First Meal: Lunch and dinner are the same

I have decided to have a blog. Seems like the trendy thing to do, so, I am naturally inclined against it. However, since I just can't get enough of delicious treats, I thought I'd share my life like this. Explanations are going to be at a minimum, to be honest, so if you want details, just have to ask!


So I had class today at the Soi 1 office, so I grabbed a quick lunch to take home afterwards. This is an Isaan dish called larb moo. It's basically ground pork, and its cooked with some water is a small pot with chilis, cilantro, some fish sauce, onion, and some other herbs. This one was actually a bit too spicy for me, to the point where I actually couldn't finish it. Thais usually eat it with sticky rice, but I prefer the plain rice. I also picked up some veggie spring rolls from a street vendor on my way back to the train.

For dinner, we got food from one of our favorite places. It's called Polo Chicken. They serve Isaan food in all it's glory.

This is called kaw moo yeung. It is pork (moo), sliced thinly. You usually dip it in a sweet and spicy sauce. Marc's favorite.

I love laarb so much, I didn't mind having it for lunch and dinner. The laarb from Polo is much better than the street laarb, and the price is about the same (about $1 on the street, versus about $1.40). This time I opted to eat it with sticky rice.
This is one of my very favs, though Marc isn't as big a fan as I am. Also, if you ask a Thai person what his or her favorite food is, 90% of the time the answer is SOM TAM. Som tam is a papaya salad. It includes graan papaya (the white-looking strips), tomato, lots of lime juice, little shrimps, green beans, and, of course, lots of Thai chilis. This is also part of Isaan food, and you eat it with sticky rice.
Yummy! It was soo good!