If Dan can cook, so can you!

I don't see what all the fuss is with Masterchef, put me on there the minute I'm back because, having spent a day at Asia Scenic Thai cooking school, I could whip up a Tom Yam soup in two mintues with just a couple of herbs and a chicken knuckle. Polly picked up the basics too.

The day started with us buying fresh ingredients from a stall run by a local cat.

Our chef, known only as 'A', then proceeded to give us an excellently camp lesson in the history of rice. At the end of the day we exchanged clothes.

After we'd got all that nonsense sorted, it was on to the real deal - cooking! Polly did some fiddly girly stuff and wrapped up some spring rolls while I got proper manly and crushed some herbs and spices. Grrrrr.

I don't really remember what happened next because we were in a room without air conditioning and eight gas burners going off, which made me pass out and hit my head a couple of times. I'm told I was very impressive with the wok though, as I think the picture below picture confirms.

Look at all the food we made! Mmmmmmmm! The nice man 'A' even gave us a cook book so that when we can embellish our tedious stories with Flavours of the East when we get back.