Food
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Yam Pla Muk and Larb Moo
Just feel like posting some old food photos that have been sitting patiently in a folde called “blog” on my desktop for a couple years. This is Yam Pla Muk, or Thai Squid Salad. I don’t remember exactly where we ordered this one. “Yam” is a type of Thai salad that’s spicy, sour, and kick-ass: Thai salads… These are among my favorite foods here, and we eat them all regularly. This one is larb, which is also one of the Thai Salads mentioned in the link above. Specifically, it’s larb moo, or pork larb. Larb is also known as a meat salad (which is obviously the best type of salad).…
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Wall’s Ice Cream Dragontail Boat
A Thailand exclusive!
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Kokumi www
It’s time to research Ajinomoto, AKA, our old friend MSG: The Sixth Taste by Daniel Soar
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Cursed Fish Images
A trio of dubious sakana creations I found this very day:
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Good Noodle, Bangkok
Nam’s relatives live in Lad Phrao, and we have some upcoming stuff to do in BKK, so we are definitely going!
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Thailand’s Happy Pizza
There is currently an explosion of CBD cafes and edible hemp products/companies all over Thailand. This is kind of the second wave of not-really-pot popularization. The first wave was semi-legal CBD oils and tinctures (although the most sought after ones were straight up black market products that claimed to cure cancer). Now we are to the point where the most popular pizza chain in Thailand, The Pizza Company (revenue over 7 billion baht in 2020 – half of the Thai pizza market), are using it in their ads… Mainstream popularization is a good thing.
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My Dream Meal
A friend sent this to me. I don’t know who made it, took the photo, or ate it, but I want it. I don’t know if I’d be more excited selling this or eating it – it’s damn near the perfect triple order of Thai Basil Stir Fry with Crispy Pork topped with Star Eggs. I spent a whole month perfecting this dish during lockdown, making the crispy pork from scratch with a different recipe each time. It was epic, and this is truly one of my top 10 favorite Thai dishes (of which basil stir fries occupy two or three spaces).
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Mosquitoes eating meatballs
The food pictured is look chin, or Thai meatballs and hot dogs and other protein shapes on skewers, a common street food either grilled or steamed and sold for 5-10 baht. The darker meatballs are beef and the lighter ones are usually pork or fish. They often contain gristle or cartilage bits that add a crunchy texture.
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They call me Goldforker
Yes, it’s our old friend, Crispy Pork Basil Stir Fry. From a now-defunct resto of our friends, shut down due to high rent and the first COVID lockdown (2020). I never got around to posting the pic and giving them their due… It was good while it lasted.
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Kalasin Chicken
