By admin | February 3, 2012
Real interesting article at the Wall Street Journal describing why cultures sometimes consider each others’ foods disgusting. After all, cheese is just “rotted ungulate bodily fluid” NattO, Maggot Cheese and Other Food That May Repel – WSJ.com.
By admin | December 14, 2009
Here’s a quick, but interesting, snack. Fried banana flowers, called tawt man hua bplii [ทà¸à¸”มันหัวปลี]. Actually, this food is very similar to the common, traditional Thai fish cakes which is where the tawt man part of the name comes from. Just replace the fish part with a banana blossom. I have had banana blossoms on […]
By admin | November 25, 2009
I recently made a visit to a semi-famous Isaan restaurant in Bangkok called Crok Mai Thai Lao [ครà¸à¹„ม้ไทยลาว]. The name refers to the ever ubiquitous wooden mortar and pestle required for somtom and northeastern chili dips. Most Isaan restaurants in Bangkok are little more than temporary street stalls whereas Crok Mai is relatively large and […]
Also posted in southeast asia, thailand | Tagged alignleft, Bangkok, caption, Don, egg omelet, food, insects, isaan, Mai, Mai Thai, meat, North American, seafood, thailand, wooden mortar and pestle |
By admin | October 19, 2009
During my recent adventures around Phayao I enjoyed this delicious meal. The first dish to arrive was (goong dten [à¸à¸¹à¹‰à¸‡à¹€à¸•à¹‰à¸™]). The bowl looks dirty already, but that’s because the shrimp weren’t very happy to be in there. The shrimp are actually still alive and flopping around while you eat them. The combination of no water […]
By admin | October 19, 2009
You frequently see stands like this all over the countryside in Thailand. Oftentimes you will encounter a stretch of highway littered with ten or more of these stands in a row, each about 100 meters apart, and all waiting for a hungry customer to pull up. I often wonder how they could all make money […]
By admin | October 19, 2009
You can’t get any oil fresher than this! As I’ve demonstrated in many posts before, when an animal is killed in rural Thailand, every single piece gets used in one way or another. In this skillet is a big pile of pig fat that is getting melted down into some fresh oil that can be […]
By admin | October 19, 2009
This is a small dragon fruit field in the northern Thailand province of Phayao. Dragon fruits are seasonal, but when they’re in season I eat my larger share of them. They remind me of a kiwi fruit in their taste and the texture of their flesh with tiny black seeds throughout. The good thing is […]
By admin | October 18, 2009
This is some really tasty buffalo soup (gaeng juut nua kwai [à¹à¸à¸‡à¸ˆà¸¶à¸”เนื้à¸à¸„วาย]) that was prepared at a recent wedding I attended. I want to reiterate: it was really, really tasty. Part of the wedding routine was to purchase an entire buffalo and pig to prepare the massive amount of food required for the guests. You […]
By admin | October 18, 2009
While wandering around in Chiang Rai we encountered a tiny little shop specializing in homemade ice cream and sherbet. I picked santal (gratawn [à¸à¸£à¸°à¸—้à¸à¸™] in Thai) over the other interesting flavors which included durian and longan.
By admin | August 6, 2009
Thai cuisine is notorious for including chili dips containing just about anything. And, if you can withstand the spice, they are all extraordinarily tasty. I have posted about quite a few different chili dips (nam prik [น้ำพริà¸]) in the past, and I plan to write about many more in the future. This particular one is […]
