However, we have also discovered a lovely little vegetarian place a bit further down the road, so just to ring the changes a bit we occasionally go there. It also means I get a bit more choice of food! Today I had a lovely noodle soup, to which I bravely added a small (nid-noy) amount of chilli. We have been advised to build up slowly to Thai levels!
Today I also tried a dragon fruit for the first time. This is not a native fruit of Thailand, but comes from Vietnam. It takes some getting in to, as it has a very thick and waxy skin. Inside, it is rather like a large, white kiwi fruit, in terms of texture and appearance. It is quite juicy, but, disappointingly after all that effort, doesn't actually taste of very much!
Try it in yoghurt if you get the chance. I had dragon fruit every morning while in Cambodia and loved it! Ours were very sweet and very much like a kiwi. Sometimes they were pink on the inside too. Cx
ReplyDelete5555+Heather,I know that day you came & my sister asked me to talk with you about the mushroom.
ReplyDeleteThe picture for the noodle show as above is "Sen Lek Naam" (Thin rice noodles soup)
you may have more choice for the noodle Ex.
->"Sen Lek heang"(Thin rice noodles without soup+add more topped;lemon & peanut)
->"Sen Lek Yen Ta Fo" (Thin rice noodles soup+Brewed bean curd)
->"Rad Nhar" (Fried noodle & thick soup + mixed veg.)
->"Pad See Ew" (Fried noodle & sweet soy sauce + mixed veg.)
->"Pad Thai" (Fried thin noodle+ bean shoots + tofu &else +topped; peanut & lemon)
Moreover,
**"Sen yai"(wide noodles), "Sen Lek"(Thin noodles),"Sen mee"(Very thin noodle), "Naam"(Soup),"Heang"(dry noodle without soup),"Kin tee nee"(Eat here), "Sai tung"(Take away)***many thanks to visit our small veg. house//Ann:)
Wow, that's quite a list! I'll have to try some of those. Thank you! :-)
ReplyDeleteI well remember the cafe in Maputo where we sat with our dictionary open... and the confusion on the faces of the waitresses at our ordering, and then questioning what arrived!
ReplyDeleteAs for the dragon fruit - sounds as if it's named for its skin; I can't imagine anyone would know what the flesh of a dragon looks/tastes like!