Across the county, you can find rare dried cotton flower noodle soup, scoops of pandan-scented ice cream, platters of fried fish, and yes, endless plates of pad Thai. These are my favorite places ...

I ordered a Thai Thai Kombucha, from Three Goats Brewery, infused with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, lime and chilli ... salted egg yolk sauce, Thai tea custard and sweet sticky rice.

Add the sesame oil, Thai fish sauce ... and gently ease in the pandan leaves, blanching for 30 seconds and then remove and dry with some kitchen paper. Take a pandan leaf and wrap it around ...