By admin | August 16, 2006
Here’s a nice selection of insects. I’ll give some common thoughts and opinions that many foreigners have when they try these. On the plate we have (clockwise from 12:00, although they are a bit mixed up): ants mixed with lemongrass and chilis (miang mot daeng [เมี่ยงมดà¹à¸”ง]) – Tastes like chilis and lemongrass. bamboo worms (only […]
By admin | August 13, 2006
Look at these tasty fried birds. I’m not sure what kind of bird they are, perhaps pigeons or something like that. In Thai its simply called fried bird (nok tawt [นà¸à¸—à¸à¸”]). I’m not sure what the appeal is with these either. There’s barely any meat on them and its mostly just crunchy bones and miscellaneous […]
Here’s a tasty bar snack that goes great with beer. While it may look intimidating at first, most of these items are actually quite tasty. In the bowl we have ants (miang mot daeng [เมี่ยงมดà¹à¸”ง]). I talk about miang mod daeng , although as is the norm, there is no coconut in this mixture. In […]
This is a traditional Thai snack called miang kam [เมี่ยงคำ], which supposedly had its origin around North Thailand in ancient times. Due to its simplicity, I can easily visualize people eating this snack ages ago. All you do is take some large, chaapluu leaves [ช้าพลู] to wrap the ingredients up before popping it in your […]
I call this a dinner of weeds because essentially that’s what it seems like to me. Get some chili sauce (nam prik [น้ำพริà¸]) to dip the veggies, a plate of rice as the base, and maybe a tiny fish for some protein. There’s countless combinations this dish can take with all types of chili sauces […]
I recently posted about the gaeng som where I mentioned that a common addition is an omelet with a thai vegetable called cha-om (no common English name, but scientific name acacia pennata). Well, I decided I better go out and get a picture of the omelet. Here’s some ไข่เจียวชà¸à¸¡ [kai jiaw chaom]. As you can […]
Well, this is a dish I hope not to eat again anytime soon. Take all the pieces of a chicken you wouldn’t usually eat, throw them in a skillet, add a few seasonings, and this is what you get. To be honest, the taste wasn’t all that bad. It’s mostly just the chewy, chunky, stringy, […]
Sorry for the poor photo, but here we have a bag of ‘baby tamarinds’ known as makaam awn [มะขามà¸à¹ˆà¸à¸™]. They are basically very young, unripe tamarinds. As a result, they are very, very sour. That’s why there is a bag of sugar and chili mix to dip them in. Since there is little to no […]
A quick photo of some jackfruit chunks already extracted from the fruit. Jackfruits are huge! Possibly the largest edible fruit? I’m not sure, but they are quite tasty. Sweet and candy-like, they somewhat remind me of pineapple without any of the sourness at all.
Gaeng som (à¹à¸à¸‡à¸ªà¹‰à¸¡) is a popular curry in Thailand. It is often described in English as sour fish curry, which describes it pretty well. It is usually served with shrimp or fish as the designated meat and a large collection of vegetables. Often an omelet with a Thai vegetable called cha-om is added for extra […]
