| Dining in Chiang Mai, Thailand vs. North
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| | known for making anything taste good.
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| America
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| | So take fresh ingredients combine that
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| George Dowhan
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| | with rice and special sauces which are
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| Begin
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| | the key to the taste and there you have
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| Foreigners love their hamburgers, French
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| | it - Healthy, Tasty, and Inexpensive
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| fries, soft drinks and Thai's just have
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| | meals.
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| to have rice with every meal. But which
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| | Top if off with locally grown fresh
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| would I prefer after living most of my
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| | pineapple, watermelon, mango,
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| life in Canada and now having retired to
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| | strawberries or a dozen or more fruits
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| Chiang Mai, Thailand?
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| | and you have a meal you will enjoy and
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| As with any large city there are an
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| | which is good for you.
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| abundance of fine restaurants catering to
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| | The funny thing about foods is that
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| different tastes and budgets. Chiang Mai
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| | whatever you really like is NO GOOD for
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| is no different. Thai people love to eat.
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| | you. What are your favorites? Cake, pies,
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| Restaurants are full of Thai's and
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| | French fries, hamburgers, ice-cream. Well
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| foreigners enjoying all types of cuisine.
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| | they are not that good for you in terms
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| Rather than deal with fine restaurants
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| | of eating them regularly. What do you
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| which we all dine at but not every day
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| | hate to eat? Broccoli, asparagus,
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| this article deals with the day to day
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| | spinach, brown rice, boiled chicken. Well
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| dining of the Thai people here in Chiang
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| | these are good for you.
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| Mai.
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| | So if you come here to Thailand. do try
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| Popular restaurants in North America are
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| | several different types of Thai foods.
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| Harvey's, McDonalds, and Burger King.
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| | You may find a soup that you just cannot
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| Here we have the street vendors. The end
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| | get enough of, or a Thai dessert that you
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| result is a quickly prepared affordable
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| | have no idea what it was and which you
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| meal.
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| | absolutely enjoyed, or fresh fish which
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| The street vendors may sell fresh fruits
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| | is abundant here. Prawns, sea bass and
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| such as pineapple, mango, watermelon,
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| | more cooked up on a large plate will
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| strawberries (locally grown), and more.
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| | leave you wanting more.
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| Each fruit is cut up into small pieces
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| | I have eaten meals, snacks and fruits
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| and placed in a plastic bag and you are
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| | sold by small roadside food vendors and
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| provided a long wooden stick with which
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| | never experienced any problems. The
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| to eat it. Cost is normally 10 baht which
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| | ingredients are fresh, kept on ice if
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| comes to about 25 cents U.S. and the
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| | required and cooking areas cleaned
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| fruits are kept cool and are delicious.
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| | regularly. So I see this as a safe,
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| Also vendors here sell fast foods and
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| | inexpensive way to buy snacks and meals.
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| snacks. Get a meal of cooked rice, meat
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| | I would recommend that you carry a bottle
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| and veggies again placed in a plastic bag
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| | of water which can be purchased at 7-11
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| but this time wrapped tightly by an
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| | for only 13 cents as you may get a bit
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| elastic band for about 20 baht or 50
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| | dehydrated especially if you are doing a
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| cents U.S. Take your pick of a rice dish,
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| | lot of walking and this if anything may
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| or a noodle dish or a soup. Tasty and
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| | be the cause of a quick jaunt to the rest
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| normally already prepared and wrapped and
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| | room.
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| still warm or if you want to wait one
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| | Are there things that I do not eat that
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| minute they will take it out of the pot
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| | Thai's eat? Yes there is a fruit called
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| and put it into the bag while you wait.
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| | Durian, the Thai's just love it but it
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| So a cooked meal and a tasty snack for a
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| | has such a foul odor that when I gave it
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| total of about 75 cents U.S. For many
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| | a try I had to breathe through my mouth.
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| Thai's in Chiang Mai this is there most
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| | Apart from the odor it has the texture of
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| common meal. They then proceed to drive
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| | a pudding and is rich in flavor. What I
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| home, unwrap the elastic, put some rice
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| | did not have the courage to try and which
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| in a bowl, place several cups of the
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| | I expect would be healthy to eat was the
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| table with a bottle of water and that is
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| | fried insects. I suppose that it is just
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| one of their meals.
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| | a matter of getting used to the sight of
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| We all love fast foods and we all want it
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| | them. Perhaps I could dine on both the
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| to be affordable. That we have in common.
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| | fruit and insects regularly if I kept
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| What you will find different between here
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| | breathing through my nose and kept my
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| and there is the price, quality and
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| | eyes shut while I ate.
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| service.
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| | But you should try what we call Suki. It
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| Price. The price of meals whether it be
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| | is a soup that you cook on your table in
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| at restaurants, or street vendors is
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| | a pot with hot coals underneath. You
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| cheap compared to what we are used to. A
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| | decide on the ingredients such as
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| filling meal can be had for less than a
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| | chicken, beef, liver, fish and add them
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| 1US dollar for a meal I described above
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| | and take them out when they are cooked.
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| which includes a bowl of rice, cooked
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| | Normally the meats go in first as they
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| meal from street vendor and fruit from
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| | take longer to cook and then the
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| street vendor. For only $2.50 U.S. you
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| | vegetables. In about 5 minutes you have
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| can dine out at an all you can eat full
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| | your soup. Two small bowls will accompany
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| course buffet, desserts, coffee, tip and
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| | the meal. They are both made of hot
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| taxes included as well as a tip for the
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| | peppers. One has the appearance of a
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| parking lot attendant The prices are low
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| | green paste and the other a red paste.
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| because the ingredients are locally grown
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| | You can either dip your meat or fish into
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| and because the labor cost is
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| | the paste or put a teaspoonful into your
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| inexpensive.
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| | soup. The green paste is spicy, makes me
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| Quality. The quality of the food is much
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| | perspire a bit and gives me a longing for
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| healthier here than back home. Back home
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| | a cold glass of water during I eat my
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| KFC, McDonalds, and Harvey's are popular
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| | soup. The red paste I do not touch and
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| lunch and dinner restaurants. If you
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| | would not recommend you try it unless you
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| think you are thinking healthy foods
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| | are accustomed to eating it or you are
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| there think again. Here you do not have
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| | Mexican. My girlfriend eats her Suki with
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| the greasy French fries, Hamburgers
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| | the green paste and admits to making
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| stuffed full of ketchup, mustard, onions,
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| | trips to the washroom during the middle
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| mayo and more to hide the taste of the
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| | of the night and not to brush here teeth.
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| meat you are eating. Here you eat rice,
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| | A filling meal for 4 people for about $3
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| fresh vegetables, fresh fish, drink water
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| | U.S. and that includes taxes, tip, and
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| with the meals as opposed to a bucket
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| | bottled water with a bucket of ice.
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| sized plastic container packed full of
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| | Remember how earlier on I said that the
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| ice and watered down sugar flavored soft
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| | Thai's have a reputation for making any
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| drink.
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| | food taste delicious. That is true. The
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| Service. A teenager earning a few extra
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| | KEY is the sauce. I do not know what
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| bucks in a fast food restaurant or an
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| | ingredients go into the sauces but I do
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| adult making a living out of working full
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| | know that I was not a rice eater and now
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| time in a restaurant here. Which one
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| | with I will be scraping the bottom of
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| would you expect to provide the best
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| | each bowl of food that is served to me.
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| service? Nothing more needs to be said.
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| | Normal white rice cooked in a rice cooker
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| If you come to Chiang Mai do not go
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| | combined with fried vegetables and meat
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| searching for restaurants that have what
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| | with the special sauce is simply
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| you normally eat. You may as well stay
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| | delicious.
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| home and buy a video about Thailand, or
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| | And if you want to know where I would eat
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| watch a TV program about Thailand.
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| | given the choice now, a fast food
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| The foods here are tasty, healthy, and
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| | restaurant there or a street vendor here?
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| inexpensive.
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| | My reply would be a street vendor here.
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| The basic ingredient in all the meals is
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| | After the meal here I am filled up, the
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| rice. Yes rice for breakfast too. I have
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| | food is delicious, the fruits are
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| never been one for rice. Potatoes was my
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| | fantastic and prices are so low and I
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| staple. But here potatoes are pricey and
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| | feel fitter.
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| although I admit to buying them and
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| | Want to learn more about Thai foods.
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| making potato soup and french fries it is
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| | Check out our Thai foods and recipes on
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| the exception and not the rule.
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| | our website: http.// and they are on the
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| As I have said before, the Thai's are
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| | Living in Chiang Mai page.
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