Finding Lunch
Chiang Mai, Thailand – As famous as Thailand’s street food is, ordering food in a foreign country where you don’t speak the language and can’t identify any of the dishes can be intimidating. A close friend of mine has been living here for five months and I can probably count the number of times [...]
Chiang Mai, Thailand – If Bangkok is my Thai New York, an energetic metropolis, at times inconvenient, but full of life and endless possibility, then Chiang Mai is my San Francisco, a little smaller, a little slower, a little less hip, but friendly to both hippies and hipsters with expansive coffeehouses, chilled out bars, and [...]
Chang Puak Street Stalls
Chiang Mai, Thailand – I’m about to take off for Bangkok, but a few images from the street stalls just north of the Chang Puak gate in Chiang Mai. A great spot to hit before the North Gate Jazz Co-Op. More soon…
My last night in Chiang Mai, before heading off to Bangkok [...]
Phad Ped Muu on Singharat Rd just north of Ratchdamnoen
Chiang Mai, Thailand – “Oh, you’re sooo Thai now,” my friend laughed when I told her I didn’t need breakfast because I’d already eaten phad ped muu. ”I’ve been eating Thai food for breakfast since my first week,” I protested and then added, “I only eat western [...]
Smer Jai Khao Soy on Th Faham
Chiang Mai, Thailand – Returning to Chiang Mai always feels like coming home, even though I’ve never held a residence here. It’s a welcoming city, sunny and slow, with enough to do to keep things from getting boring, yet contained enough to retain a neighborhood feel. Of course, the first thing [...]
Nam Tok Muu
Bangkok, Thailand – After falling into Bangkok for a bit too long, it’s time to visit my second Thailand home, Chiang Mai. For my last meal in town, I swung by the street stalls on Soi Ari (Phahonyotin Soi 7) and now with a belly full of nam tok muu (spicy pork salad) [...]
Khanom Tuey
Bangkok, Thailand – After a hellish morning of dealing with passport issues, I found brief reprieve along Silom. I was struck by the sight of a street vendor selling something that looks like khanom krok, the sweet Thai coconut pudding, with a velvety interior and crisp skin, that is cooked in small, round divets [...]
Carnation Condensed Milk
Bangkok, Thailand – I never gave much thought to sweetened condensed milk, except on occasion when I had to buy it for some random recipe and then it freaked me out a little bit. It didn’t seem like a real ingredient; it was a strange industrial product made through some shadowy process and [...]
Pad See Ew Muu & Pepsi
Bangkok, Thailand – It’s been said that Rieslings and Gewurztraminers, with their slight sweetness, are good general pairings with Thai food. I haven’t seen any in the street stall coolers lately, but I can usually get an ice-cold Pepsi or Coca-Cola. And, call me pedestrian, cola really is a good [...]
Khanom Buang Sai off Soi Ari
Flipping Khanom Buang Sai on the Flat Top off Soi Ari
Bangkok, Thailand – The vast majority of Thai desserts (khanom) are made of three ingredients: rice flour, coconut milk and palm sugar. Slightly sweet with a jelly-like or gelatinous consistency, different khanom often have similar tastes and texture, at least [...]
