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The Chinese have taken dog off the menu in Beijing.
If they serving up this puppy, I can understand why.
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Yesterday my friend Allison invited me to lunch. The rendezvous was set at the best Italian restaurant on the island. She said order what I wanted. I was her guest.
“What’s the fish of the day?” I asked the very nice waiter.
“Mahi-Mahi with a vegetable cole slaw.”
“Perfect.” I spotted at the bottom of the menu that […]

Beijing has requested that specialty restaurants serving dog to take it off the menu for the duration of the Olympics. Personally I like dog. Thais are always surprised when i say that, because they say only Cambodians eat dog, but I acquired a taste for man’s best friend in Indonesia and even as a main […]

In the 1950s stuttering was considered a possible sign of mental retardation. I stuttered like a stuck record as soon as I learned how to speak. My parents thought this disability would pass with age and I fooled them by stopping my speech any time I felt I was stuttering. My family became accustomed to […]

CHICKEN MESSIAHS / SHORT STORY BY PETER NOLAN SMITH
SHORT STORY BY PETER NOLAN SMITH
I no longer live in New York, yet any mention of the city snags my ear like a jilted lover hearing the mention of an old girlfriend. Not everything is good. This week the media covered a story about rats infesting a […]

Thais have more superstitions than the Irish and some of them are devoted to food, since it’s their third greatest love behind having fun and sleep.

Here’s a short list of don’t.
Eating a double banana will give a woman twins, which must be tough for those showgirls doing the banana tricks at go-gos.
Eating before your elders […]

Thailand had stockpiled nearly 2.1 million tonnes of rice against any shortcomings in future rice harvests, however Thai authorities were at a loss to explain how a 10% of the supply vanished without a trace from government warehouses. With fragrant rice selling at 135 baht a kilo, this loss has been calculated at 3.2 billion […]

Many Asian foods are alien to westerners. Insects, horseshoe crab eggs, and sum tam or spicy mango salad easily come to mind as foreign to the tongues of farangs, however the most unacceptable Oriental delicacy is the ever-malodorous durian.

The stench of this squishy fruit is so disagreeable to non-afficianados that durian joined hand grenades and […]

This afternoon I ordered a plate of rice with garlic fried pork in Jomtien. The price was 30 baht or $1US. Last night I ate quick kee-oh for 25 baht. Both were delicious. Cheap eating on the street is still possible in Thailand despite the current inflation of food staples. People are struggling to get […]

I have been living in Pattaya five years straight with only two visits back to the States. Friends and family asked, if I miss America and I answer honestly, “Only my friends, family, and pizza.”

I didn’t tell the ranking shifts depending on time of day, because there’s nothing better than a pizza after a long […]