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Do you guys like eating snakes? Because I absolutely love it! Snakes have a very distinct, unique aroma.

🐸The preparation is quite raw. The frogs are washed, left in water to purge, and then skewered alive. Honestly, it seems to me like Isan people cook everything alive here; that's just the culture in this

Essentially, SomTumPuPlaRa is the famous "TumLao" but with the critical addition of salted field crabs. It’s a variation loved across both Laos and Thailand, and it is the dish that truly defines

Isaan food is the best Thai food in my opinion, and this is one of the best and most common ones

It's cheap, it's awesome.... and it's available everywhere. What else could you ask for?

Here come another som tum meal. I love Som Tum, this Thai style green papaya salad with all the flavors you can imagine, salty, sweet, sour, spicy and umami! This is a new place I have tried recently,

Ok, tell me if this is not one hella super duper cool way of drinking any kind of drinks or in this case, alcoholic drinks. I just found out about this drink not too long ago when we were traveling around

Whaaa here come another papaya salad post. I just can't stop eating them! (and the reason why I can't stop sharing..) It's that good that I wanna insist enough so that next time you come to Thailand, you

What attracted us to this restaurant in the first place is the name! Sounds like a fun place to eat! Then we started reading the reviews and found out that it's an Isaan food franchise sold across many

You know I'm a foodie if you have been following my blog for a while. There's not so many reasons that would make me feel in love with any hotel. A soft bed, good service, strong shower and maybe.. a really

Steamed veggies with spicy dipping sauce Tum Dong Dang! or Dong Dang Salad Dong Dang a little closer Khao Poon Hon Just fried chicken wings but dang! aren't they so crispy, well-marinated and super delicious!

You gotta! People (foreigners especially) always ask me what's my most favorite Thai food. Noodle soup is one of them for sure (Joy, @joythewanderer knows it!) but one food set I can never get bored of

Purple Swamphen in my backyard.

When my cousin got married to his thai wife...we were invited and it was the most amazing wedding we have ever been to. With all the traditional rituals and the monks and the dances and the dresses and

Mor Hin Khao is a white hill located in a broad field at Phu Lanka National Park in Chaiyaphum province, not far from where I live... It's also known as Thailand's Stonehenge, which is a bit of a misnomer

Thank you all, just a random pic or two to say thanks.....

This is an interesting place on the Thai/Laos border at Nong Khai, It's a large Buddhist/Hindu themed statue park and Temple created by a Laotian Buddhist monk in the 60's & 70's using concrete and

! After a month of the rainy season the mushrooms start to come out... DSCF8860.JPG! here in the mountains and jungles of Isaan NE Thailand... DSCF8864.JPG! and everyone in the village goes out looking

I live with my Thai family in a small village in the north east of Thailand, every year that the rainy season seems a bit late in starting, May/June we have a ceremony/procession around the village. Firstly

Some sunsets from my home village, and some from Koh Mak....