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Thainglish Update – Bissin Thin Biscuits with Nature Identical Raspberry Flavoured Cream
They’re a mouthful.
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katsu kare night
I totally made a huge pot of Japanese curry and deep fried some fresh tonkatsu as well. The occasion? Today is the midpoint between Nam’s birthday (Nov. 9) and her…
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Nam Nuong
Nam Nuong are the little grilled sausages on sticks shown below, but it’s also the name of this dish. It’s Vietnamese in origin, but I don’t know what it’s called…
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fruit sacrilege
Thai farmers dumped a ton of mangosteens on the street in front of city hall to protest the low selling price. I’m pretty sure all the government workers rushed out…
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On the Road 2007 (Part 6) – The Animatronic Chicken Roasters of Rayong, Thailand
On a previous trip to Thailand, I wrote about the most delicious roast chicken I have ever eaten. I have many special memories of Rayong, and the awesome roast chicken…
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Monks collecting food
Buddhist breakfast Monks come around almost every morning to receive offerings from houses in the neighborhood. Some people give, some people don’t. We give quite often so I decided I…
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Mangosteens and Rambutans
…are in season! They sell for around 40 cents per pound each at the market; this is apparently a good year. Probably my favorite fruit in the world. In fact,…
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My favorite breakfast joint in Sarakham
Sorry, no time for captions. Maybe no need, either! ; ) (Click on any image below to open a larger version in a pop-up window.)
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Bear-shaped rice
yummy!
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Thai New Years Food
Let me be honest with you: As much as I love Japanese food, I hate osechi ryori. It is – oh, how diplomatically can I put this – really boring…
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Dumplings and Roadkill
Two good links today: One for the Road: West Virginia’s Roadkill Cookoff Bitter cold spurs dumpling madness
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The Other, Other White Meat
Go check out the Evil Sandmich’s continued writings on his adventures in Japanese cuisine last year: LINK Excerpts: One morning they had a little hit of ketchup with the Japanese…
