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Travelling is nice, but makes you very hungry

It should be well-known that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So sweet cakes, white bread or similar calorie sins poor in nutrients are out of the question for energetic travellers. But fear not: South East Asia has a special delicacy in store for your active lifestyle. Born in Vietnam, with South East Asia firmly in its grip already, the breakfast for true champions is about to conquer the world: Pho.

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Cambodia should be a gourmet’s paradise: It’s situated between Vietnam and Thailand, two representatives of internationally renowned super cuisines. Our cooking class with Smokin’ Pot in Battambang kept us wanting more as well. Wonderful curries, not as spicy as in Thailand nor as subtle as Vietnam, but very smooth and delicious. The national specialty “Volcano/Fire Mountain”, for which you fry carpaccio marinated in peanut sauce on a kind of turned-over pasta strainer over an open gas light, truly delighted us as well.

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Purifying Food: Crass Stuff in Bags

is inseparable from purification in Thailand. Spices are not being used sparingly, which is especially true for chili. The Thai kitchen is said to be one of the spiciest for a reason. You sweat, you gasp, you struggle with your plate until it’s finally empty, being glad to have defeated it. Not that you had any choice: Most dishes are also more than delicious. it seems to be all about the balance. If I use 15 cloves of garlic for a dish with 500g of rice, I also have to take 15 chile peppers and 5 bunches of thai basil so the extremes even out. I gain an intense yet balanced taste.
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Fruit and vegetables, flowers and dirt cheap surf wear – sounds like a strange mixture? The night market next to Chayo Phraya River near Memorial Bridge in Bangkok offers all that – simply follow the unending stream of people who start their shopping spree here at sundown. Beside the huge choice of cool clothing, which especially attracts Bankok’s hip youth, one thing inspired us more than anything again: The mile of food stalls that boil, barbecue, and deep-fry most absurd snacks. Only for you, sagesex has tried the pearls of the snack whoopee, all according to the motto “don’t ask – bite off”. Here are some of our favorites: Read the rest of this entry »

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Definitely the best thing about black stuff is its seraphic slimy look. On the one hand because black glibbery blocks are en vogue this summer, but mostly because its taste is – to put it gently – questionable.

Block of black stuff, Bangkok

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Who could resist a Thai mama on the sidewalk selling undefinable mash
and soup served in plastic bags? I surely cannot – fortunately, for the
plastic bag stew turned out to be one of our favorites. It’s
worth 20 Baht in any case. Excited about the look of it we spontanely
decide to call it “crass stuff”. Happy about our discovery we walk on,
hoping that the boiling hot bag might soon reach eating temperature.

Crass stuff stall, Bangkok

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Yeah, Bangkok is still inspiring us. I believe it’s the mix – between eastern roots and the striving for western ideals, between business and people sleeping at the roadside, traffic chaos and idyllic parks, between worldly commerce and golden temples, and especially between cheap and delicious. Because the only thing that’s more abundant and cheap on Bangkok’s streets than sex is food.

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