But what the heck, everyone loves good food, right? In fact, I don't know about you but I watch the Food Channel a lot. I love Thai food as well, especially the spicy stuff. I had the good fortune to get to know a guy from Thailand and we were friends for about four years. He introduced me to some really tasty food, although I can't really remember the names of the dishes we were eating. What I do remember is that he LOVED to use a lot of hot little chili peppers and he just loved sticky rice. I begged him to teach me how to make sticky rice and he did. But that is the extent of my Thai cooking right now. When you use curry do you use a curry powder or make your own curry paste or mix from scratch?