Southeast Asia

Another great food tour organized by the princess. Taxi into and a cocktail beforehand and off we go. Only four of us on the tour plus the guide. The Dinosaur street market to start…there we tried all kinds of local dishes and I have to say I was full before we got out of there. Everything was so good and there were definitely some interesting sights at the market. (See captions by Caroline.)
This was followed by a bumpy journey which helped move the spicy food around. A restaurant this time where we had more delicious food. I’m now up to my gills.
Back to the bumpy transportation. Sitting above the rear axle is always fun. And yes, another restaurant. (Did we tell you that the food is really inexpensive here). Here we sampled more dishes. I could barely do it. But we persevered.
The final was desert from a street vendor, where I abstained and Caroline wished she had!
Then we went for a final final, and a taxi ride home from there. A good time was had by all. We think. The other two guys might’ve had their personalities surgically removed. 😶

Full rundown of all the food sampled:

Dinosaur market:
* Fish curry over fermented rice noodles with add-your-own shredded veggies
* Northern Thai: larb w/ szechuan pepper; steamed green chilies; jackfruit salad; ground pork & tomato dip, with chicharrones & sticky rice (this is where Donny overdid it)
* Fried sweet potato balls (turtle eggs) (chewy on inside)
* Fried chive pancake
* Sausages with lime-pickled ginger & Thai chile
* Thai “rum”, w/ green mango dipped in chile salt

Restaurant 1: Krua Chadakaew Hua Hin
* Seafood medley (spicy) with aubergine and peppercorns (Donny’s fave)
* Prawns in sour curry with seaweed omelette
* Fried rice with shrimp paste & salad
* Fried larb with blue sticky rice & chile oil
* Kao Soi: Best noodle soup in the world - chicken, egg noodles, coconut milk, yellow Indian curry (Caroline’s favorite)

Restaurant 2:
* Green papaya salad with forest snails
* Fried fish
* Fried pork neck bites
* Hot pot with chicken, prawns, & veggies

Street vendor:
* Weird chewy fruit with sugar syrup, coconut milk, & shaved iceLes mer