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Friday finality
I think I’ve finally got this blog up and running the way it should be, so I feel great. — Woke up this morning, went to buy a traditional Isan…
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Snail curry
I just came back from lunch with a bag of (aquatic) snail curry that I accidentally ordered at a new restaurant located just behind our campus. It looked like an…
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Rishi Indian Food – Roi Et, Thailand
A friend told me about this restaurant more than a year ago, but with babies and whatnot, we never had the chance to try it (although we were actually parked…
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Three Egg Smiley
He made such a nice omelet: Leftover roast pork and cheese, topped with eggplant & meat sauce.
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Mosquitoes Eating Fruit (Part 1 – Jackfruit)
In or new Thai house, we’ve noticed mosquitoes sucking moisture out of sponges around the sink area, or from damp towels or rags. I suppose this is normal behavior, but…
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Cornershop Kway Chap
Last week I visited at a noodle shop that I thought was new, but my coworker said it’s been around for a few years. This is mainly what they sell,…
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runs
Yesterday I got food poisoning for the first time in a couple years; it was probably a bad spot of ground pork or chicken I had for breakfast. I started…
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Input – Output
Two fascinating reads: Using Menu Psychology to Entice Diners Sitters Vs. Standers – The Great Wipe Hope
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Props to Kris
This Hainan Chicken recipe vid that my cousin Kris made yielded a meal so good, we won’t eat it outside anymore (there are tons of these chicken rice vendors in…
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I made a perfect salad today…
Tekito Salada: A bag of mixed lettuce Nam bought on sale yesterday Onion Bell pepper Thick-cut ham slices 2 processed cheese slices Special Tekito Salada Topping: Canned tuna Kewpie mayo…
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Vegetarians have it hard in Thailand
…and here’s the proof. Note: The photo gallery above is pretty hardcore piercing/mutilation stuff.
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Max loves bitter melon (bitter gourd)
How very, very strange. We’ve never heard of a child liking this stuff. Bitter melon is called mara in Thai, and nigauri in Japanese (goya in Okinawan). It’s much the…
