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Flavours of yesteryear
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 24/05/2013
» They still do exist, you know: real raan khao gaeng _ curry shops _ where the cook pounds the nam prik personally and takes the time to squeeze genuine, fresh coconut cream, separating it into the hua (first pressing) and the haang, instead of opening a container of dairy milk or (in hanging-offence cases) a can of evaporated milk.
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Feeding the 5,000
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 25/01/2013
» There are certain restaurants where the point of the dining experience has less to do with satisfying food than with the overall experience that the establishment delivers. At one end of the spectrum for this kind of place are the "molecular cooking" dining rooms like the late, lamented El Bulli in Spain or, locally, our own Sra Bua where, for a considerable price, one can have the pleasure of conversing with table companions through clouds of vapourising liquid nitrogen while sampling surreal culinary creations, served in dainty portions, in which exquisiteness stands in for more substantial virtues.
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Coming on strong
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 16/11/2012
» Last weekend a shared craving for Isan food sent Ung-aang Talay and some friends to Lat Phrao Soi 101, where there is a branch of the Tam Mua restaurant that had impressed a food-alert neighbour of U-a T's strongly enough to inspire him to mention it twice. It turned out to be an appealingly informal place with customers seated on square stools rather than chairs, simple decor, and the the kind of relaxed atmosphere amenable to long sessions of eating and talking.
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Perfect end to Ramadan
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 24/08/2012
» Soi Chokechai 4 is one of those after-dark eating and convening places (Sukhumvit Soi 38 is another) where open-air restaurants and an army of vendors join forces to offer dishes of all kinds to a surging and noisy crowd.
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Northern heat
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 21/09/2012
» A craving for the nuclear heat of southern Thai food has steered Ung-aang Talay to so many southern food shops recently that when some friends suggested a visit to Gedhawa, a restaurant on Sukhumvit Soi 35 that specialises in northern cuisine, U-a T leapt at the opportunity for a change.
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Cabbie's tip-off yields reward
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 15/06/2012
» Food-alert diners-out know that taxi drivers, like policemen, can be rich sources of information on where to go for a good meal. If you are riding in a cab, begin chatting with the driver, and manage to steer the conversation away from politics you will often be surprised at the wealth of culinary information, including recipes, that will suddenly fill the discourse.
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Serious about noodles
Life, Ung-Aang Talay, Published on 01/06/2012
» The sensibilities of the committed noodle connoisseur are very finely calibrated.
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