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Thai Basil Stir Fry – Ground Pork with Fried Egg Edition
I can’t remember where this was, but damn they had nice silverware. The food must have been below the memorable line of greatness, but I’d go there again just to…
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Innovative Product Names (Bad Asian Edition)
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Egg noodles with braised pork leg
Nirvana: Achieved. (@ Nong Khai, a couple forgotten streets down from the unremarkable riverside marketplace, across from a nondescript temple in a truly magical noodle shop)
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Nok Krata (Thai Jungle Quail)
Note: The words “Thai” and “Jungle” were included as descriptors in the title and are probably not part of their real name (which eludes my lazy Googling at this point…
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Ascetic
Taken at a Buddha sculpture workshop along the highway to Khon Kaen. This sculpture has a real… presence.
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Oh my gac!
This majestic fruit is perhaps my favorite in the entire kingdom of Thailand: Not just because it’s reminiscent of a freshly-used morning star worthy of Chuck Norris, Jack Bauer,…
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Unknown Thai Melon
Pictured above from the upper left: An unknown Thai melon, a katon (aka kraton, kraton priya, krathon wild mangosteen, santol, or sandorica. Scientific names: Sandoricum koetjape, Sandoricum indicum, Sandoricum nervosum or Melia koetjape. Family Meliaceae,…
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Loving Puto
Would that be pinche puto, or Filipino steamed bun?
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An Oasis of Serious in the Land of Smiles
There was a huge meeting for the UDD today at the main hall of our university. A pal suggested we check it out, and we did just before lunch. We…
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My new favorite Thai band
Actually, I never had one before. This is Jui Juis:
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Thailand ends here
Thar lies Laos.
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Best rice snack ever
Stacks and stacks of it. Porn is a common nickname in Thailand.
