Monday, August 17, 2009

Street food

If you're in a hurry and don't want to make for a street vendor to make soup, or salad, or some kind of meat dish, most places sell what I call "tub food", not to be confused with tubgirl, of course.
Tub food is basically made in bulk, and presented in rectangular tin tubs. There is no 'list of ingredients' on these tubs, naturally, but if you look closely you can usually figure out the 3 important aspects of it:
Q: What kind of meat is it? A: Fish, chicken, pork, beef, squid
Q: Is it full of bones A: Likely
Q: Is the acid from the chilies going to disintegrate my tongue? A: Let's hope not.The one I picked out today was a pretty good choice. It is fish balls, which is better than whole fish, because I don't think anyone cleans the fish before chopping it into chunks and throwing it in. Fish balls are just ground fish meat, rolled together. Here I could actually see palm prints in them from where someone smashed them in their hands before cooking. Yummy. In this one there are also mini eggplants, which I have really grown to like.

Another street food you can try, if you're not as brave as me, is just having a nice refreshing bottle of orange juice or a fresh coconut. If you can wake the guy up, that is

Sorry for the skipping out on this info. This is the honey grilled chicken from Cabbages and Condoms on Soi 12. The money from the restaurant goes to HIV/AIDS prevention and education. When my parents come in November, this is one place that we will be sure to hit.
Our food is guaranteed not to cause pregnancy.

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