Japanese-Thai

Oishi is a Thai restaurant and brand name that is everywhere. It is supposed to be Japanese-sounding, and it actually had me fooled for a long time that it was from Japan. So they sell food in 7-11, tea, and have lots of places to eat, like sushi bars and noodle joints. We like to go to Oishi Ramen on the 3rd floor of the mall near our apartment. It's cheap, and we can walk there. What more can you ask for?

So this is the tom yuum noodle soup. It is spicy with egg noodles. Normally, tom yaam doesn't have noodles in it, but I appreciated it. It also has slices of slow-cooked pork, cap mushrooms, and some sprouts. The broth was spicy and sour.

We also like gyoza, a Japanese dumpling with pork. You can pan fry them, but I think these ones were baked. The outside is crispy and a bit chewy, and they drizzle it with a sweet seseame sauce. Yum!

For lunch I will often get food from Soi 1 where I work, and bring it home for Marc and I. This time I stopped at a food market and got kao moo daeng. It means 'red pork', which is decidedly baconish, which, naturally, I like. It think it's from cooking it with some kind of sweet marinade. It also comes with crispy pork, which is literally a thick slab of bacon that is deep fried, then cut into cubes. Generally you eat it with plain rice, covered in a sweet and savory sauce, like in the photo.