Pig skin salad – Yeah, you read that right!

admin — Fri, 05 May 2006 12:41:08 +0000

This here is an image of ยำแยหนม [yam naem] which literally translates to sausage salad. That sounds pretty innocent, but it actually doesn’t contain sausage – at least not in the western sense. The main ingredient is pig skin (boiled, I believe). Chewy, thick, julienned, tasteless pig skin. The saving grace is the other main ingredient, ข้าวทอด [khao tawt], is just a seasoned, deep fried ball of rice which is broken up and mixed in.

All in all, it tastes pretty good if you can avoid the strips of skin. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of it. Most of those things that look like onions in the image are actually not onions. I have ordered this before without the pig skin. Of course the vendor looks at me like I’m some sort of madman, doing something akin to ordering a hamburger without the burger. Oh well, at least that way I’ll eat it all.

Pig skin salad. Yum!

Sapodillas!

admin — Fri, 05 May 2006 12:20:58 +0000

The name sounds like some sort of dinosaur, but in actuality it’s just a tasty fruit. They’re very sweet with a pear-like, but soft texture. Sapodillas are really natives of Mexico, but they have grown in popularity in Asia to the point of being a cheap, common find when they’re in season.

A bag full of sapodillas

The interior of a sapodilla

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Pig skin salad – Yeah, you read that right!

Sapodillas!