Sunday, December 03, 2006

thailand

whats goin on my good readers?

first day in thailand, super long 17 hour flight from LA, a 2 hr one before that from portland. arrive in bangkok, not as hot as last time, only about 80 or so. some super blazing koh mon gai, and then the fried version too... koh mon gai = boiled chicken w/ garlic, ginger, sugar, salt and scallions, then use the stock to make rice, serve you a side of chicken stock/soup w/ radish/daikon, then a heap of rice chicken flavored from the stock, w/ the chicken on top (boiled or fried), we had both, w/ a side of cucumber, a blazign sweet/hot sauce, then we had some moo satay also (pork grilled on a stick served w/ a peanut sauce and a little side of cucumber, chili and red onion in vinehar w/ sugar.)

holler. shit was blazing.

ive got about 5 singha's in me right now. im passing up seeing dj jazzy jeff perform at Que bar (www.quebar.com) where matt is manager cause mel is feelign sick on our first night here and is downstairs sleeping. its 12 midnight. im about 13 hours ahead of yall right now or something.

copped an ill new digital camera for about $180 today. a super slim fit in your pocket sony cybershot 5.1 mp.

also coppd my favorite little tapioca balls stuffed w/ panuts, eaten w/ cilantro and a striahg tlittle thai chili.

mel ate her favorite juk soup.

the electronics mall was sick. forgot to mention a 2 gig mem card i bought also for the new cam...specifialyl for all the video i'm a record in india...watch... but yo, 5-6 floors of all little electronics boutiques...sensory overload....

im ghost...more to come.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

awesome! you made it safely. figures, ya'll hit the food first hehe. can't wait to see some vid...one more flight out again! can't wait to see how india treats you guys..remember the 100 in 1 for stink!

Anonymous said...

glad to hear everything is going smoothly for you. Mel, feel better. Didn't realize it was that hot there, thats cool. Have an awesome time and let me know when you hang out with Deepoks family. Love and jealousness

Uncle Jay

savecritters said...

Hey guys...glad to hear you are there and eating!!! I think you should be a traveling food writter, seriously. You should enter some articles to mags , got nothing to loose maybe someone would pick a story upb.
Send some pix from your brand new camera and have FUN...hugs and kisses to you both love aunt lish...say hi to matt

savecritters said...

ps Paul watch your stomach with the hot stuff! Mel feel better sweetie...enjoy the warm weather it is soooo cold here.

Anonymous said...

Glad to read that you guys made it safe and sound! Can't wait to see some pics and such ... Mel babe - hope you are feelin better! Say hey to Matt for me :-) Much love ...