Austin Bush

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A couple times a month, in the mall next door to where I live in #Bangkok, they let vendors set up stalls to sell food. It spans prepared food, ingredients and produce, much of it very regional. I thought you guys might like to see what’s available, so I posted some of the more interesting items to my Stories feed. Enjoy! (Pictured here: rice noodles from Chanthaburi fried w a chili paste, coconut milk and prawns.)

Lunch at the no-name curry stall near my workplace. It’s tiny and hot, disorganized, there’s too few staff and they’re constantly yelling and arguing, in the dining room is a bed (!) upon which an old woman sits and stares at me, and today I accidentally got a glimpse of the kitchen: I’m convinced that all these factors make the food better. #bangkok #thailand

Begrudgingly back in Bangkok: northern Thai nosh to soothe the sting. #alliteration

A mighty tasty capela — aka Macanese meat loaf — at La Famiglia, Macau. Thanks for the heads up, @abeconlon!

Our finest moment 🇲🇴

Basically perfect. 🇲🇴

Stumbled upon a rando Portuguese place here in Macau and had a meal as tasty as anything I’ve eaten in Lisbon! I ordered pataniscas de bacalhau com arroz de feijão, crispy, fishy, eggy salt cod fritters served over rice and beans, but the chef here is also baking is own super tasty Portuguese-style rolls and roasting suckling pig; the kind of place I wish I stumbled upon on day one. Tasquinha Portuguesa, Rua Nova a Guia. 🇲🇴

What a wacky place. 🇲🇴

PINNACLE OF PORK CHOP BUN 🇲🇴

Breakfast Phase II #fat 🇲🇴

A perfect egg sammich and a cool dude 🇲🇴

Not normally crazy about offal, but these pork intestines — tender, peppery, just slightly spicy, pleasantly oily — steamed over pickled greens might be one of the tastiest things I’ve ever eaten. 🇲🇴

TV

March 02, 2008 in blog

Recently the Dutch television programme The Taste of Life was in Bangkok. I took them around town for a day, and even feature in part of the show! Apparently the video can be seen here, but I'm on the road and have yet to find a connection fast enough to accommodate streaming video. If you're blessed with amble bandwith take a look and let me know how silly I look.