By admin | December 29, 2007
Here’s a good one… balut. Partly-developed duck or chicken eggs, commonly eaten in the Philippines. They can also be found in Cambodia, Vietnam, and even in some parts of Thailand. These ones that I tasted were actually found in Hong Kong, but at a Filipino street restaurant. Anyway, on to the eggs. I think the […]
By admin | December 26, 2007
There’s never enough bugs for sale, is there? Here’s a typical insect vendor’s cart with all the bugs divided into neat little compartments. And of course, I had to get a closeup of the lovely maengda yet again.
By admin | December 26, 2007
Here’s one that ranks up there with the strangest: grilled duck beaks (baak ped yang [ปาà¸à¹€à¸›à¹‡à¸”ย่าง]). This dish is usually eaten by Isaan folk when they need a snack during their drinking sessions.  The beaks are quartered when looking at them head on so each piecea is actually just one fourth of a beak.  The […]
By admin | December 26, 2007
This is a tasty bar snack with the vendors peddling their wares from push carts while honking their horn to inform other potential customers that they are nearby. These vendors frequently congregate in nightlife areas as these snacks go great with beer. Sometimes you’ll even see a vendor standing outside of a bar serving customers […]
By admin | December 26, 2007
Here we have (again!) some:  (miang mot daeng [เมี่ยงมดà¹à¸”ง])  (maengdaa [à¹à¸¡à¸¥à¸‡à¸”า]) bamboo worms (rot duan [รถด่วน]). There name literally means train which sort of represents their shape.
By admin | December 24, 2007
This is a beach side vendor selling a variety of things.  He’ll spend all day in the hot sun walking up and down the beach carrying all that stuff trying to sell his wares.  The peanuts are the tasty, boiled kind. He’s also got some cookies, , and eggs. Also notice the  sticking out of […]
By admin | December 23, 2007
As interesting as Thai food is, sometimes it’s their take on Western food that is truly amazing. Not just amazing, but very, very weird. Now, admittedly we probably come up with some similar aberrations of Asian food back in the West. Even so, Pizza Hut is a perfect example of oddness. Honestly, this stuff is […]
By admin | December 1, 2007
In my yard there is a gooseberry. These goosberries, called mayom [มะยม] in Thai, are quite common in Thailand. They are very sour, but still a popular snack as the Thais like to dip fruits (sweet or not) in sugar chili dips. They grow quite abundantly on the tree as shown here is only a […]
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.
