Sunday afternoon

As I haven’t really got any thing new to say, I thought I’d start posting images of my life in Thailand. Here’s the first of many (I hope). These were taking this afternoon when I went out for dinner.

Typical Thai cafe offering Thai dishes. You can just about make out the fresh produce in the glass display cabinet: I love that

I’m no expert on English grammar but who thinks this should read “as soon as he can talk, he’ll listen”?

Steak with whole roasted garlic and mushrooms at Zen, a very good Japanese restaurant chain.

Oysters.

This is by far the best curry I have ever had in Thailand. It’s a weird combination, a fried pork cutlet in bread crumbs, potato, carrot, pork meat and onion all topped with a delicious curry sauce.

Unripe mango that is very sour along with a selection of fishy chilly dips. Sour mango with fish infused chilly dip doesn’t sound that nice, but it’s actually pretty darn good!

A close up of the different chilly dips on offer.

I’m a sucker for desserts, but Thai desserts (Kanom) don’t really do it for me: apart from 2 that o’ so near perfect! The first is Mango (ripe) with sweet sticky rice and coconut sauce followed by the above: kanom bueng. They are normally a bit smaller than those in the photo and they consist of a pancake like dough which is spread really thin over a flat grill, topped with a marshmallow like substance and coconut meat - the orange stuff - although it hasn’t really got a strong coconut flavor. If you ever visit Thailand and see kanom bueng for sale (street side) I highly recommend giving these babies a go!