Chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn makes a dish using caviar from Thai Sturgeon Farm at his Lahnyai Nusara restaurant in Bangkok. Photo: AFP
Caviar in Thailand? Thanks to technology and a local fish farm, it’s not as rare as you might think
- Caviar is breaking into Thailand’s fine-dining scene thanks to an innovative farm outside Bangkok and technology that creates a more ethical, affordable product
- Traditionally caviar producers kill sturgeon to extract the eggs, but at the Thai Sturgeon Farm the fish are ‘milked’ instead and so live longer
Chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn makes a dish using caviar from Thai Sturgeon Farm at his Lahnyai Nusara restaurant in Bangkok. Photo: AFP