Last Night, He Said
October 20th, 2009
Beht Sam
Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand – Last night my father called to tell me that a box of notebooks and shoes arrived at my parents’ house in Massachusetts. I sent it from Bangkok over two months and its arrival was a reminder of things past and things left undone. So, I’m picking up where I left off on my last travels.
I spent my first day in Ubon biking all over the countryside and then circling and circling around town looking for a nonexistent restaurant. My search unfruitful, I stopped off elsewhere and ordered tom yum goong and beht sam, roast duck bathed in soy with green chiles, coriander and a chile sauce on the side. (That’s coagulated blood in the upper left.) The soup was lackluster, but the duck was delicious and more than I could eat anyway. I headed home sated.
Suang Sawad
64 Palochai Road
Ubon Ratchathani, 3400
045 24 2256
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