whistle said:

so let's review things, Mr Fauxie:

-you live far away from grey, rainy England

-you spend your days getting pissed, dining on exotic food, and presumably shagging your beautiful Asian wife

i kinda hate you.

It's almost unbearably hot right now, so that you take a shower and are drenched in sweat 5 just minutes later. I'm poor and drink cheap, awful beer, the food is not exotic if you live here, and my beautiful Asian wife is a crazy handful, aging me prematurely. I live with my in-laws and I've spent the morning running around after my nephew picking up his toys, and I just 10 mins ago had to clean up his pee from our bedroom floor. Don't hate me

Fauxie said:

I like a lot of the Chinese stuff in Thailand though, like khao man kai (chicken on oily rice), and lots of the soups like kuay jap, for breakfast. Rice porridge is great too (Mon's just gone to buy some for me, in fact ).

I think my favourite Thai dishes have to be the salads and the sour soups. Stuff like somtam, yam tuna, tom yam and tom kha kai.

Also, THE best barbecue/dipping sauce can be found here, one particular bottled brand of 'nam chim suki', that just needs a squeeze of lime juice to attain perfection. I want to take that stuff everywhere I go!

Actually, possibly one of the best things food-wise in Thailand could be the amazing array of delicious fresh fruit.

What's the brand name? I did a Google search, but all that came up were sites about Thai food. I'd like to try it if I can buy it locally or order on line.

Dup.

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The first time I had Thai food was when I was visiting my then girlfriend in Cambridge. It was so damn good. She fried the pad thai real crispy at home and I was hooked!

I love some Tom Yum or Tom Kah Gai.

JerseyKRS said:

The first time I had Thai food was when I was visiting my then girlfriend in Cambridge. It was so damn good. She fried the pad thai real crispy at home and I was hooked!

I love some Tom Yum or Tom Kah Gai.

Hell yes!

Shyra said:

Fauxie said:

I like a lot of the Chinese stuff in Thailand though, like khao man kai (chicken on oily rice), and lots of the soups like kuay jap, for breakfast. Rice porridge is great too (Mon's just gone to buy some for me, in fact ).

I think my favourite Thai dishes have to be the salads and the sour soups. Stuff like somtam, yam tuna, tom yam and tom kha kai.

Also, THE best barbecue/dipping sauce can be found here, one particular bottled brand of 'nam chim suki', that just needs a squeeze of lime juice to attain perfection. I want to take that stuff everywhere I go!

Actually, possibly one of the best things food-wise in Thailand could be the amazing array of delicious fresh fruit.

What's the brand name? I did a Google search, but all that came up were sites about Thai food. I'd like to try it if I can buy it locally or order on line.

I've never looked closely at the label, but I can find out, if we have any left. There are so many brands though, and I think they're local or at least not by major companies. They just come in plastic bottles that all look quite similar but my wife and her family tend to buy the same one each time if possible. All the ones we've had have been good, but I do notice if the sauce isn't that one most tastiest sauce.

Not sure if it's just 'nam chim' (sauce) suki (for suki yaki) or whether it's specifically for what we have it with, Thai-style barbecue 'moo grata'

A 'grata'...

I'm yet to have a Thai dish that I like.

Billmenever said:

I'm yet to have a Thai dish that I like.

Impossible!

What kind of foods do you normally like? I would've thought Thai food would have at least something for everyone.

JerseyKRS said:

The first time I had Thai food was when I was visiting my then girlfriend in Cambridge. It was so damn good. She fried the pad thai real crispy at home and I was hooked!

I love some Tom Yum or Tom Kah Gai.

Ummm!!! Those two are my favorites, after those I would knock an old lady down the stairs for Thai meat salads. My number one favorites are Laab Mu (Minced Pork) or Nam Tok (Thai Beef):

and because I'm such a lazy cook these days, I always pick up a few packets of these from the local Asian grocery to help me out:

THE best 75 cent invention ever known to a kitchen!

yes! i'm taking the veggie option with (sweet) potato and collard and pea green curry - i've almost resorted to bulk buying wholesale tubs of chilli paste from Amazon! (found a salt free version which should keep it Ital).

Cx

you may be right, but i wouldn't put it that way, dear.

Thai food is the motherfucking BOMBDOTCOM.

I worked in a Thai restaurant for a few months when I was about 15. The pay was awful and the manager, chefs and waitresses spoke barely any English. However, at the end of the night we all ate together, and the chefs would make certain dishes that were not even on the menu, and were way better than what was on the menu.

That's pretty much the only reason I stayed working there for as long as I did.

My wife just hipped me to a place in Portland called Chai Thai, and their food was delicious

Ottensen said:

JerseyKRS said:

The first time I had Thai food was when I was visiting my then girlfriend in Cambridge. It was so damn good. She fried the pad thai real crispy at home and I was hooked!

I love some Tom Yum or Tom Kah Gai.

Ummm!!! Those two are my favorites, after those I would knock an old lady down the stairs for Thai meat salads. My number one favorites are Laab Mu (Minced Pork) or Nam Tok (Thai Beef):

and because I'm such a lazy cook these days, I always pick up a few packets of these from the local Asian grocery to help me out:

THE best 75 cent invention ever known to a kitchen!

Oooooo, who you tellin, girl! I love me some Larb Gai!

Militant said:

Thai food is the motherfucking BOMBDOTCOM.

I worked in a Thai restaurant for a few months when I was about 15. The pay was awful and the manager, chefs and waitresses spoke barely any English. However, at the end of the night we all ate together, and the chefs would make certain dishes that were not even on the menu, and were way better than what was on the menu.

That's pretty much the only reason I stayed working there for as long as I did.

My wife just hipped me to a place in Portland called Chai Thai, and their food was delicious

Militant, You do not know me. I do not know you. Yet, I wanna say...I love you.

Your post are the motherfucking BOMBDOTCOM

Forgot about larb. Good shit.

thanks to this thread, I am going to RSVP to a grade one mums dinner out to Little Thai Cafe. The lengths I will go to to get some Thai in me

ZombieKitten said:

thanks to this thread, I am going to RSVP to a grade one mums dinner out to Little Thai Cafe. The lengths I will go to to get some Thai in me

Looking forward later to us all going to the farang supermarket to get some good steak. We're going to have olives stuffed with anchovies and some other little nibbles for starters. It's all really expensive imported stuff, two or three times the normal price. The lengths we'll go to get some western food in us.

famous said:

Militant said:

Thai food is the motherfucking BOMBDOTCOM.

I worked in a Thai restaurant for a few months when I was about 15. The pay was awful and the manager, chefs and waitresses spoke barely any English. However, at the end of the night we all ate together, and the chefs would make certain dishes that were not even on the menu, and were way better than what was on the menu.

That's pretty much the only reason I stayed working there for as long as I did.

My wife just hipped me to a place in Portland called Chai Thai, and their food was delicious

Militant, You do not know me. I do not know you. Yet, I wanna say...I love you.

Your post are the motherfucking BOMBDOTCOM

lol... thank you

Fauxie said:

ZombieKitten said:

thanks to this thread, I am going to RSVP to a grade one mums dinner out to Little Thai Cafe. The lengths I will go to to get some Thai in me

Looking forward later to us all going to the farang supermarket to get some good steak. We're going to have olives stuffed with anchovies and some other little nibbles for starters. It's all really expensive imported stuff, two or three times the normal price. The lengths we'll go to get some western food in us.

Probably just a reaction to yesterday though, having rented a minivan and gone to the beach at Jomtien. We had grilled squid, shrimp, crab, khao phad kai, and several kilos of mussels. It was good, but I need some steak today!

Do they have this on menus in Thai restaurants in the west?

rad na (this is rad na moo sen yai - the wide, flat noodles and pork in gravy)

So good!

Fauxie said:

Fauxie said:

Looking forward later to us all going to the farang supermarket to get some good steak. We're going to have olives stuffed with anchovies and some other little nibbles for starters. It's all really expensive imported stuff, two or three times the normal price. The lengths we'll go to get some western food in us.

Probably just a reaction to yesterday though, having rented a minivan and gone to the beach at Jomtien. We had grilled squid, shrimp, crab, khao phad kai, and several kilos of mussels. It was good, but I need some steak today!

you were supposed to get steak (and a blow job YESTERDAY)

ZombieKitten said:

Fauxie said:

Probably just a reaction to yesterday though, having rented a minivan and gone to the beach at Jomtien. We had grilled squid, shrimp, crab, khao phad kai, and several kilos of mussels. It was good, but I need some steak today!

you were supposed to get steak (and a blow job YESTERDAY)

I was? Why?

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Fish stomach soup Mon and I had this at our wedding reception

Fauxie said:

ZombieKitten said:

you were supposed to get steak (and a blow job YESTERDAY)

I was? Why?

http://www.breakfastmeat....bjday.html

This thread got me straight-up feenin' for some Thai food now. It's all I can think about right now.

I think I should treat myself. I've eaten almost nothing in the last 3 days because my stomach has been hurting so bad. But all the places round here are like.... fancy restaurants. I ain't about to go on my own!

hmmmm.....

ZombieKitten said:

Fauxie said:

I was? Why?

http://www.breakfastmeat....bjday.html

Oh. I'll show that to the missus and see if we can't celebrate it a day late.

No steak tonight, but awesome grilled pork with dipping sauce (do I need to say Thai dipping sauce? Sounds odd), grilled squid, some kind of oysters, and sour unripe mango instead. Until it absolutely poured down with rain, that is. Inside now, hoping it'll pass soon. No way I can make it to the corner shop for more beer, ice, and soda for the folks drinking this homemade fruity spirit my brother in law brought over from Switzerland. Cards to come later, no doubt.

khaw moo yang... (grilled pork neck)

Not my pic. Same kind of sauce though

Militant said:

This thread got me straight-up feenin' for some Thai food now. It's all I can think about right now.

I think I should treat myself. I've eaten almost nothing in the last 3 days because my stomach has been hurting so bad. But all the places round here are like.... fancy restaurants. I ain't about to go on my own!

hmmmm.....

Lets hit it! I'll pick you up about 8. Is that cool? Damn thread It made me go out and get some pad thai for the first time last night. I wanted to like it , but those bitches didn't make it right! so I got home wit it and transformed it. I call it 'Famous' Thai. That Shit was Dee-motherfuckin-Lish!