Street food is one thing. Thai street food is another. It was, in fact, a book about Thai street food that perked up my interest in visiting Thailand in the first place, a wonderful heavy, huge, hard-cover book with beautiful photos, aptly named “Thai Street Food” by David Thompson. I received the book as a…
A last night together with some old friends in Thailand. We needed to find something GOOD for dinner, and we did. Alongside the water, on Thawi Wong Road, can’t remember the name but it was 2 restaurants north of a place called Bikini Bar. We had some delicious farewell mai thais and banana daiquiris there…
Rice. Banana. Coconut. Egg. Sugar. Five simple ingredients which are combined and prepared in what seems like infinite ways in Thai cuisine to form an array of mouthwateringly delicious and texturally interesting sweets. Sickly sweet, sticky and creamy are descriptors of most Thai desserts. Subtlety is not. Delicious is. Street vendors carry a shockingly vast…
The MBK Shopping Center in downtown Bangkok is definitely a must-see and, honestly, one of the only things I liked about what I saw of this city in the 3 days I spent there. A 6 story shopping mall where every price is negotiable, every brand name product is fake but truly very well done,…
As soon as we got to Phuket, we couldn’t seem to shake the craving for fresh seafood. It’s kind of just what you get there. After searching for no more than 5 minutes, a bit off the beaten path but still, honestly, within the tourist bubble of Patong Beach, we found a street lined with…
An island cruise. A package deal because nothing else exists. Clever tourism. For 1000 baht each (34 USD), we took it. We figured shuttle transportation from our hotel in Patong to Phuket Bay would itself be worth that much as taxis just don’t exist in Patong and not finding one at 7 in the morning…
On my last day in Phuket, I decided to leave again the tourist bubble of Patong Beach and venture into Phuket Town – as always, in search of some new nums. Apart from Old Town, which is riddled with bistros and pizzerias with smiling Italian chef statues and happy hour deals meant to usher the…
Walking further down Thalang Road in Phuket Town, my belly full of Hokkien mee, I was looking for something sweet to round of my meal with and was contemplating the crushed almond Magnum, a childhood favorite with an unfortunate name, a treat I devoured so happily on trips before my calorie counting stage of life.…
The famous Som Tam, Thai papaya salad. Oh god is this stuff good eats. Really. If you ever go to Thailand, don’t be a wiener. Get one every day. The version I tried was Som Tam Thai, which is slightly different from the two other main takes on this dish, the Som Tam Pu with…
Green tea with milk and black bean at the Bangkok airport BlueCup Coffee shop. A bit lame, I know, but worth a mention since it was the first green tea beverage I actually enjoyed. Now I’m hooked on the stuff. This specialty drink was made up of equal parts green tea floating on equal parts…
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