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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. As it turned out, telling him it would make him as fast as a ninja was the best motivator. The soup at the top is similar to something we’ve had in Japan and Korea before. In Thai, it’s called “gaeng joot,” literally a plain soup.
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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 moment of releasing your child to go forth on two wheels is a mix of hopeful expectation and fear of terrible crashes. Luckily, the early start of rainy season we experienced last week provided the best learning surface available – softened fields of dusty expanse.
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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 much fresher than what we can buy in stores.
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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 Japanese culture).
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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 tablet doesn’t have a front facing camera (hence the Facebook #Facecuts series I started). So I’ll be uploading a bunch of photos documenting what we’ve been eating recently. First up, the matcha (green tea) set at our friend Tong’s cafe here in Maha Sarakham:
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Kitsune no yomeiri
Sunshowers are sometimes referred to as “the fox’s/foxes’ wedding” (plurality indeterminate) in Japan, or “kitsune no yomeiri.” Today is the sunniest rainy day I’ve ever seen; it’s completely still and over a hundred degrees outside. It’s so hot, the rain leaves no mark on the pavement. Wikipedia entry for kitsune no yomeiri.
