Khao Teung
ข้าวถึง | Good food, within reach.
Khao Teung | ข้าวถึง
Good food, within reach.
Something has been lost — not dramatically, not all at once, but steadily, meal by meal, over a generation or two. Home cooking. The daily act of making food for yourself and the people around you, and everything that goes with it: knowing what to buy and why, the confidence to improvise, the connection to where food comes from, the satisfaction of feeding someone well. These things don't disappear overnight. They just quietly stop being passed on — and Khao Teung exists to bring them back. Not as nostalgia, and not as a lifestyle aspiration, but as something practical and within reach, because the case for cooking at home has never been stronger: it is cheaper, better for you, and one of the most direct ways to understand a culture — your own or someone else's. It connects you to ingredients, to seasons, to the people and places behind what you eat. It gives you something to pass on.
This channel is inspired by my great-grandmother, Thanphuying Kleeb Mahidhorn, who understood all of this long before it needed to be argued for — she published one of Siam's first culinary cookbooks, Recipes to Teach My Children and Grandchildren, and then opened it to the wider community too. Not a private inheritance but a shared one.
That spirit is what Khao Teung is trying to carry: the name itself is a play on เข้าถึง, the Thai word for accessibility, for reaching something — ข้าว meaning not just rice but food itself, ถึง meaning to arrive, to be enough — food that reaches you, and that you can reach.
❋ Within ReachGood food is not reserved for specialists or free afternoons. We focus on clarity — understanding what matters, removing unnecessary friction, and making depth feel workable in real kitchens.
❋ Serious FoodComplexity is not the goal; flavour is. Some dishes require time, others don’t — but all are approached with attention, respect, and a belief that simple food, treated seriously, is serious food.
❋ Practical IntelligenceTechnique is not performance. We explore the logic behind cooking — why something works, not just how — so confidence replaces hesitation.
❋ Real KitchensCooking happens within constraints: time, budget, equipment, energy. These aren’t obstacles; they are part of the design.
❋ Cultural ContinuityRecipes carry memory and meaning. Cooking is a way to understand a culture — your own or someone else’s — through ingredients, method, and shared practice.
❋ Everyday NourishmentFood is more than a result on a plate. It is rhythm, care, and the quiet satisfaction of feeding yourself and others well.