Which on a side note, I realize again that who you are at home will probably be who you are while you travel. You never really loose yourself. We maybe stretch and push ourselves, we might try something new but I don't think we go opposite of our basic self. Yes? No?
So we love food at home and are enjoying it immensely here. Each place makes pad thai a little differently and I love them all. Pad Thai is bigger for the tourists than the locals as they prefer rice to noodles. Papaya salad is simply yummy! And the curries (red, green, panang, massaman, khaw soi....) Comfort food with a kick!
All the food in the markets are local and the fruit sweet and delicious. We found one fruit that is new to us. Mangkoot (I keep getting corrected on the pronunciation) and it is slippery with a tart yet sweet flavour close to a lychee nut/orange.....
So glad we don't have allergies or are picky eaters. We may not have tried the crocodile on the menu but we don't complain that there is not whole wheat to be found or gluten free or low fat.....
Like I said, the food is fresh.
I didn't post the gutting/cleaning phase of this process.....
We also love the bang for your buck here when it comes to food. $1 - $2 will get you an amazing bowel of curry or papaya salad from the street vendor, or pay a bit more in a casual restaurant.
Sadly, the wine is expensive and not very good.
So from food found out of the town at a roadside restaurant where the menu is only in Thai and what you get is a surprise, to yummy treats served by street vendors outside of temples. The food is fresh, cheap, delicious and we haven't gotten sick yet!
We are off to a cooking school soon, because like I said, you stay mostly yourself, even when you travel!
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