Tag Archives: superstitions

Per Capita Tattoo Capitol

September 23, 2023 – 11:36 am

Pattaya must be the per capita capitol of farangs with tattoos. Westerners parade shirtless to exhibit their body art, despite the collateral damage to the colored flesh from the tropical sun. Most tattoos are eagles, dragons, and declarations of never-ending love to go-go girls festooned with vows of fidelity to previous boyfriends. Occasionally you come […]

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Thai No Nos

August 4, 2022 – 1:08 pm

Last night I left Chinatown and surveyed the skyline shimmering under a clear sky dotted by the few stars strong enough to pierce New York’s light umbrella. It was hot and sweat dripped from my hair and I thought that my last hair-cut had been in Thailand. Three months ago. I could trim my scalp […]

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Fried Chicken Feets

November 9, 2020 – 6:47 am

White people don’t eat chicken feet. Ham Hocks or Eisbein might be tasty for Germans and other Aryan races, but chicken feet have never graced the menus of Mickey Ds, although there is no telling what part of the chicken KFC doesn’t use in their nuggets. Chicken feet are for poor people from the Deep […]

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Superstitions of Thai Food

February 8, 2017 – 10:49 am

Every country has their own Old Wive’s Tales. Thailand is no exception. Some might seem crazy on the surface, but most have been based on solid logic, so farangs will still hear the following axioms being said today in some Thai families about dining etiquette and they have nothing to do with using the wrong […]

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