Tag: strange food

One reason I like Thai food is the diversity of flavors. A good Thai meal will have something sweet, something sour, something spicy, something salty, something bland, and something bitter. Last night our waitress asked us if we wanted to add ________ to one of the dishes we ordered to make it more bitter. One […]

I’ve gotten a little behind in writing (among other things). This is just a quick one to let those of you who enjoy tracking my diet know that I’ve now eaten grubs and snails. I’m not a big fan of either, but I would definitely choose grubs over snails.

Tonight I was eating with friends. It is hard to tell what is in mashed-up-food dishes. (A lot of Isaan food is mashed fish and herbs, or mashed ants, or mashed chicken, . . .) To get a better idea of what I was eating I asked how the dishes were made. The first dish […]

Today Pi Lek gave me a jar of honey pickled garlic. I asked how to eat them. He said just to eat them right out of the jar. So I have been doing so. They’re good. You’re probably lucky I’m not breathing on you.

Last night a neighbor invited me to celebrate his birthday with some family and friends. We went to a buffet that, among other things, served shrimp, crickets, frogs, fruit, and ice cream. P.S. the cost was about $3.75