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Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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  • Food,  Photos

    Noodle Nirvana

    I’m currently on an extended keto and IF experiment which is turning out very well. Starchy noodles, like my beloved bami egg noodles, pictured above, are off the table. But…

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    I’ll have a Red Blue

    I’m not entirely sure if this means what I think it means… Taken at a resort we stayed at on Koh Chang.

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  • Food,  Photos

    S&B Habanero Pepper Powder

    This is the shit.

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  • Exploits,  Food,  Photos

    Thailand’s best Crispy Pork resto

    We found the holy grail of crispy pork shops on Koh Chang over the summer. Everybody on that trip still talks about it. We were there to visit students interning…

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  • Our New Thai House,  Photos

    Pickle

    The last remaining member of our squirrel assassin clan.

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    Random soi dog

    Thai soi (street) dogs are mostly chill. This huge concrete lot near our house was supposed to be a fresh market years ago, but before it was completed, there was…

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  • Cars,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Toyota 2000GT Sighting in BKK

    Somebody drove their original Toyota 2000GT through Bangkok traffic to a classic car show last week. What a legend! This must be the same car I wrote about being kept…

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  • Food,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Scenes from a Hoi Tod Shop

    Hoi Tod is a Thai dish made by frying mussels (or sometimes, other shellfish, squid, or shrimp) in an eggy batter and wrapping up beansprouts and garlic chives with it.…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Thai Society/Culture,  Toys & Tech

    PP Pedestal

    This is in the refurbished (!) restroom of one of my favorite restaurants in town. After careful observation, I have determined that it’s a MacGyvered pressure plate flushing mechanism that…

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Work

    Chit-chat Corner Ice Cream Session

    The US embassy-sponsored conversation project that Mina and I have been facilitating on Wednesdays at Mahasarakham University every Wednesday in the evenings goes on break between terms. For the last…

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  • Oh, baby!,  Photos

    Piebald Python in Khon Kaen

    Finally, a song I can play on the piano!

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  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos,  Site News,  Thai Society/Culture,  Toys & Tech

    WordPress — undefined constant error

    I try to follow cardinal rules of data management that were drilled into me since I got into computers at university by (#1) taking backups often and (#2) keeping stuff…

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