Tom Ka seafood soup with fresh Thai basil. Fresh ginger, octopus, shrimp with the heads on, fresh coconut, chiles and lemon grass
Fried rice with soft shell crap from the region
Fried Thai Sea Bass with a spicy green mango sauce
Morning glory greens that taste fresh and a little sweet
A sweet fish sauce with yet more green chiles.
This picture is horrible and does not do this banquet justice
For breakfast it was grilled chicken which had been smothered in lemongrass and ginger and slow cooked til the meat fell off the bone and then Hacked up into squares for easy grabbing with fingers accompanied by bags of sticky rice and a sweet and tangy tamarind chile sauce for dipping small balls of the rice into with your hands.
All of this was followed by driving and strolling thru Buddhist temples and gardens in the near hillsides of Pattaya and our friends local monastery which is closed to the public. I learned a lot about monks and Buddhism today, as well as daily life of the Thai people from our friend. So much more in one day then our full month five years ago. I feel grateful for the opportunity to catch up with our old friend and favorite delicious foods we've missed while discovering a new Thai city we've never been before. Being back in Thailand is comforting.
It's a great start to a new adventure. Now if only I could sleep at a normal hour (it's 1am and I'm wide awake) anticipating our next leg into the unknown.
1 comment:
Sounds yummy! That breakfast certainly sounds like a change from a "typical" American breakfast! :)
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