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Monday, June 17. 2013

Thai Delivery


When life gets out of control, and there is nothing to eat in the beautiful new Sub Zero fridge (10 year warranty) because nobody has gotten to the market, and you have a day job and the Mrs. has her hands full, it's time for a Thai delivery.


We have mother-in-law in the rehab center with a new steel knee, father in law staying with us, and my dad in the hosp with a new rod in his fractured hip needing rehab as soon as his post-op confusion resolves. Not to mention Father's Day weekend to bury my Mom's ashes at the farm, and not to mention other forms of family medical and other chaos too which I will not mention.


We have two excellent Thai places around, and both deliver. I alternate between the two, because they have different styles. Delivery fellow comes faster if you give a decent tip, which for me is $5. Tonight we're getting this:


Duck Spring Rolls
Chicken Satay with hot sauce
Penang Curry with Chicken (hot peanut curry sauce)
Drunken Noodles with Tofu
- plus  extra hot sauce, and White Rice (brown rice is disgusting, detracts from the flavor of the dish, and is not fit for human consumption)



Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Our Essays at 20:11 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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A few bottles of Singha would go well with that.
#1 Fred Z on 2013-06-17 20:27 (Reply)
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#2 Steve on 2013-06-17 20:57 (Reply)
Cocoanut soup with prawns is my favorite.

However, I've always seen Thai food to be on the expensive side of Asian cuisine types.
#3 Whitehall on 2013-06-17 21:41 (Reply)
Ditto the brown rice. I have to sneak the white stuff in, because my nutrition minded son insists brown is superior healthwise, but Yuck!
#4 Marcy O'Rourke (Link) on 2013-06-17 22:00 (Reply)
Also, wishing your famly speedy recovery. How nice you can bury your mother's ashes on your farm.
#5 Marcy O'Rourke (Link) on 2013-06-17 22:01 (Reply)
Trails and tribulations, life is full of them, some better taken than others.

A double ditto on brown rice, no matter its healthful effects.

I gratefully enjoyed my 10 days in Bangkok, five days each, two years apart. If we could do photos I'd show mine, down on the beach, with Singha liberally spread on the table, my tour guide with a smile, a real smile.

I digress.. the food was wonderful. Such variety, and always with spice, poignant spice, as it were. Spice to let you know what life is like, if you dare.

I'm very jealous of your ability to order delivery. Wish I could.
#6 XRay on 2013-06-17 22:40 (Reply)
You forgot the Thai crispy noodles, the Tom Kha soup, and the Evil Jungle Prince. It ain't a meal without the crispy noodles or the green papaya salad.

If heaven has a chef, he is definitely into Thai cooking.....or I'm not going there!
#7 Agent Cooper on 2013-06-17 23:56 (Reply)
What about the green curry chicken? My favorite, because the spiciest. And I LIKE brown rice....Tho the basmati white rice that Costco sells in canvas giant bags is my favorite.
#8 retriever on 2013-06-18 00:25 (Reply)
I would also add marinated fish cakes and the lovely cucumber salad in the sweet/sour vinegar based dressing.

Ditto on brown rice. I had to endure it in childhood; I'll be darned if I'll suffer now. Basmati is the only way to go.

Oddly enough, you'd think there would be a wealth of simply superb Asian cuisine in San Francisco. Not so. Most is mediocre at best. Luckily, the Thai place near to home is top notch and there's a place near my office downtown that makes a mean Tom Yum Noodle soup. It's becoming my instant cure-all when I'm feeling peckish.
#9 KellyM on 2013-06-18 11:59 (Reply)
Until the McClain, Clinton, BHO cabal begin to arm the Christians against muhammadan dupes and provide missle and air support, Christians ought get out quicker.

And when you shall see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not: ... flee unto the mountains.
#10 Leag on 2013-06-18 14:46 (Reply)
In the summer months I stick to the cooler dishes like Lap or Nam Sod (minced pork salad). They give you half a cabbage and you use a cabbage leaf to "taco" the meat.

Tasty without being too heavy.
#11 LS (Link) on 2013-06-18 15:05 (Reply)

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