July 3rd, 2008 — Food
Commuters heading to work on a steamy Bangkok morning are in for a surprise if they stop for a refreshing bottle of orange juice: a heavy pinch of salt. While the flavor may be off-putting to some, it’s actually for their own health, as it helps replace the salt lost from sweating in the tropical heat.
July 2nd, 2008 — Food
These Thai sweets are known as ‘foi thung’- golden threads- due to their use of egg yolks. And while they’re often referred to as being a ‘traditional’ Thai dessert, they have their origin in the egg custards made by early Portuguese traders- though it’s unlikely that tourists from Lisbon will see anything in familiar these sticky palm-sugar sweets.
July 1st, 2008 — Bangkok
Even though it might be a festival, you shouldn’t tell these girls waiting to be dunked that they should be having fun.
