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Thai meatball
Thai meatballs (luk chin or look chin, depending on your preferred Romanization) are, like sausage, popular and of mysterious formulation — you never really know what they’re made of, even…
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Squid Yum
It’s yum.
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Chicken Katsu
It was hard deep frying inside the house until we upgraded our Electrolux hood with a 1HP Mitsubishi blower on our roof.
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Gaeng Liang (Spicy Thai Vegetable Soup)
If I had to describe it in two words, I might say “peppery” and “fishy” – which is strange, because I hate most fishy things. For some reason, it really…
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Khao Pad Moo
Pork fried rice – in its purest form, but I can’t remember how this one actually tasted. I never order fried rice outside, but Mina loves it. I prefer making…
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Dragonfruit BBQ Sauce Ribs
Behold, dragonfruit ribs on my ghetto oil can smoker! There were no leftovers that day.
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Pitaya BBQ Sauce
I tried making a barbecue sauce out of red dragonfruit at the end of last year. It was colorful and pretty tasty, but nothing is coming close to the mango…
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Sampeenong in Yangtalat, Kalasin
This is our typical order at Sampeenong, our favorite Isan food joint in the area. Gai Yang (grilled chicken) Somtam Lao (Lao-style Papaya Salad) Tap Wan (literally, “sweet liver”) Kor…
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espresso
At my friend’s place out on the MSK bypass. I’ve been working weekends for the past couple weeks and I’m tiiiiiired.
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Somtam/Somtum
AKA Spicy Papaya Salad, (unofficially) the official dish of northeast Thailand. When served on a pink plastic plate, you know it’s the real deal.
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Proper Crispy Pork Pad Krapow with Star Egg
These are fried on one side and hot oil is ladled over them to achieve the crispeh… This is the de facto national lunch dish, so please stop using recipes…
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Stewed Beef
I am a huge fan of stewed beef, and I love the texture of stewed meats in general. Nam’s friend from middle school opened a noodle shop near her university…
