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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Deep-Fried Food’ Category
Insects Anyone?
Posted in Asian, Bangkok, Birds, Bugs, Deep-Fried Food, Snacks, Travel, street food, tagged Andrew Zimmerman, Anthony Bourdain, Bangkok, Chatuchak, Eating Bugs, entomology, entomorphogy, Fried Bugs, Fried Cockroaches, silkworm cocoons on November 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Street-fried Taro Chips Bangkok
Posted in Asian, Bangkok, Deep-Fried Food, Snacks, Travel, tagged Bangkok, fried taro, taro chips 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 [...]
Japanese-style Fried Oysters
Posted in Asian, Deep-Fried Food, Japanese, Oysters, Seafood, tagged Japanese, kaki fry, oyster fry, Oysters, panko, tonkatsu sauce 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 [...]
