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.
Curries Had Yai, Thailand – There aren’t many sights of note in Had Yai – a ho-hum reclining buddha (wat hat hai yai), a park and little else. More fun is the town’s lively morning market. Unlike many markets that are cramped and covered, this one was lining the streets out in the sun. Easy [...]
Dim Sum Had Yai, Thailand – While perusing Had Yai’s sunny morning market, I got a call from June and my new friends. They wanted to know if I’d like to join them for dim sum; I rushed over. We ended up at Chokdee Dim Sum, 45/17 Lamaisongkraw (near soi 2), a bustling, open-air spot [...]
Southern-Style Thai Tea, Iced and Hot (Cha-Yen and Cha-Ron) Had Yai, Thailand – Within a few hours of arriving in Had Yai, I was taken under the wing of a group of single Thai women in their 30s, led by June, a confident professional who carried three phones with her. We started talking in a [...]
Southern Massaman Beef Curry (Gaeng Massaman Neua) Had Yai, Thailand – Fairly recently, Had Yai has gotten a little bad media attention for terrorism that has plagued parts of Thailand’s deep Muslim south. However, violence hasn’t been continuous and I really wanted to see this unique part of the country. Most of us wouldn’t avoid [...]