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

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  • Food,  Photos,  Society & Culture

    Long Fak Bean Stir Fry

    I guess you could call them yardlong beans, but most of the world switched to a better system long ago, and besides, where’s the fun in that?

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  • Exploits,  Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    The Best Braised Pork Leg in Issan

    Google review of Panom Rung Restaurant by Justin Yoshida https://goo.gl/maps/cShnNWMJMcu Staring locals. Scary truckers in the dark, broken parking lot… Raw chili and garlic in a dirty center bowl. Unapologetically…

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Moo Daeng (“Red Pork”)

    The Thai variant of char siu is often too lean and served with overly sweet sauce… This place does it well, though.

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  • Food,  Photos,  Work

    Red sauce

    Prepping lunch for 20 tomorrow.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Farewell, Play Bar

    One of Maha Sarakham’s first really cool outdoor pubs. Lots of memories here… It was the first place to offer deep fried larb balls. It was also where T and…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Funky Khao Soi

    Noodles are life. Curry is life. These are curry noodles.

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  • Food,  Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Dripping Umami Bomb

    Mina brought a hamburger bun stuffed with a fried duck egg over to my desk and said, “try some.” I was just waking up, so I told her I needed a…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food,  Photos

    Sugoi Ramen, Maha Sarakham

    My review on Google Maps basically says it’s sugokunai. Mushy noodles and lukewarm broth are just not my thing, but Thais seem to love both. I just want to put some photos…

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  • Food,  Photos

    Hematogen – the Russian Cow Blood Candy Bar!

    Today I learned about Hematogen (latin: Haematogenum), which is a nutrition bar partially made from black food albumin taken from processed cow’s blood. Yum! I also fell in love with…

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  • Food,  Japanese Society/Culture,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Issan-Japan Fusion

    Accidentally found on Google; cannot find original source but will link to it if I do.

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  • Food,  Thai Society/Culture

    Best Halloween Headline, Ever

    Mukdahan, Thailand – Thirteen Isan youths who dug up a pile of dead dogs to eat found out two days later that the animals had rabies. Everybody loves free food.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Food

    Sustainable Food Product in Maha Sarakham

    It tastes like shrimp, I swear: Fried scorpion anyone?

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