Braised Chicken in Spices

The first time I ate Gai Tung was in a little street restaurant in the Yao Rat area of Bangkok. I had been to the Sam Peng market (bazaar) with some friends and, after several hours well spent – looking at Thai bronze utensils (mortars, pestles and the like), and impulsively buying such splendors as meters of Thai silk to be run up by the local dressmaker – we were all hungry. Tired from shopping, we found a close corner restaurant where one of my friends ordered Gai Tung, a m