On 16 March 2019 Amb. Dusit Manapan participated in the annual Ambassadors’ Cooking Contest held at the beach chalet of Mr. Saud AlArfaj, one of the top Kuwaiti businessmen, in the south of Kuwait. Around 40 ambassadors and family members had shown the cooking talent of their national cusine, during which some ambassadors had failed to finish their selected dishes. Amb. Dusit chose to cook Tom Yum Kung and was successful to win praises from many ambassadors and spouses for the taste of his Tom Yum Kung.