Last Sunday I attended a small fundraiser-slash-food market called Big Bite Bangkok.  Originally scheduled for World Food Day last October, it was twice postponed due to the flooding.  While the scale was small – ten vendors and perhaps 150 attendees – it was a good turnout for the first occurrence of this event and many members of the Bangkok foodie scene from chefs to bloggers were present.

Bit Bite Bangkok was organized by In Search of Sanuk, a small organization that is trying to help those in and around Bangkok who fall through the cracks of other, larger NGO and charity organizations, especially at-risk families. 

Set up in the parking lot of the stylish Ma Du Zi boutique hotel on Asoke Road, Big Bite Bangkok included vendors such as Adams Organic.  I’ll be visiting their farm in Korat on Monday, so stay tuned for the behind-the-scenes story about how this American couple and their Thai relatives are pushing the gospel of organic produce.

Other vendors included Roast Coffee & Eatery, serving their own roast of coffee, and BKK Bagel Bakery – the only source of authentic New York-style bagels in the Big Mango.

One of the vendors was a Sri Lankan family, selling homemade treats from their kitchen.  The balls on the left (the ones the woman is scooping into a banana leaf tray) are a fish and potato croquette.  The ones on the right are desserts.  Sadly, I did not capture the name.

Birds in a Row, the catering arm of the tiny Seven Spoons restaurant (which I’ve twice visited but have yet to write about) featured some tasty Mediterranean inspired foods such as these lentil-stuffed bell peppers, left, and an eggplant casserole.

I spent most of my morning (and early afternoon) hanging out by Chow’s table, where she was selling homemade Sai Oua, a Northern Thai style pork sausage.  Since I had helped stuff all the sausage (my, that sausage stuffer attachment for the KitchenAid mixer has sure paid off!), I felt some responsibility to provide moral support to its seller.

Look at that lovely sausage!

Served almost Vietnamese style in a French roll with homemade roasted tomato ketchup, coriander sauce, pickled carrots and daikon radish, and some fresh coriander.  Tasty!

This event was a lot of work to prepare so I’m not sure if it will happen very often, perhaps quarterly.  Next time, though, I’ll bake something to sell and do more to contribute to the cause.