Palisa Anderson's Water Heart Food
Thai food is all about balance - achieving the perfect harmony between sweet, sour, hot and salty. Palisa recently said that Thai food in Sydney is better than the Thai food in Thailand. Let Palisa Anderson show you how to stock your pantry like a Thai local, and cook the most authentic Thai cuisine in your own home.
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- Reality
Thai food is all about balance - achieving the perfect harmony between sweet, sour, hot and salty. Palisa recently said that Thai food in Sydney is better than the Thai food in Thailand. Let Palisa Anderson show you how to stock your pantry like a Thai local, and cook the most authentic Thai cuisine in your own home.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Humble Origins
25 mins
Thailand is home to many incredible food markets that sell an abundance of fresh and seasonal fruit and vegetables, the type of produce Palisa now grows on her farm and supplies to many top-end chefs.
Episode 2
Third Culture Cooks
25 mins
Palisa meets up with two old friends - fellow second-generation Thais Ari Walpole and Mahalia Barnes. They visit the Sydney Fish Market, and cook some delicious Thai-inspired recipes.
Episode 3
On Origins
25 mins
Palisa meets two well-known Sydney-based chefs - Paul Carmichael and Martin Boetz - to explore how cuisines from different countries can mingle and influence each other.
Episode 4
The Sauce Of It All
25 mins
Palisa visits two well-known Byron-based chefs - Ben Devlin and Jason Saxby - to explore the idea of combining traditional cooking methods with the use of the local ingredients.
Episode 5
Cooking Country
25 mins
In Thailand, foraging for wild ingredients and living off what the land provides is a big part of the way people live. In Byron, Indigenous woman Arabella Douglas forages for native ingredients.