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Thai Food

One of the many great things about Thailand: the incredible variety of food.

Story by Dustin Johnston 03 de December de 2015
An assortment of meats and egg wrapped and deep fried, and served with sweet and spicy dipping sauces.
Simple yet delicious. Coconut ice cream, served in a halved coconut and topped with peanuts and chocolate sauce.
A personal favorite, miang kham, is toasted coconut, lime, sugar sauce, peanuts, ginger, onion, peppers and dried shrimp wrapped in a leaf.
We were so excited to visit Napat's Closet at Chatuchak Market! She is an instagram star famous for her creative (and mostly western) foods.
With so many other amazing foods to eat, we never tried any deep fried insects.
Pad thai noodles, ready in waiting.
An assortment of fish and curries for sale on the street.
This girl loves herself some fresh coconut water.
Part of the backpacker party culture, buckets are a cheap and easy way to get drunk.
Fresh catches on display on Ko Phi Phi.
My only disappointment with the Thai food was that rambutans and mangosteens were out of season. :(
The best fried chicken I've ever had.
My style of Thai breakfast: fried chicken, sticky rice, fried rice and a little pad thai.
One of the more unique Thai fruits we tried - I can't remember the name though!
So many delicious whole fish preparations to try.
A+ for this pineapple fried rice presentation.
All my friends could tell me was that these were "like shrimp." We concluded they were something like mini crabs but still don't really know
This coconut soup was probably the best I've ever had. I'm getting hungry again just looking at it.
Beef fried with garlic, som tam, and some mixed vegetable stirfry.
One of the more unique dishes we ate was this seaweed, called "sa-lai" in Thai or sometimes referred to as "sea grapes" in English.
This fish, called "blah duk" in Thai was shredded, deep fried, and then served back on the same body with cashews, papaya, etc.
Another incredible whole fish dish. The white "balls" you see are fish roe.
Another simple but delicious dish, a rice soup we enjoyed for breakfast.
Our only non-Thai meal was this array of Vietnamese food.
One of our few homecooked meals of the trip was this "Thanksgiving" dinner we had with my old host family.
Hard to beat this grilled beef with "jaew" dipping sauce.
According to Carol, this was the best grilled chicken she ever had in her life.
Lotus flowers make for some of the most photogenic and fun-to-eat foods I've ever tried.
If I had to eat the same meal every day for the rest of my life, this might be it.
This cook's wok skills were impressive.
A "hot pot" meal we had as our farewell dinner in Isan.
Hot pot detail, showing the delicious meat grilling as well as the brothy-goodness cooking the vegetables.
Footnote: Photos by Dustin Johnston // Twitter, Instagram: @DJPhotoVideo // www.dustinphotovideo.com
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