So Kara and Purdy have left for Canada. They had a great trip up to Chang Mai, trekked around in the jungle for a day and a half. Slept on the floor in a village style hut. Probably ate bugs mixed with rice and stuff like that as well that they didn't tell us about but that's ok. It sounded like an amazing trip. We dutifully picked there brains about good and bad and made notes. We also took all maps, business cards, hotel info, etc. So we are set to prompt others who want similar or partial.
Deeds and I have a two day ground package already purchased for Chang Mai and by the sounds of Kara and Purdy we may be taking that to 3 or 4 days to take in some of the stuff they did. So cool.
The first visitors was a total success in my opinion. No real issues on the innkeeper side and I hope that they both enjoyed their stay as well as the stop over style stay they did earlier. We ended the visit with a classic Jer dinner. I walked out to the street and bought four of a lot of things, except spring rolls. Kara is a freak for spring rolls so I had to buy eight knowing she would enjoy a refill. The menu was:
Spicy papaya salad - Deeds swears she will come home with this recipe. I am not sure how we get our hands on fresh green papaya back in Canada but nonetheless you could be eating this on our deck as well as here in Bangkok.
Grilled chicken strips on a stick with a hint of jalapeno and pineapple piece. This dish came with the most fantastic orange sauce. I have had this sauce a few times on other items and I have to find it. Very tasty, not too hot.
Deep fried chicken drum stick. Better than your southern momma ever made. Honestly!
Fresh corn. Corn is boiled in the husk. When you buy this they simply husk it and strip the kernels off the cob and pop it in a bag for you. Anyday, everyday, fresh corn on the cob folks!
Rice. I made about 5 cups of thai basmati rice. A bed for all the street goodies. Just plain steamed rice. You could put the sauces on the meat of mix it right in.
All this was a taste treat and plenty of food for all of us. Eat all your meat and goodies before you top up with the rice. In the future I will add a little fried rice. A Hong Kong tradition. There they eat all the meat and tasty foods. Usually no rice is available. At the end of the meal they bring around a pot of fried rice, each person is given a small bowl and you eat what you can. Just to top up! Very cool process. We have adopted it.
Ohh of course I have to brag about the cost of this. 230 baht. Which is $7.60. I bought 30 baht worth of fresh pineapple for dessert but we were too full to partake.
Well I have some more apartment outfitting to do so I am off to the department store again to buy an ironing board and looking for some potting soil. The backyard herb garden begins soon!
Sawadee Krup
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