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Bangkok, Thailand – After occupying Bangkok’s two main airports for over a week, the protestors left on Wednesday following the court decision to disband the government’s ruling party.  Politics aside, I am one of the few who’s been pleased with the airport shutdown as I’ve had the chance to spend more time, over a week longer, with two friends, who are among the estimated 230,000 tourists stranded in Thailand.  That said, I too am relieved that the airport will resume flights in a few days time, less because my friends can go home and more because I don’t think I can handle any more late nights with perpetually holidaying friends. I’ve spent a good part of the last week recovering from the prior night’s activities.  Luckily Bangkok has great hangover food.  Back in Brooklyn, bagels and pizza were always good choices.  Here I go for noodles, sometimes fried, sometimes in soup. Pad see ew, the wide noodles wok-fried with soy sauce, greens and pork, is always a great choice.  Noodle soups, though, seem to have special restorative properties.  There’s something comforting about a bowl of steaming noodle soup with wide noodles to satisfy the starch craving, saltiness to replace those electrolytes, spiciness to perk you up a bit and a savory broth to soothe a fuzzy brain.  Of course, even after my friends are long gone and bedtime becomes more reasonable, I’ll still be having noodle soup.