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Insects Anyone?

Posted in Asian, Bangkok, Birds, Bugs, Deep-Fried Food, Snacks, Travel, street food, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Sorry for the lack of posts – traveled a total of over 7 wks (mostly to visit friends and family) and can’t seem to quite recover yet.  It doesn’t help that I just started a new full-time job so I’m exhausted as hell.  Do you know how hard it is to go through thousands of [...]

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Street Stalls, Bangkok

Posted in Asian, Bangkok, Snacks, Travel, street food, tagged , , on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I am not a wimp but my gut isn’t what it used to be.  I went to Bangkok with EVERY intention on actually eating food off street stalls because they are often very tasty and authentic.  Some of my best memories of eating throughout Mexico were the dodgy-looking tacos, ice creams and grilled corns from [...]

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Street-fried Taro Chips Bangkok

Posted in Asian, Bangkok, Deep-Fried Food, Snacks, Travel, tagged , , on October 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »

This photo was taken on a random street in Bangkok on our search for Chote Chitr restaurant (reviewed on NPR and NY Times – story on that later), it was very near to the restaurant on the main road.  Although the weather was scorching hot and humid, I just couldn’t pass by these hot treats [...]

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Ajisen Ramen Comes to SA

Posted in Asian, Japanese, Restaurant, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Adelaide doesn’t have a huge Japanese population compared to the big three (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane) but we do have our share of half-decent sushi places (that are actually run by Japanese, which most aren’t).  Our Chinese and S.E. Asian population on the other hand is very healthy and growing each year.  I am happily [...]

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Japanese-style Fried Oysters

Posted in Asian, Deep-Fried Food, Japanese, Oysters, Seafood, tagged , , , , , on July 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I LOVE oysters.  This is surprising because I hated them as a kid and when I tried my first raw oyster in the mid-90s (at the London Beer Show) , I got violently ill.  Instead of putting me off of oysters for life, I fell in love with them and even did an in-depth study [...]

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