Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Its kinda fruity!

As anyone will tell you, the food in Thailand is amazing. You can get pretty much any type of food you want from the thousands of street vendors. At first one wonders how so many vendors can actually survive with so much competition. However, given that most Thais don't have kitchens in their homes, upwards of 75% of all people buy all their meals at restaurants or roadside stands. The prices of the food make this possible as well; I can get a full meal for 30 Baht, which is roughly equivilent to one Canadian dollar.

The best part of the food though is all the fruit. Availability and selection is obviously seasonal, but right now oranges, bananas, watermelon, guava, apples, papaya and cantaloupe are all in vast supply. What is really cool though, are the oranges and watermelon. Although you can buy those in their regular variety, Thailand has some interesting versions as well. For starters, despite their name, the oranges are green (well the peel is anyways, the flesh is still the right color). There is also yellow watermelon (see picture below). These fruits still taste just as they should though.


Thats all for now, I'm going to go back to eating my papaya!

3 comments:

  1. hahaha, so I'm a creep. I just posted on the last one and I'll do the same here...


    My advice:
    As I learned from various travels to countries in Central America...beware of the fruit! haha. I'm sure you'll be fine but consider trying to track down some immodium lol.

    PS, I'm jealous that you have fresh papaya!

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  2. Nice to see that all your efforts continue to be so fruitful!

    Dad

    P.S. Orangeglad you don't have to listen to these jokes in person?

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  3. I trust you raised you hand when you wrote that one Glen ...

    Matt - Not sure if you get durians in Chiang Mai but they were one of my favourites. Best savoured in an enclosed space .... (not)

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