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  • - Remember, Gordon no more Uncle title,

  • because he mess up Ramen so bad.

  • Today, he making his version of green papaya salad.

  • It not traditional Thai papaya salad,

  • so we go easy on him.

  • - Does give an amazing kick to the paste.

  • - Wait, just one? - In.

  • - No, no, just one chili?

  • Gordon, how can just use one chili?

  • Haiyaa.

  • What in the Jamie Oliver is this?

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  • Niece and Nephew,

  • Uncle Roger recently found movie on Netflix

  • called "Glass Onion".

  • At first, I thought a cooking show,

  • but then after I watched to end,

  • I find out this movie actually second movie, haiyaa,

  • and the first movie, "Knives Out", not even on Netflix.

  • Netflix always do this.

  • They give different people different show.

  • So sneaky.

  • For example, they only have one season of "Demon Slayer",

  • but in India, they got three season,

  • or my favorite movie,

  • "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once", only in Turkey,

  • but Uncle Roger use ExpressVPN for more than three year now.

  • I use it to change my location.

  • So, Uncle Roger just search what Netflix country

  • got "Knives Out", changed my country to Germany,

  • refresh Netflix and there is.

  • This app so simple,

  • just one big button, press it,

  • and now you in different country.

  • It more easy than Tinder, fuiyoh.

  • So, listen to Uncle Roger, be smart,

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  • Visit expressvpn.com/uncleroger

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  • Som Tum is one of Uncle Roger's favorite dish.

  • It's the only salad worth eating.

  • Kale salad can fuck off.

  • Oh yeah, Niece and Nephew, for 7 million subscriber,

  • Uncle Roger gonna make butter chicken.

  • That weejio coming soon.

  • - First off, these are little dried shrimp.

  • (energetic music)

  • - Dried shrimp, correct.

  • - They smell almost sort of.

  • - But that a bit much, Gordon.

  • - For this salad, inspired by my travels across Thailand,

  • I'm starting by making a wonderfully spicy paste.

  • - I like how he dress up as orange,

  • but Gordon, just because you dress like me,

  • don't mean I'm gonna give you bonus point.

  • - Spicy paste, little salt in there.

  • - Salt, good.

  • No, no, haiyaa.

  • Gordon, pounding is in and out,

  • not round and round.

  • You not pounding, you rimming.

  • - Little salt in there. (energetic music)

  • In, just break them up.

  • - Look at the pestle and mortar, it too new.

  • It like it, never been pound before,

  • just like Uncle Roger (sighs).

  • Auntie Esther still haven't reply.

  • - This paste is like a staple ingredient in Thailand.

  • That's what we're looking for, almost.

  • It's like a powder.

  • Right, next, just one clove of garlic.

  • - Garlic, good.

  • (knife chopping)

  • - Slice up the garlic.

  • - Nice chopping.

  • - And get that into the pestle and mortar.

  • Bird's-eye chili.

  • - That actually good.

  • - Powerful, but wow,

  • it does give an amazing kick to the paste.

  • - Wait, just one? - In.

  • - No, no, just just one chili?.

  • Gordon, how can just use one chili, haiyaa.

  • For Thai papaya salad, at least use 5 to 10 chili.

  • Just one chili?

  • What in the Jamie Oliver is this?

  • - Yeah!

  • - Gordon.

  • When you're making fried rice,

  • you got two wok, you wok fuckboi,

  • you have to be chili fuckboi, also.

  • - A couple of tablespoons of brown caster sugar.

  • - Sugar, okay, wait, that too much.

  • - That softens the blow of the chili.

  • - Wait, what? Soft, soften what?

  • - That softens the blow of the chili.

  • - Soft, soften blow of what?

  • It just one chili, haiyaa, Gordon.

  • Niece and Nephew, if you need to soften blow

  • of one chili, just give up.

  • You not gonna succeed in life.

  • You too weak (echoing).

  • - Just to give that nice, sour taste.

  • A little bit of hot water into this, tamarind paste.

  • - Tamarind correct.

  • - It's a really tart, but sweet paste.

  • - Good. - One Tablespoon, in.

  • - No, no, you just put the tamarind water in.

  • Don't put whole tamarind in.

  • There gonna be too much fiber

  • in your salad dressing, just watch.

  • - Fish sauce.

  • - Fish sauce, good. - Now, it's got that.

  • - Squid brand, fuiyoh.

  • - Smell, slightly salty, but the flavor is intense.

  • Two tablespoons, in.

  • Bring that together and give it a really good mix.

  • - More rimming.

  • (pestle splatting)

  • - Ugh, that sound.

  • - Some lime juice. (energetic music)

  • - Lime juice, okay.

  • - Another touch of, sort of, tartness.

  • The paste is nice and thick and fragrant.

  • - No. - The heat.

  • - Ugh, no.

  • Papaya salad dressing not supposed to look like that.

  • Look at this photo.

  • This proper type papaya salad.

  • See the dressing, the liquid pooling at bottom

  • Look so appetizing,

  • but what is this, Gordon?

  • What is this?

  • This dressing thicker than Lizzo.

  • How to eat?

  • (energetic music) - The tartness, incredible.

  • Green papaya.

  • - Good papaya, of course.

  • - Give a little peel.

  • You can find green papaya in local Asian shops,

  • and bigger supermarkets,

  • and as it doesn't wilt, like more delicate veg.

  • - Gordon, the way you peeling papaya,

  • you're wasting so much papaya.

  • Just use peeler save money.

  • We not rich like you, Gordon.

  • Do you think papaya grow on tree?

  • I mean, do you think money grow on tree?

  • (typing) Hmm, okay.

  • If Uncle Roger got that much money,

  • I gonna waste papaya also.

  • Actually, Uncle Roger surprised Gordon

  • even peeling his own papaya.

  • Gordon, with that much money

  • you can hire little papaya slave,

  • follow you around, peel papaya for you.

  • - And as it doesn't wilt, like more delicate veg,

  • it's perfect for robust salads like this.

  • Gonna grate it.

  • - Grater, hmm.

  • (papaya scraping on grater) - Look, that's what I want.

  • - See if you use grater, the strip not gonna be long enough.

  • You want longer strip for papaya salad.

  • More satisfying to eat.

  • In pretentious French cooking term, we say julienne,

  • or if you hardcore Thai auntie, you can whack the knife

  • on papaya like this to create thin strip,

  • but Gordon can't do this.

  • He's not hardcore Thai auntie.

  • - These thin slivers.

  • Next, a nice rich, sweet banana shallot.

  • - Hmm. The shallot peeling technique?

  • Perfection, but completely wrong ingredient, haiyaa.

  • No shallot in papaya salad.

  • I think Gordon use shallot just to show off.

  • - Rich, sweet banana shallot. (shallot scraping on grater)

  • - Who grate shallot?

  • - Nice.

  • - This kitchen too organized.

  • Look at all the spice in the background there.

  • No Asian kitchen as nice as this.

  • Papaya salad just street food.

  • We prepare on side of road.

  • Sometime we even got hot Thai auntie

  • pounding papaya salad on street, like this weejio here.

  • Where is that?

  • Uncle Roger need to go.

  • That why Uncle Roger always say,

  • Thailand got best street food.

  • Look at this.

  • Just have to make sure she actually woman.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - Sorry, children.

  • - Nice. Some carrot.

  • - Carrot, good.

  • - Carrot gives it.

  • - Oh Gordon, you have peeler.

  • Okay, why don't you use it on papaya?

  • (carrot scraping on grater)

  • If your papaya salad look like coleslaw, you fucked up.

  • - That mixing.

  • (energetic music)

  • Finish that off with Thai basil.

  • - Thai basil, wrong.

  • - And fresh coriander.

  • - Coriander, wrong also.

  • - You can get Thai basil

  • in good supermarkets and independent Asian stores,

  • but normal basil works well too.

  • - No, don't put normal basil in.

  • Oh no, that's not pesto.

  • - Thai basil and fresh coriander.

  • - Thai basil wrong also.

  • Just because the ingredient got the word Thai in it,

  • don't mean it belong in every Thai dish.

  • (energetic music)

  • - Next prepare the crunchy topping.

  • - But remember this Gordon version of papaya salad,

  • so, I guess it okay.

  • - And toast some peanuts.

  • - Peanut correct, good.

  • - Chop the nuts.

  • It gives a really nice crunch.

  • In they go. (peanuts rattling)

  • - Nice.

  • - Roll them around the pan. (peanuts rattling)

  • - Good. - It's off.

  • - Gordon don't give shit about peanut allergy people.

  • - Now for the exciting part, I'm gonna dress the salad.

  • - The dressing look too thick, too thick!

  • That very western way of making salad,

  • dressing and the vegetable, separate.

  • (energetic music)

  • See? And then he mix it all in.

  • - A nice gentle sprinkling, roasted nuts.

  • - Peanut, okay,

  • but usually peanut is part of papaya salad,

  • not just topping

  • - Delicious, very fragrant, very robust green papaya salad.

  • So easy to make and guaranteed not to go limp.

  • A perfect party salad.

  • - Not to go limp?

  • - And with.

  • - What? Why you using that kind of word?

  • Why your salad go limp?

  • Uncle Roger want my salad to be limp?

  • I don't want salad with boner.

  • - A perfect party salad and with such incredible colors,

  • textures, and bold, exciting flavors.

  • - What bold, exciting flavor?

  • You see all the chili there?

  • That the chili that belong in the salad, haiyaa.

  • Where it got bold flavor?

  • Your producer go out all the way

  • to buy this Thai chili for you, Gordon,

  • and then you don't use it,

  • but I guess this Gordon interpretation of Thai salad,

  • So, overall okay.

  • If it traditional, this papaya salad missing snake bean,

  • missing tomato and missing the little, raw, salted crab

  • that uncle Roger like,

  • but I guess, Gordon, this your version.

  • So, I guess it, okay, maybe add some tomato in there.

  • For traditional som tum,

  • we just pound everything in pestle and mortar, everything.

  • We don't separate the dressing,

  • from the papaya, from the vegetable.

  • That a very white thing to do.

  • Asian people, we not into segregation like that.

  • (gentle music)

- Remember, Gordon no more Uncle title,

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