Food Type: Thai Category

An extract from Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter” (from Through the Looking Glass); something lighthearted for a wacky whimsical Wednesday! (Note: There are five preceding verses talking about the Walrus and the Carpenter taking a stroll on the beach when they chance upon the oysters) “O Oysters, come and walk with us!” The […]

Rama V, Jalan U Thant

In: Food Type: Thai, Location: Golden Triangle

. This great purple butterfly, In the prison of my hands, Has a learning in his eye Not a poor fool understands. ~William Butler Yeats, “Another Song of a Fool” . . Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours writing what I thought was a pretty good piece on Rama V, but….I fell asleep while […]

Thai newsprint is placed on the table and covered with a glass sheet – quite a novelty! 1. I am glad that Boo persuaded me (with little effort, actually!) to go to Hatyai Street, the latest restaurant at One Bangsar.  I had driven past the restaurant several times, but always had the misconception that the food would be overpriced.  Of course, […]

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Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.