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Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    beard mina

     

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  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Ice cream tragedy

    Damn you, ice cream, you’ve betrayed me for the last time!

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Nok Krata (Thai Jungle Quail)

    Note: The words “Thai” and “Jungle” were included as descriptors in the title and are probably not part of their real name (which eludes my lazy Googling at this point…

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Oh my gac!

      This majestic fruit is perhaps my favorite in the entire kingdom of Thailand: Not just because it’s reminiscent of a freshly-used morning star worthy of Chuck Norris, Jack Bauer,…

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Unknown Thai Melon

    Pictured above from the upper left: An unknown Thai melon, a katon (aka kraton, kraton priya, krathon wild mangosteen, santol, or sandorica. Scientific names: Sandoricum koetjape, Sandoricum indicum, Sandoricum nervosum or Melia koetjape. Family Meliaceae,…

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  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Roscoe’s Chicken, Long Beach

    Roscoe’s – approved by the Yoshida Clan. 5 thighs for $6 (take out only) cannot be beat. We tried the chicken, fries, and waffles, and ate them in a huge…

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  • Chillin',  Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Best rice snack ever

    Stacks and stacks of it. Porn is a common nickname in Thailand.

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  • Food,  Thai Society/Culture

    Crispy durian for lunch

    Crispy as in slightly unripe. It was delicious.

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  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    max daddy day

    Tuesday was Max’s last day of school, and he’s not going to summer school since we’re visiting the US in a couple weeks, so he’s been hanging out with daddy.…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Oh, baby!

    explosion!

    So we went out for a family dinner last night, to a place we used to go a lot for crusted garlic fish, but stopped visiting for no reason in…

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  • Exploits,  Food,  Photos

    Yesterday’s lunch

    This is a highway rest stop outside of Bangkok we always stop at when headed to Rayong, Pattaya, Hua Hin, etc. It used to have just Thai food shops and…

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  • Food,  Photos

    Favorite topping

    Breakfast of champions: Char siu and crispy pork combo plate with two cloves of industrial strength stankbreath on top.

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