Food
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The Best Thai Breakfast – Vietnamese Pan Eggs (aka Egg Pan)
This is one of my favorite things to have for breakfast in Thailand, because the majority of Thai breakfasts is one dish: Grilled pork skewers and sticky rice – which is awesome, but gets old day after day. There used to be an old lady who made the best version of this in town, but she closed her shop a decade ago. The one pictured above was made at a nearby restaurant owned by the mother of one of Mina’s classmates that opened pre-COVID and subsequently shut down. It was OK, but very typically made with margarine instead of butter. An egg pan, or pan eggs, typically go for about…
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Why I still love Thailand
The ad blurb translated by Googs: Last day. Golden minute. When it’s gone, Boiled chicken. Golden minute. Big size. Only 89 Baht each!!!! One day only. Discount for 60 baht immediately when shopping for fresh food department. 600 baht or more / receipt. This Chinese food festival!! with valuable quality at Tesco Lotus. Tesco. Boiled chicken with entrails. Size M. Size 1.4-1.6 kg. Normal item is 189 Baht each. ⏰ Golden minute. Reduced to 89 baht each!!!! ⏰ Golden minute. The last day. 1 July. Year 63
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COVID Quarantine Hotel Food Hacks
I need this guy’s outlook on life:Lemons? No, it’s a Rustic Lemon Tart with Salted Cookie Crumble
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so busy?
I’m currently in a state of being extremely busy juggling things like preparing for a new school term, managing a botched house extension, getting our main car repainted, moving a metric ton of dirt the workers we fired (from previously mentioned house extension job) left on the street in front of our house with the only Radio Flyer I’ve ever seen in Thailand, getting diphtheria/tetanus boosters because I gouged my leg on my rusty barbecue grill, replacing a temporary crown on my tooth with a permanent one, running around to every home improvement shop in town to find the correct angle grinder attachment/vinyl flooring sheets/ceiling hangers, etc. Here is a…
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Shit got real.
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Grilled Pork Neck
This is a regional delicacy for the everyday people. I am perfecting the chili, tamarind, and toasted rice dipping sauce. The pork is fine.
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Khon Kaen, two months ago
It takes me so long to put things up on this blog these days. There’s posts I’ve been wanting to publish for more than a decade lol. Anyways, since another trip to Khon Kaen is coming up either tomorrow or this weekend, I wanted to put up some more photos of another back in August.
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Breakfast from Pon Yang Kham
I threw together a bunch of leftovers and it turned out real fine… Pon Yang Kham beef is the best in Thailand, from a Thai/French cattle hybrid. It will never be world class, but it’s the best of what’s available in Thailand.
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Noodle baby
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Decisions, decisions.
Instant noodle conundrum, yo. UPDATE: Indo Mie FTW.
