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Menopausal Chicken, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Spent Hen
I came to know about Ms. Hen, and spent hens in general, by accident. I found a ridiculously cheap whole chicken at Tesco a few weeks ago. The thick plastic bag…
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So I found out why 7/11s have locks on the doors…
…it’s in case there a coup and 10 pm curfew is enforced nationwide. The last time there was a coup, there weren’t any 7/11s near my house. Alas, Thailand has…
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Another Coup?
All of the national TV channels are off the air… We will be fine.
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okonomiyaki
We have successfully found a local-ish substitute for yamaimo.
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Nam assembling lunch
…using precut nori patterns she found in Japan on her last trip. Max used to not like eating rice, so this was a ploy to get him interested in it.…
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Baking Babies
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A Farewell to Training Wheels
Max has finally ditched the third and fourth wheels. We tried to get Mina on two wheels at the same time, but her sense of balance isn’t there yet. The…
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Ika Yaki
In both Japan and Thailand, the best seafood can often be purchased off the back of pickup trucks. The sellers bring their catch inland from the sea, and it’s often…
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Cold soba and sliced pork rolls
A killer lunch that Nam made a while back.
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Moo (buta [pork]) Katsu
Some katsu (breaded and deep fried) pork and veggies Nam made a while ago. Eaten with Bulldog sauce, of course (licking Bulldog off the tip of your chopsticks is tasting…
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Mina monster devouring baby somtam
She made it with mommy a couple months ago, and proceeded to eat it all. She has since graduated to eating full-blown Lao-style somtam that can make grown men cry.
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Matcha set – Eka Cafe
I’ve been archiving photos from Nam’s Samsung Grande and realized she’s been taking a lot of food photos. I used to do this, but stopped carrying a smartphone, and my…
