Next time you are in Krabi, head into town and hunt out khao yam, a delicious southern Thai dish. There’s a great little place not too far from the morning market, although the name escapes me. Locals will know it, so just ask. It also sells other southern favourites of roti with curry and matabak, a stuffed roti.

Khao yam, literally ‘mixed rice’, uses rice coloured with butterfly pea flowers which gives it a delicate hint of blue. The plate is then dressed with a generous helping of dried chilli and black pepper, chopped snake beans,  lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf and beansprouts, cucumber, shredded carrot, dried fish and dried shrimps, to name but a few ingredients, and a sauce made using palm sugar, and shrimp paste. Mix it all together, give it a squeeze of lime and eat. Delicious!

It’s great enjoyed for breakfast with a sweet tea or coffee.