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Cold Jasmine Rice in Hot Weather
Thailand's hot season, which felt hotter than normal this year but according to the weather service was not, is just winding up. One of the few positives to the hot season is that many restaurants serve a seasonal specia… -
Dining in Bangkok: Krua Apsorn
A few weeks ago, I accompanied my friend Chow for lunch at Krua Apsorn. Chow, who is the author of Bangkok's Top 50 Street Food Stalls, was researching restaurants for an article in an Australian airline's inflight maga… -
Food in Bangkok: Prik Yuak
Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market is popular among locals and visitors alike for its almost endless maze of vendors selling everything from fashion to frogs, souvenir trinkets to silverware for your dinner table. Shopp… -
Riding Around to View the Flood
Sunday morning, the city quiet as many residents have fled the flooding, I rode my bicycle for a first-hand look at the situation in the old city and along the river. What I found was not as bad as flooding further nort… -
Updated Final Time: Some Information about the Flooding
Updated - Third video added. This is the last time I'll time stamp this! Tawn shared this very cute and informative 4-minute video clip with me, which explains what is happening with the flooding and why the risk to Ba… -
Thai Desserts
As we wait patiently for updates as to the flooding risk in Bangkok...It has been a while since I've done an entry about food, so I thought I would share with you the plate full of Thai desserts that Tawn brought for me… -
Flooding in Thailand
You have perhaps heard that since August, Thailand has been coping with the worst flooding the country has experienced in 50 years. From the far north in Chiang Mai and other mountainous provinces, through the central p… -
Egg Sausage
One commenter on my previous entry about making sausage expressed surprise about sausage being a part of Thai cuisine. Sure enough, Thais like stuffed intestines just as much as about everyone else! After posting the e… -
Helping Abandoned Buildings Shape Up
The skyline of Bangkok bristles with the skeletons of unfinished buildings. These ghostly structures, frozen in various states of incompletion, number in the hundreds and most are a result of the Asian economic crisis o… -
Preparing a Lavish Dinner
Saturday night, my friend Nat and I hosted a lavish dinner, some ten courses for a dozen or so guests, held at his house. The preparations took twelve hours and we were assisted by six staff members. In the end, despit…
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Cold Jasmine Rice in Hot Weather
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On the Ice in Bangkok
Near the end of school break (which runs from Marc...
