Where we live in Paknam, it is close to the sea, so we have access to a large variety of seafood. Today we will show you how to cook “pla meuk tod”. Our version here is stuffed with minced pork. In the picture of the ingredients below, you can see the washed squid on the [...]
I have visited the Sunee Grand Hotel a few times; this is the newest hotel in Ubon Ratchathani and by far the best in terms of quality and also what it has to offer. I visited to the newly opened S Club Health and Spa a few weeks ago but I couldn’t take too many [...]
The birds of Thailand are numerous and often very colourful, they are also quite resourceful. I have noticed that a lot of the bird life here adapts itself well to the presence of man and other animals taking advantage of the different food sources sometimes inadvertently provided by the host, in fact you may well [...]
I am delighted to announce the publication of Tai Lands and Thailand: Community and State in Southeast Asia. It has been published by National University of Singapore Press, NIAS Press, and University of Hawaii Press. The book is the result of research collaboration that has been going here at the Australian National University over the past six or so years. It features [...]
These two white vented mynah birds were getting a free meal of flies and insects from the back of my neighbours bull yesterday afternoon in Thailand.
Back home we peel our garlic clean before we eat them, that’s what our mothers taught us in the kitchen. The only time we leave the skin on is in certain dishes like Bak Kut Teh (pork bone soup) where we throw the whole glove intact to be boiled forever in the soup.
In Thailand, the [...]
When Wonderful Wi suggested we visit Nong Nooch Botanical and Tropical Gardens it took me by surprise. There I was in Pattaya the sex capital of the world, over 2000 bars, beautiful women and I was being asked to wade through pansies and pose with a rose and have it captured forever on film. So [...]
“He fought like a man so he could become a woman” - Still from the Thai movie Beautiful Boxer
Thailand here has many-a glorious site to feast ones eyes on, besides just a million temples, two million taxis and three million noodle soup stalls we have the one and only ‘Thai ladyboy’. I had decided to [...]
Image courtesy of Tom Varco
The Thailand health care system is quite comprehensive and visiting a doctor in Thailand is relatively cheap. Recently I have used both private medical facilities and the local health care system.
Last month I visited San Paulo private hospital in Hua Hin for an annual check up and more recently I [...]
The recent SW monsoon has served us with a fair bit of rain here in Thailand. This shot of a fast approaching storm cell was taken from my garden a couple of days ago. Usually it goes dark, the wind picks up and then the heavens open.
In the wee hours of the morning they come by genetic instincts to the wet markets. Never alone but in pairs or in packs some will arrive. There will always be that alpha male of a different breed leading and seeking food for the pack. They wonder the narrow lanes of the market, or they [...]
Soi Bukow Soi Bukaow Soi Bukhao.
The Thai language is a tonal language so it doesn’t lend itself well to phonetic spellings due to the fact that the Thai alphabet is centered moreso around sounds than letters like most western languages. So, it’s always funny to me when I see an arguement pop up on [...]
On the first day of every month, we have the Paknam Food Festival in our town down by the river. During the recent event they promoted the sale of traditional Thai food. One of my favourites is this glutinous rice dessert that contains a banana and black eye peas. In Thai it is called “khao [...]
The Nation
Germany has blacklisted fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and vowed to arrest him if he enters the country with a resident permit that was issued illegally, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday.
Chawanon Intarakomarasut, secretary to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya and spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the ministry had obtained a letter from [...]
(Image from here.)
Over recent months there have been a spate of reports in the business pages about the possible sale of the Sepon mine in Laos to the Chinese state-controlled Minmetals Group. (I am currently putting together a longer post with some of this history.) The Sepon gold and copper mine is owned by an Australian company, Oz [...]
TC Kitchen, Ubon Ratchathani Thailand
Bangkok on the Fly, Thailand.
A New Door, A New Journey, Isaan Style.
49 Years of Marriage for John and Nancy.
Nong Ja and Magha Puja Day Thailand 2012
Morning Alms Offering to 8,000 Monks in Bangkok
