Unsurprisingly, a lot of the photos I took in Thailand were of food. This was a spicy salad with sliced onions, cashews, peanuts, fried chilis, green mango, tamarind, fresh lemongrass, mint leaves and other assorted greens, topped with deep fried catfish. The roadside diner it was served at offered a spectacular view of the Chao Phraya river, and the broken platter only added to the authenticity of the food. It was so well done, the flavors of the salad would come in separate waves of sweet, sour, and spicy.
I don’t know about you, but I’m salivating, and it’s times like this when miso soup and a bowl of rice seem really, really boring.
Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
You mean there’s a time when salt – I mean miso soup and rice aren’t boring? 🙂
Good point. Perhaps it’s nore a question of when boring is good – when you’re sick, hungover, or have a toothache (because there’s one thing for damn sure – you NEVER want to visit a Japanese dentist).