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Three of the world’s top chefs embarked on the first edition of 50 Best Explores in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Joan Roca of El Celler De Can Roca, No.1 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, Ashley Palmer-Watts of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, No.7, and Peter Gilmore of Quay, No.58, paired up with Thailand's Iron Chef Chumpol, Chef Nooror and Chef Nan.
Together they explored various stations of the Royal Project, an initiative set up to combat opium growth, poverty and deforestation by offering farmers alternative crops yielding equal income.
Back in Bangkok, the adventure culminates in a gala dinner at Chef Nooror's Blue Elephant restaurant, with a feast prepared by the trip’s Thaichefs using Royal Project ingredients.
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First on the menu is peach and herb salad with Thaismoked trout crumbles and crispy rice balls of Miangsmoked trout with Thaipeach chutney, courtesy of Chef Nan.
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And it ends on a sweet note with Thaisponge "Kanom Muscat" and smoked sticky rice pudding, sweet sticky rice, passionfruit and kaffir lime mousse and coconut sorbet, by Chef Surakit Khemkaew, Thailand's rising star chef.
