By admin | November 28, 2007
Here’s a dish that might sound strange: fish kidney curry or à¹à¸à¸‡à¹„ตปลา [gaeng dtai bplaa]. A Southern Thai dish, it is usually spiced accordingly. In other words, it is extremely spicy. According to the Royal Thai Institute dictionary: TAI PLA ไตปลา (noun): word for the collection of organs in a fish’s abdomen of certain fish […]
By admin | November 21, 2007
I had a post about jicam before. Â Here’s a nicer shot from a different occassion of the jicama found in Thailand. Â Look at the other post for more details.
By admin | November 21, 2007
Candied lotus roots is a snack especially popular among the Chinese community. These are fairly thick cross sections of lotus root that have been candied. Don’t ask me about the candying process; I’ll just let you know that they are very sweet and kind of like a gummi candy. I don’t really notice any lotus […]
By admin | November 13, 2007
Thai’s love frying stuff and here’s another snack that emphasizes that. Bplaa siuw tawt [ปลาซิวทà¸à¸”], or deep-fried minnows, is pretty basic but tasty…if you like fried stuff. Just pop them in your mouth, a handful at a time.
By admin | November 8, 2007
Here we have two images of khao yam. This is a popular Southern Thai dish run in to surprisingly infrequently in Bangkok. On the chance that I do find it it is usually premade, but in this case everything was in its own separate packet waiting to get mixed. Khao yam [ข้าวยำ] appropriately translates as […]
By admin | November 2, 2007
Jicama’s (มันà¹à¸à¸§ [mangaew] in thai) aren’t too common around Bangkok, but once in a while they come to the market. If you’ve never had jicama before, it’s a pretty bland root. I believe they are much more common in South America. Similar to a potato in texture, although more watery and a little sweeter. The […]
By admin | October 25, 2007
Here we have another Isaan favorite, dtom haeng (or the longer version: dtom haeng kruang nai wua [ต้มà¹à¸«à¹‰à¸‡à¹€à¸„รื่à¸à¸‡à¹ƒà¸™à¸§à¸±à¸§]). In this case we have beef insides, although pork can also be used. It can also be served as a soup. Actually, it is usually just simmering in a giant pot and even you want the soup […]
By admin | October 13, 2007
This here is a simple Isaan dish of cooked fish (aw bplaa [เà¸à¸²à¸°à¸›à¸¥à¸²]). You just eat each of those fish in one bite, bones, brain and all. The bones are pretty small so they’re not too sharp or crunchy, but this is really borderline. If the fish were just a tiny bit bigger I don’t […]
By admin | October 13, 2007
These tiny bugs, called gudjii [à¸à¸¸à¹Šà¸”จี่] up in Isaan are another unique snack. These bugs are actually members of the dung beetle family. In other words, they are bugs that live almost exclusively on animal poop. And many types don’t just eat the poop, but actually play with it by rolling it into little balls. […]
By admin | October 4, 2007
This here is a common Isaan dish called dtom saep [ต้มà¹à¸‹à¸š]. It is a sourish soup, somewhat like tom yam with the main difference in the meat department. Tom yam is generally served with chicken or shrimp as the meat whereas dtom saep is always (as far as I know) with pork or beef. And […]
