They say a foreigner is not able to understand Thai. Therefore, personally, I almost immediately after moving to Thailand, I stopped looking for logic in some events and facts. I was not at all surprised when I found that during the vegetarian festival, the local people instead of eating vegetables tortured himself as unexpected ways. And also calmly tried to accept the fact that during the boat festival, which came to the replacement of the vegetarian, the main actors of the steel ... just vegetables, fruits and other youths.
These bamboo sticks are actually Thai dessert Kao Lam: inside the sweet rice is hidden, baked with coconut milk.
In fact, during any festivals, there are a great set on Phuket, the food occupies the main place. I do not know why the most persistent on eating the nation is the French. Apparently, this stereotype was born in those times when travelers rarely traveled to the kingdom of Siam. After all, Thais or eat, or plan that they will eat, or remember that they have already eaten.
In Russia, I somehow calmly treated sweets, but in Thailand passing by the desserts nearby it turns out not always.
What is amazing, many thais houses are almost caught. Therefore, in apartments and houses of locals, you will find in the kitchen except the doping plate. Maybe this is because it is possible to eat in Thailand literally at every step. Restaurants, cafes, Makashnitsa - Wherever I throw a look, everywhere she: food, food, food. However, just go and eat in the nearest elf the Thais seems little. Like every week, they solemnly arrange another festival. Often it is a festival of food. Sometimes it is a pathos gastronomic holidays, and sometimes - the dasonful eating all sorts of snacks directly from Makashnitz. Tasty and both!
With the hygiene in street traders, everything is in order: Mandatory caps and gloves are attached.
And almost always the process of food intake is accompanied by an extensive cultural program - and this is also a bright "chip" of Thai mentality. Wherever the next festival goes - a gastronomic or which other, the scene on which local teams are located around immediately. Nearby instantly gather swing-car services. In short, the phrase "I love to have fun, especially to eat" - this is just about Thai.
In Creativity, Thai will not refuse: these angry birds are delicious sushi.
Ordinary tourists coming to Phuket for a week or two, do not even suspect that the island is constantly being a holiday of life. They go to tourist restaurants with adapted kitchen, eat their borschy-okroshki, and on numerous vendors with carts, on which all the most delicious carts are fried, even see. Well, and those who live here constantly carefully monitor where the locals are drinking today, the locals are huddled. And we are also actively involved in this process. Yes, so got carried away that almost turned out to be deported from Thailand ...
Continuation of a story…
Olga's previous story read here, and where it all starts - here.