Banana leaf contains moisture. It is good for wrapping food
before steaming, baking, or roasting. It enhances food with
pleasant aroma and flavor. Its beautiful green leaf is also
inviting. For centuries, Thai people used them wrapping
food, such as sticky rice, roasted meat, desserts, etc.
Sticky
Rice Basket
Sticky
Rice Basket : Kratib
This
bamboo-weaved basket is a perfect lunch box that can keep
sticky rice warm. It has wooden foots to raise basket from
the ground and an easy-carried cord. This treasure local
handicraft needs skill to make. It is popular in the North
and Northeast of Thailand. Nowadays, restaurants use it
to genuine the authentic Thai taste.
Vegetable
Basket
Vegetable
Basket : Kraboong
Thai
people use it for carrying vegetables from the field or
carrying and measuring rice. It is neatly weaved with bamboo
strips or rattan. Four loops on the sides enable it to be
strung on a carrying pole.