Pad Pak Muu Grob (Crispy Pork and Vegetables) Bangkok, Thailand – Every time I ask someone where their favorite street stand is, I get “oh there’s the best noodle place down the street from my apartment” or “the best crispy pork in Bangkok is right by my work.” Of course, there are a some places [...]
Breakfast Offerings at Cantonese Noodle House Trang, Thailand – My last morning in Trang, I returned to Cantonese Noodle House for kopii and salapao creme. The sweet owner bid me “bon voyage” and then remembering I was half-Japanese “sayonara.” I was off to Satun.
Gaeng Som, Muu Yang, Gaeng Mala Ko Or Go Trang, Thailand – Traveling alone can be difficult when you want to eat in restaurants, especially when you want to try a range of things, because the portions (and prices) are scaled for large groups. Not so at the evening markets where manageable individual portions abound [...]
Muu Yang Trang, Thailand – I was told to check out Trang’s muu yang, a special roast pork, which wasn’t that hard since it was pretty ubiquitous throughout town. Charred and crispy, I found it in noodle soups, wok fried with sweet onions and exposed in long strips in the morning market. Also in the [...]
Trang, Thailand – Nearly every time I sat down in southern Thailand, I was served a plate of nahm phrik alongside my meal (kind of like chips and salsa at a Mexican American restaurant). You can find nahm phrik, a spicy dipping sauce, all over Thailand, though outside the south I usually have to order [...]
Trang, Thailand – Arriving in Trang, the first thing I did was grab a plate of muu paa (spicy curry with pork) at a little mom and pop shop on Rama 6 near the clock tower. Literally I got off the bus, walked about a block to an open-front restaurant serving about six different curries, [...]
Trang, Thailand – After leaving Had Yai, I found myself in Trang on the kind recommendation of Austin Bush. Now there’s not a whole lot to do in Trang proper, but there are a lot of coffee shops, which I found myself sitting in quite often. Trang coffee, or kopii, is thick and viscous, often [...]
Khao Mok Gai (Curried Chicken and Rice) Had Yai, Thailand – Curried rice and chicken, streets, night market and more. A few last images from Had Yai. Had Yai Condiments Fried Birdies Curry and Khanom Jean (Fermented Rice Noodles) A Woman Eating Khanom Jean and a Wine Glass of Iced Tea at the Dinner Market
Had Yai, Thailand – Another goodie at the Had Yai morning market. A Thai sweet, dough rolled up, palm sugar pressed into its center, blanched in water, then rolled in shredded coconut. When you bite into the sweet, the palm sugar melts in your mouth.