Today I made hamburgers. the grocery stores rarely have hamburger buns, so we had to make them on dinner rolls, which actually look neater in the photo anyway. Also, lettuce, tomato, and the like are not the freshest in Asia, so we pretty much do without. I was planning on getting some tomatoes, but they were incredibly old looking, and very small. Nice veggies include potatoes, carrots, and zuchini. We cooked them up with some parsley, which added a pretty color more than it really did flavor. Thanks to my wonderful parents graciously sending BBQ sauce with their latest package, we got to enjoy the burgers like we made them on a grill.
The following day we got Japanese food from a stand that we eat at a lot. They do a really good, authentic (according to people who have been there, not including me), katsu curry. It is basically a savory curry, usually served with pork. I get mine with chicken, but either way, you bread it up, deep fry it, and stick it with some gooey curry and some fresh Japanese rice. While we're on the subject, Japanese rice is quite different. Think the rice you get with sushi. It's got bigger grains, and it's usually a lot stickier and softer.
Also served with a cabbage salad. It's covered with something like thousand island, which I avoid in general, but sometimes can be good.
The following day we got Japanese food from a stand that we eat at a lot. They do a really good, authentic (according to people who have been there, not including me), katsu curry. It is basically a savory curry, usually served with pork. I get mine with chicken, but either way, you bread it up, deep fry it, and stick it with some gooey curry and some fresh Japanese rice. While we're on the subject, Japanese rice is quite different. Think the rice you get with sushi. It's got bigger grains, and it's usually a lot stickier and softer. 
Also served with a cabbage salad. It's covered with something like thousand island, which I avoid in general, but sometimes can be good.
I made the zucchini!
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun to read. When you were on your first trip to Bangkok, Addy asked what you ate so I made (meaning boiled and stirred) a package of some kind of mush from Meijer that claimed to be Thai noodles. All I know is that Addy and I puked it up all night. Seriously. Maybe it happened to coincide with the flu, but it was probably nothing like Thai food anyway. Have any recipes for how we can try to recreate some things here?
ReplyDeleteThe zucchini looks delish, Marc!
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