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Tacos and Somtam
Olé, krup! To be precise, fish tacos and non-papaya tam variant. To be even more precise, deep-fried Nile tilapia tacos with corn and bird’s eye chili salsa and long fak…
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The Best Thai Beer – Snowy Weizen
A good friend from Roi Et brought his boys over yesterday, and we had an epic dinner with smoked ribs (using a new white wine finish I read about and…
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Cthulhu Mushroom
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Giant Thai Lemon
My mother-in-law gave this to us last week, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen one. The flavor is 90% lemon and 10% pomelo (grapefruity), which is surprising…
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BaBQ
My little grillmasters – their basic protein education is already mapped out: Beef, then pork, then fish, and finally, chicken. Although utilizing local food sources means the syllabus can be…
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Potak (spicy Thai seafood soup)
This is the hard-to-find but often superior alternative to Tom Yum Goong.
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Sick baby, Mina
Max is at his first night away from home (away from family) on a school trip to the nearby town of Kut Lan. Meanwhile, Mina is getting over a fever…
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The perfect cappu
Now that I’ve been served a perfect cup, all other cups after this will somehow be lacking, even if they aren’t. @ The Bizarre Island, Rayong
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Spicy Eggs
A decent breakfast is generally hard to find in the far provinces. Grilled pork skewers and sticky rice is the de facto breakfast of choice, with rice porridge or soup…
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Easter Eggs at Big C?
Nothing to do with Easter, actually. Just some colorful century eggs AKA thousand year old eggs. They usually only come in pink, but it looks like this company’s trying to…
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Somtam Pancake
Ultimate comfort food fusion… Are you ready for fermented maple fish sauce?
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Avocado toast and eggs
Is Northeast Thailand ready for an avotoast cafe? I’m sure not gonna find out! Our town must have the highest turnover for coffee-related businesses in the world.
