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 藍象在台灣
台灣從約末十五年前開始有餐廳販賣泰國料理，泰國菜系口味酸、甜、辣、個性鮮明，深受喜歡口味的年輕族群喜愛，但實際上台灣所販賣的泰國菜仍不夠精緻，為了迎合台灣人口味，常常失去原有的味道。
其實深究泰國料理要從地理因素開始，泰國從北到南各有其美食特點，如南部多海鮮、東北部喜歡重口味等；而說到正統的泰式料理，就非宮廷料理莫屬！
泰皇宮廷料理從泰國中部圍繞著湄南河的肥沃平原發展而成，其特色在注重食材本身的新鮮度，再者就是作工繁瑣的咖理、時令水果入菜以及大量海鮮。其中，最為道地、有名的上選宮廷餐廳，就是「藍象Blue
Elephant」。
Mrs. Nooror Steppe Somany was born in Thailand旧 Chachoengsao province where her sister owned a small restaurant. Growing up in these surroundings instilled in Mrs. Nooror both the love and the skills for cooking authentic Thai cuisine. During this time and her later years of living overseas she also acquired a strong proficiency in creating new Thai dishes with the authentic taste of traditional Thai cuisine. This passion and skill for true authentic Thai cuisine are the important inspirations that brought forth the birth of the purveyor of such food on the world stage, Blue Elephant restaurants.
An opportunity arose when Mrs. Nooror旧 brother, who was studying Hotel Management in Brussels, Belgium, persuaded her to join him and further her education. Her brother introduced her to Mr. Karl Steppe, in whose antique shop in Brussels, Belgium, he was working, and the two later married and have 2 children. In 1980, Mrs. Nooror旧 good friends and Belgian Thai restaurant pioneers, Mr.Chai Wayno and Mr. Somboon Insuarsri, convinced her and Mr. Steppe to start up a Thai cuisine restaurant, and thus was born the first Blue Elephant restaurant.
It has been 25 successful and exciting years since the first Blue Elephant was opened. At present, there are 13 branches of Blue Elephant located in major cities throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia: Brussels, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Dubai, New Delhi, Beirut, Lyon, Malta, Bangkok, Kuwait, Bahrain and Moscow. Each of these restaurants is decorated in a true Thai style and serves the best in Thai cuisine, allowing its foreign customers to fully experience a real taste of Thailand.
Mrs. Nooror Somany Steppe is the inspiration and central person behind the success of Blue Elephant, constantly working as an ambassador advocating Thai cuisine and Thai culture to all whom she encounters around the world.
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