uptheos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't count buying street food (Isan gai yang/som tam, Burmese Library tea leaf salad) and bringing it back to the apt as "eating out", however, as I usually add other home prepared ingredients, wine, etc. to the meal. Which wine would you recommend with a spicy som tam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't count buying street food (Isan gai yang/som tam, Burmese Library tea leaf salad) and bringing it back to the apt as "eating out", however, as I usually add other home prepared ingredients, wine, etc. to the meal. Which wine would you recommend with a spicy som tam? A Chateau Neuf de Buriram goes well but not the 2003, it was a bad year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't count buying street food (Isan gai yang/som tam, Burmese Library tea leaf salad) and bringing it back to the apt as "eating out", however, as I usually add other home prepared ingredients, wine, etc. to the meal. Which wine would you recommend with a spicy som tam? A Chateau Neuf de Buriram goes well but not the 2003, it was a bad year. Chateau Neuf de Buriram, fine grape growing district squire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Probably a couple of times a week of eating out--similar to other posters this will be Thai stall-type food, with the exception of Muang Pon Laos in Kad Farang which we use occasionally. Just a question though, based on Mrs. Clodhopper's assumptions about ingredients--does anyone know what pesticides we are ingesting in the Thai grown potatoes available locally??? My daughter has 'gone off' rice as a staple carb and seems to suddenly prefer spuds, having avoided them for years--so, I am keen to find out if I am poisoning her?? They would worry me, but I have no proof. In the US, potatoes are grown only in cold country. Idaho, around the Boise area is famous for "Idaho potatoes" and it's at about 4,000 feet elevation. They are usually grown at about that elevation. The cold, deep freezes in the winter kill the bad guys in the soil that attack potatoes. There are several places like that. Potatoes grown as seed potatoes are grown only from about 4,000 feet up and always potatoes are grown in loose sandy or loam soil. At lower elevations for home gardens, you rotate the place you grow them, repeating maybe every 4 years. I don't even know what varieties of potatoes are grown in LOS, so take this with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellodolly Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I some times go to subway and buy a sub bring it home and add a hard boiled egg. Does that count as eating out? If it does about 5 times a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuang Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't count buying street food (Isan gai yang/som tam, Burmese Library tea leaf salad) and bringing it back to the apt as "eating out", however, as I usually add other home prepared ingredients, wine, etc. to the meal. Which wine would you recommend with a spicy som tam? Lao Kao.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I some times go to subway and buy a sub bring it home and add a hard boiled egg. Does that count as eating out? Only if you live outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) I keep sourdough culture at home, I make clam chowder to go with it, I make roast beef, chicken pasta, Indians etc... I only use my homemade sourdough and homemade potato buns for my sandwich or burgers. However.. now a days I eat out almost everyday as I just hate cleaning up afterward. Further more I hate throwing away food as no one else eat them except me and sometimes my wife. I only cook when some guests ask me to. Used to give away leftover roasted beef to temple dog! After all I prefer esan food! Edited December 21, 2012 by ARISTIDE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgriffith Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't count buying street food (Isan gai yang/som tam, Burmese Library tea leaf salad) and bringing it back to the apt as "eating out", however, as I usually add other home prepared ingredients, wine, etc. to the meal. Which wine would you recommend with a spicy som tam? A very crisp Sauvignon Blanc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Bob Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Probably a couple of times a week of eating out--similar to other posters this will be Thai stall-type food, with the exception of Muang Pon Laos in Kad Farang which we use occasionally. Just a question though, based on Mrs. Clodhopper's assumptions about ingredients--does anyone know what pesticides we are ingesting in the Thai grown potatoes available locally??? My daughter has 'gone off' rice as a staple carb and seems to suddenly prefer spuds, having avoided them for years--so, I am keen to find out if I am poisoning her?? They would worry me, but I have no proof. In the US, potatoes are grown only in cold country. Idaho, around the Boise area is famous for "Idaho potatoes" and it's at about 4,000 feet elevation. They are usually grown at about that elevation. The cold, deep freezes in the winter kill the bad guys in the soil that attack potatoes. There are several places like that. Potatoes grown as seed potatoes are grown only from about 4,000 feet up and always potatoes are grown in loose sandy or loam soil. At lower elevations for home gardens, you rotate the place you grow them, repeating maybe every 4 years. I don't even know what varieties of potatoes are grown in LOS, so take this with a grain of salt. Not so sure about that...... Was working in Bermuda renovating a hotel and wandered into the hotels kitchen. In the Cool storage they had large sacks of potatoes, with the company name, type of potatoe (Idaho) and location from Palmdale California...... Upper desert, 2000' elevation. Having grown up 20 miles away, I could remember the fields where this farm was located, except back then they grew watermellons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Aristide your meals look excellent. I cannot say I usually like everything I see when folks show what they eat but all of your dishes look delicious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 That means so much to me, thanks! These pictures are for my blog so I took them a bit serious. Aristide your meals look excellent. I cannot say I usually like everything I see when folks show what they eat but all of your dishes look delicious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardtongue Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 100% of the time cant see the point of cooking! Unless of course you count deliveries as eating in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) now a days I eat out almost everyday as I just hate cleaning up afterward. Me too on both counts. Edited December 22, 2012 by Ulysses G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I keep sourdough culture at home, I make clam chowder to go with it, I make roast beef, chicken pasta, Indians etc... I only use my homemade sourdough and homemade potato buns for my sandwich or burgers. However.. now a days I eat out almost everyday as I just hate cleaning up afterward. Further more I hate throwing away food as no one else eat them except me and sometimes my wife. ! I'll gladly take any of the food shown off your hands!! Looks amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Aristide your meals look excellent. I cannot say I usually like everything I see when folks show what they eat but all of your dishes look delicious. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_Elaine Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) I keep sourdough culture at home, I make clam chowder to go with it, I make roast beef, chicken pasta, Indians etc... I only use my homemade sourdough and homemade potato buns for my sandwich or burgers. However.. now a days I eat out almost everyday as I just hate cleaning up afterward. Further more I hate throwing away food as no one else eat them except me and sometimes my wife. ! I'll gladly take any of the food shown off your hands!! Looks amazing! +1. Oh, and times 5 about cleaning up afterwords! Edited December 22, 2012 by just_Elaine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 in all the years in los,over 10 now, ive always eaten out,mainly every night ,can manage to sort a bit of brekie out..some times i do envy you guys whose wifes are good cooks,.but it is very convenient in the city to eat out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 i do envy you guys whose wifes are good cooks. Me too, but only the ones that wives clean up afterwards too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilrob Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 There are so many good, and remarkably reasonably priced, restaurants in CM that I eat dinner out 4 or 5 days a week. Yesterday evening at La Fourchette---excellent as usual. Breakfast and lunch I usually eat at home (housekeeper clears up after). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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