Sustenance and other stuff…

Eating out can be quite an experience here in Bangkok.  Of course there are malls where we can get Pizza Hut, Burger King, McD’s and KFC.  But right on our street are vendors fully willing to sell you what they got.  Now when we first got here (and really still) we cannot speak thai nor read thai, so we have to order from places that have pictures or the menu in English and thai.  Our favorite place is Yellow Yellow (It’s so good; you have to say it twice).

 So in Singapore there was a huge Muslim presence making many restaurants Halal (no pork, mainly).  Thailand is very Buddhist and they LOVE their pork products!  The problem, it's not like American pork;  bacon and ham are still expensive here, but this entire case is pork products on a stick; cause really isn't this the best way to eat food, on a stick?  You pick out what you want and they have a little charcoal grill going that they cook it on.

I think I may miss the fruit stall the most if we leave Thailand.  No more peeling or cutting off tough outer skin; they have done it all for you.  I pay about $0.30 for pineapple, cantaloupe, watermelon, or guava; all ready to eat (with a stick of course!)

This is the strip right next to the street.

I think of this as the classic pick and point.  Decide what looks the best, point at it and they put it on a plate for you.

 

All the food stalls are on the left side of the street, hiding in the shade!

These are the stalls under the car park right next to our building. This is where we get our cheap Starbucks!  $1.30 for my "cocoa  blended".  Oh and the fruit smoothie lady!!  She has a big crush on Steve!!  It is hilarious!  She will be polite to me, but when Steve comes, she gushes!  All in thai of course, so we have no idea what she is saying exactly, but her actions speak very loudly!!