Grandmother Bamrungchit Raviwongse’s Thai Shrimp Paste Rice

My grandmother, Bamrungchit Raviwongse, on my Thai father’s side of the family, still resides in Bangkok in the house my father grew up in with his two sisters. She’s very old now and struggles with the day-to-day, but I still have very fond memories of my grandmother’s food from our visits to Bangkok as children growing up.

My grandmother is a proud woman, known for the quality of her recipes and cooking within the family, and some of my earliest food memories are