Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people
There’s this girl from school that likes Max. He’s chatting online with her right now in the other room; I can hear their little voices as they talk about whatever kids talk about. They’re only 10 years old. It feels… strange. Very cute but kinda funny?
All I can think of is:
This is my Kujira’s VIN. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Well, actually, there are probably a thousand or so left in the world. This one’s still mine, tho.
Mine is first year (1971; pre-facelift) fourth generation, and was an abject market failure because it was too strange-looking for its time. Of course, that’s why it looks so cool now.
Comment of the day.
The storm dragon chased us all the way over the bridge.
My favorite singing voice of all time…
This is probably the best Matsushita knockoff name, ever (combined with a retailer’s misspelling) – and that’s saying a lot since Matsushita and National brands were folded into Panasonic years ago. These trusted brand names live on in developing countries, even if new product lines do not.
I’ve seen quite a few Matsushita, National, and Panasonic knockoff names (and that’s just a few from this electronics group), but the most often honored here and elsewhere is probably Mitsubishi, including the following permutations:
Mitsuboshi:”Three hats”
Mitsubashi: “Three bridges”
Mizubashi: “Water bridge”
Matsuboshi: “Pine hat”
etc.
“Mitsubishi” literally means “three water chestnuts,” but “-hishi” is what we call a diamond mark so it’s just descriptive of the logo.
Google review of Panom Rung Restaurant by Justin Yoshida
https://goo.gl/maps/cShnNWMJMcu
Staring locals. Scary truckers in the dark, broken parking lot… Raw chili and garlic in a dirty center bowl. Unapologetically fatty pork. Best of all, it’s sandwiched between a second rank gas station restroom and minimart. Need I say more?
It’s an epic hole in the wall.
The Thai variant of char siu is often too lean and served with overly sweet sauce… This place does it well, though.
This week was quite an eventful one. We found possibly the best restaurant in Issan, Max threw up in a bubble room, and we had a couple exceptional meals.
I wrote the post a couple weeks ago, but WordPress had a brainfart until today. Oh, well.