Thread: Lunch ... the second course

That looks very nice Topper! What are the curly things?


Well, I must be doing something right because the wife plonked down a larb moo in front of me today, my favourite.



This sort of thing always makes me a bit nervous... I've checked the calendar and there's no Birthdays today but something must be afoot.

There's no such thing as a free favourite lunch...

Those curly things look like fried pork rinds to me.

Couple of good dishes from Topper and our resident passport expert, let's drag things back to a more normal TD level with a frozen butter chicken and chips

Originally Posted by aging one

Those curly things look like fried pork rinds to me.

I'd say they're curly fries which are quite common in 'da PI.

^ I first thought that, but they are so thinly cut.

^Potatoes might be the latest shortage crisis over there after onions recently reached the same price as gold

I'll bet you a green they're spuds, and await Topper's reply.

Originally Posted by Mendip

This sort of thing always makes me a bit nervous

how long does paraquat poisoning through unwashed veg take?

Originally Posted by aging one

Those curly things look like fried pork rinds to me.

i'm going onion rings

Hey Mendy, just curious and an honest question no hidden agenda, do you eat anything with chili's? I've noticed that none of your Thai dishes look like what most eat here. The Larb Moo looks like ground pork with Veggies as a side

I know many foreigners do not eat spicey food here and many I know hate it which is surprising to me being it must be hard to make a dish excluding it.

^ I do eat chillies, no problem but I certainly don't like food anywhere near as spicy as the wife eats. I try one forkful of her food and that's the end of the meal for me.

Those little red bits in the larb moo were pieces of chilli. I usually ask for 'pet nitnoi' but seem to end up with anything between bland and something that nearly blows my head off.

Originally Posted by Mendip

. I usually ask for 'pet nitnoi' but seem to end up with anything between bland and something that nearly blows my head off.

Hahahaha. Good point. I eat extremely spicy food. In fact opposite of you, my wife can't eat the food she makes for me because she says PET MAK, same her sister. It's always funny at restaurants because they always assume the foreigner wont eat spicy food and when I say Pet Mak they always look at my wife for approval and then they all laugh.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Mendip

I've checked the calendar and there's no Birthdays today but something must be afoot.

There's no such thing as a free favourite lunch...

And did you see today's date?


Tomorrow's Valentine's Day so get shopping down at the jewellery store.

^^ Something I find interesting about Thais is that they can generally eat very hot food with chilli heat but can't take mustard heat. I can't take the chilli but can eat a ham sandwich with a half inch smear of Coleman's English mustard no problem, but even a small smidgen of mustard will get the wife snorting like a horse.

If I'm bored I'll sometimes make the wife a sandwich and hide a bit of mustard inside. It really is funny to watch.


^ Bladdy hell, that could be it. I'd better jump in the shower tonight!

Yeah Valentines day is tomorrow. I have to say I am extremely happy my wife doesn't even acknowledge it. To us it's just another day which I appreciate immensely. In the states it's a whack holiday. People spend hundreds, sometimes thousands, with flowers, balloons, dinner and it's an expectation with most which is annoying as I always hated Valentines Day. It is nothing more than a consumer holiday to sell flowers, cards, balloons and gifts and BS.

Originally Posted by Mendip

but even a small smidgen of mustard will get the wife snorting like a horse.

My wife has tried some mustard in the US with horseradish. She said it wasn't bad but didn't understand what food it would work with.

However when we go have Sushi she stays away from Wasabi, says the stuff burns her nose.

Originally Posted by Stumpy

In fact opposite of you, my wife can't eat the food she makes for me because she says PET MAK

I'm the same but i find i have to ease off after a few days as it gives me heartburn - another getting old issue i suspect

^ TDCSI needs to go back to school

Originally Posted by Topper

They're fried yam

That's annoying... I was going to say yam.

^And you'd have posted that if the Cabal hadn't called and dragged you away from your keyboard on a clandestine mission being air-dropped into Northern China I suppose

Yam fries (curly or otherwise) is a new one on me, won't be in any hurry to try them after Topper's thoughts on how they taste though.

^ Yeah, I did have a busy afternoon yesterday!

My only experience of yams was when I lived in Kuantan in Malaysia. We used to go to this seafood restaurant and they had this dish called a 'yam basket' which was a yam filled with shrimps and stuff... maybe some soft shelled peeler crabs as well. I seem to remember it was really nice.

Originally Posted by Mendip

^^ Something I find interesting about Thais is that they can generally eat very hot food with chilli heat but can't take mustard heat. I can't take the chilli but can eat a ham sandwich with a half inch smear of Coleman's English mustard no problem, but even a small smidgen of mustard will get the wife snorting like a horse.

If I'm bored I'll sometimes make the wife a sandwich and hide a bit of mustard inside. It really is funny to watch.


^ Bladdy hell, that could be it. I'd better jump in the shower tonight!

That's a good point..I'm a pussy with chilli in my food it's gotta be pet nit noi same as you but I fooking love mustard the wife hates it .I definitely enjoy wasabi but the wife not much. Anyway I was luckily reminded that it was valentines day today, so took her out for a chinky, chicken feet for her, and duck for me, jobs a goodun

Surprised you found a place that lets you eat off the menu today instead of buffet at 3x normal price!

Little bowl of Tom Yung goong......Pet Mak and Aroi mak.

^ That looks nice