Most farangs steer away from spicy Thai foods.
Chili riot in their stomachs like a Indonesian mob amok on palm wine.
I was brought up on Mexican food, so Thai cuisine was almost mild, however the spicy mango salad som tam fiercely competes with any dish from South of the Border in the USA.
Thai women revel in this salad. The spicier the better. So hot sweat formed on their upper lip. The next morning they groan in agony. “Jep thong.”
“Som mon nah.” I laugh having refrained from eating som tam with fermented crab Pudong or fermented fish plara.
A deadly combination as a Satthahip Swede fatally discovered this weekend.
Takign up the challenge from friends, he tasted a little. All was fine at first, but he later developed a case of diarrhea.
His female friend suggested a visit to the hospital.
He said, “No.”
The next morning he was found in his room DOA.
The police suspect no foul play.
Poor Swede. Wish he had stayed away from som tam. When I mentioned this to Mint of Soi 6 fame, she said, “Food not clean. Many people die from som tam.Thai too.”
So you farangs of weak stomach, sometimes a belly ache is more than a belly ache and som tam is more than an acquired taste for Viking blood.
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