And so it happened that on his second trip to Europe in 1907, on the way back from Italy, King Rama V, Chulalongkorn the Great, dreamed one night that the his royal grandmother prepared for him one very delicious plate of khaao khlook gabpi. A senior official and a close aid to the king at the time, maha sawek ek phrayaa boorootrat rachaphanlohp (มหาเสวกเอก พระยาบุรุษรัตนราชพัลลภ), wrote in his memoirs “Booroot Rat” (บุรุษรัตน) that king was so moved by the dream, feeling somewhat homesick, asked him to fix him with a plate of khaao khlook gabpi, and so he did.