Then we got to Khon Kean. There was food everywhere. Really good sausages flavoured with lemongrass and chilli. Whole fish crusted in sea salt and grilled over charcoal. Phad Thai and Som Tam Talay made to order and the freshest fruit you've ever had. Here are a few of my favourites.
A typical Thai kitchen. Everything is cooked over charcoal and there are no sinks to be found.
Suckling Pig. This big boy was devoured in less than 30 minutes.
Salt crusted fish. It looked like tilapia but the texture was more like bream.
Phad Thai to made to order.
The whole street smelled of dried shrimp and fish sauce.
Some kind of local rodent. I went back to try it later and it was sold out. It's on my list for next time.
Scorpions.
Whole fried frogs. Frogs legs are pretty popular as well. I had some at the Westin in Bangkok cooked "Ras al Hanout".
Roaches, crickets, grasshoppers, maggots and mealworms. It was quite a buffet. There were too many items to choose from so...
I got a bag with all of the assorted goodies. They're fried with pandan leaf, which has a mild popcorn taste, so assumed that they would taste like popcorn.
Boy, was I wrong! More like crunchy salty oil. They're not bad when they're fresh, but it looses it's appeal as they become soft from the humidity. Then it taste more like salty oily sponge.
I washed it down with my favourite Thai food.
And went in search of something a little more palatable. There are these "Food Fairs" on all the busy streets serving up mostly fresh seafood made to order. I didn't think that lobster would get rid of the sponge flavour still lingering in my mouth so I continued my search.
And then I found it. YakuzaBurger! A half pound of Australian beef covered in cheese and bacon and mushrooms washed down with more of my favourite Thai food. Lucy wouldn't kiss me for a couple of days.
