traveling- the Malay peninsula and Sumatra are two of the first places I'm planning to film. Anyway I'll keep this thought in mind and give it some work once we get into that part of the world.

[@mofb8331]

@@OTRontheroad I wish you well with your endeavours and since you're planning to come over this part of the world I would love to give some suggestion on some food item that might interest you guys it rarely expose to the outside world but very interesting to be experience which is the tempoyak..a fermented durian dish usually cook like a stew with a shark catfish.

[@OTRontheroad]

​@@mofb8331 Alright! Feel free to send any more ideas this way. That sounds unreal- can't wait to try it.

[@adamjoachim-b2k]

so hungry for curry puffs right now.

[@xenon6947]

Is Curry puffs potato samosa.

[@ParinandVarnasavang]

Drink fresh milk and eat curry puffs. That’s what you should do when you visit Muak Lek.

[@betabug64]

Maybe the real originator of curry puffs were the ‘มิตรภาพ’ we had along the way

[@Kwippy]

I used to love these when I was younger. Not so much now. What's changed? Thai people now mostly want sugar in everything. Pad Thai, Pad see-eww, every noodle dish, and certainly curry puffs. Most of the ones you buy are much too sweet for my taste.

[@higashirinchiah1013]

Old Chang Kee curry puff from 1956 would have been older. Wonder if there are any older documented version of it

[@bs8888]

"tender beef" not "soft butter"

[@Bird-Come-See-WoW]

,😮

[@benzjoll]

It's from Galicia not from Thailand. Spanish and Portuguese brought it to all their colony

[@korndanaiakawat5459]

And it supposes to the 'Tender Beef, Good Milk, Famous Curry Puff" , Not soft butter.

[@morgan7a]

wow so puff is not because of puff pastry but a corruption of พับ ??

[@JosephParagas-j6r]

Sorry to disappoint you, but your source is unreliable. You may want to google Choke Chai Steak House (aka Choke Chai Dairy Farm )and you'll know the founder who caters to US Marine Corp Engineering Construction who help build the Air Field Base in Thailand during the Vietnam War.

[@OTRontheroad]

Watch the full video before commenting. Always.

[@averagecatenjoyer8219]

Jesus mother of fuck why in god's name does this video only have 10k views

[@OTRontheroad]

I still think this might be my favorite one we've ever done.

[@DT-gs3wi]

Curry puffs came from India in the beginning!!

[@user-In8uz9xt5b]

The Original Kari-Puff, We ate with Arjad. It differs a bit from Krutor's Kari-Puff which not eat with Arjad. In Thailand We had The Curry named "Kang Kari" which ate with The rice and Arjad. May it be the reason that Curry- Puff named change to Kari-Puff. And Arjad was the same as Arjad in Pork/Chicken Satay. All also use Kari Powder. I thought Kari-Puff, Thailand had before Muak Lek. But Kari-Puff Krutor Style or Formula, She was The Original in Saraburi.

[@OTRontheroad]

Oh interesting!! I've never had curry puffs served with arjad. Do you know what region that is from? Sounds delicious.

[@andrewdunbar828]

@@OTRontheroad You can include in a follow-up video on curry puffs later (-:

[@user-In8uz9xt5b]

At the back of Muaklek's Souvenir Shop, it is Muaklek Waterfall. น้ำตกมวกเหล็ก And Nearby there is other waterfall named 7 Little Girls Waterfall, Thai name Jedsaonoi Waterfall. น้ำตกเจ็ดสาวน้อย

[@alexchoe114]

이정규씨 의견 전적 동의

[@uijina]

In Thai wiki says it originates from Portuguese and came to Siam from Marie Guimar a famous cook in Ayutthaya Kingdom it was popular in Muslim communities. th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%9A

[@OTRontheroad]

Yeah that’s been completely disproven for years- we are working on a story on her one of these days, fascinating person and very impactful but sometimes gets credit for way too much. It’s like anything without a clear origin now gets given to her

[@foodhistory1387]

Nice anthropological 'turn'. I'm keen to see how far back an identifiably similar dish was prepared in Portugal; It would have to be well before 1500 to discount the South Asian origin theory IMO. When De Gama arrived in India, there were already European (and Portuguese-speaking) individuals in Calicut. I'm also thinking that the form and the contents may have different origins, in which case the *curry* puff as a 'new' food would almost certainly need to have come from somewhere with key ingredients, like curry leaf? Great, fun vid, at any rate... kudos!

[@OTRontheroad]

Sure- but to me, we have to look at it as two separate pieces...the "curry" which seems like it either came from India (a very long time ago) or Malaysia (a not so long time ago), and the "puff" which does seem to be European in origin. And then where they were first combined, which is even more complicated. But yeah thanks for putting thought into it- interesting topic and this might be my favorite video we've done so far, at least in terms of the filming/editing process.

[@foodhistory1387]

@@OTRontheroad I would love to hear from someone that knows about Indian food history, as to how far back pastry-like 'puffs' can be traced? Fun times!! 😁😁