Tom Yam Bath

My mother feels like having a herbal bath today. Almost the ingredients of a Thai kaeng or Tom Yam. Generous quantities of ginger, galangal, tumeric and lemon-grass flattened with a pestle and mortar. All thrown in a large pot and boiled.

In all its aromatic glory.

It is then poured over ones head after a usual shower. Sends warm tingles all over from scalp down to your little toes and other bits. You also end up with little bits of fibre sticking out of hair and other snags. Now you know what a curry FEELS like. And you’re not supposed to wash it off overnight. Now you know what an overnight curry feels like.