Category Archives: Food

Where’s the Beef?

February 18, 2008 – 7:06 am

The best hamburger in the world came from Simpson’s Grove outside Portland. No trace of this heavenly hamburger stand exists on the internet. The buns were toasted, the sauce was a mild relish/ketchup combo, cheddar cheese melting over the edges, and an all-beef pattie sizzling with grilled fat. Yummy. The best steak came from a […]

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Bad Idea Bio-Fuel

January 28, 2008 – 2:51 am

My wife hails from rural Thailand. Her village is called Ban Nam Poo. Not Ban Nok or ‘bird village’, as the Thais derisively call these forgotten communities off the gird. Farmers in Ban Nam Poo have grown rice for generations. Enough to eat. Enough to trade. Enough to make lao khao. They survived Thaksin 3-harvest […]

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Bangkok Governor Discovers non-eating Beatles

November 28, 2007 – 12:00 am

Thais eat insects of all sizes. Larva, crickets, scorpions, giant waterbugs. During a promotional visit to Liverpool the Bangkok Governor was invited to the Beatles Museum. he resisted smacking his lips, but was disappointed to discover English Beatles had nothing to do with food. A smile hid his chagrin, as schoolchildren sang ‘Ob La Di […]

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Fried Rat – Thai Country Cuisine

November 7, 2007 – 11:59 pm

This weekend in the country the nights were cold. Saturday evening my wife’s brother-in-law, his friends, and I drank rice whiskey around a fire. Halfway through the second bottle a young man entered the circle of light. A long small-bore rifle rested on his shoulder and he lifted a large plastic bag. At first I thought […]

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All you can eat Thai Food in London

September 18, 2007 – 4:15 am

Taking a break from my internet porno research, I stumbled on www.hippiehopper.com a UK green website and they mentioned a Thai ‘all you can eat’ veggie buffet in London. Pattaya has a great number of ‘all you can eat’ establishments, most notably the Winchester Arms in Jomtien, which feautres a Sunday feedbag for short-timers. ribs, […]

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