{"id":637,"date":"2012-08-07T03:13:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T10:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rtw4four.com\/RTW4Four\/?p=637"},"modified":"2012-08-07T03:14:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T10:14:58","slug":"eating-in-thailand-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtw4four.com\/RTW4Four\/2012\/08\/07\/eating-in-thailand-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating in Thailand – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foods new to us:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rambutan \u2013 The skin looks like a red squishy ball with lots of green hair. It has kind of a grape texture on the inside and a very mild flavor. The edible portion is about the size of peewee chicken egg and includes a seed that looks like an almond.<\/p>\n

Dragon Fruit\u00a0– We ate two varieties: white and pink.\u00a0 Most of the time this fruit was served\u00a0in cut pieces, such as in a fruit salad or on top of a pancake.\u00a0 It was tasty and looked appealing. We also tried a dragon fruit shake and concluded that this beverage taste like drinking cut grass.\u00a0 We did not order it again.<\/p>\n

Thai ice tea \u2013 This is a great drink on a hot afternoon or evening. We discovered that the secret is sweetened condensed milk.<\/p>\n

Soy bean leaves \u2013 We had to do a bit of research to find out what we had eaten one evening at a vegetarian restaurant in Chaing Mai.\u00a0 None of the restaurant employees knew the English word for the food so we went to the internet.\u00a0 We discovered that we had consumed soy bean leaves fried in tempura batter, a very tasty food especially with a spicy sauce.<\/p>\n

Eggplant \u2013 Thai egg plant looks nothing like US or Indian eggplant.\u00a0 We ate two varieties: 1) size of large green peas and crunchy in curries and 2)\u00a0soft golf-ball size and when cooked is very similar to summer squash.<\/p>\n

Rice cracker with watermelon seeds — A sweet and spicy snack that has a texture similar to rice krispies bars<\/p>\n

Seaweed chips \u2013 Lay\u2019s Company makes a seaweed chip that is quite like a Pringles chip in flavor and texture. We tried this and decided once was enough.<\/p>\n

Khao Soi \u2013 This is a very popular noodle dish in Northern Thailand and Thai folk told us that it even originated in Chiang Mai. \u00a0It is like a soup with egg noodles and served with many small bowls of additional ingredients for flavor varieties. Ingredients to add include red onions, pickles, boiled egg, soy sauce, and spicy sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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