5 AM Fry

August 26th, 2008

Coffee, Ba Tong Ko & Tea
Coffee, Ba Tong Ko & Tea

Mae Hong Son, Thailand - Before dawn, the Mae Hong Son market is buzzing. Here a vendor is frying up some dough, what is called Ba Tong Ko in Chinese, though the market is not in China and the vendor is not Chinese. Next to his stall a woman is sells glasses of instant coffee with a thick layer of sugar on the bottom. Early morning shoppers dunk hot, oily Ba Tong Ko in warm, sweet coffee to start the day.

Ba Tong Ko Dough
Ba Tong Ko Dough

Cutting Ba Tong Ko Dough
Cutting Ba Tong Ko Dough

Ba Tong Ko Vendor
Ba Tong Ko Vendor

Frying Ba Tong Ko
Frying Ba Tong Ko

Ba Tong Ko
Ba Tong Ko

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