Seitan
Seitan is a vegetarian preparation of wheat that is shaped and seasoned in such a way as to hint at duck. It’s all over the place this time of year in Thailand and can make a surprisingly harmonious and delicious…
Loi Krathong
Loi Krathong is (as far as anyone can tell) a very ancient Thai adaptation of a Brahmanical ritual. Loi means to float or launch in (to float) and the krathong is the beautiful float that is being launched or floated….
Thai-Chinese Vegetarianism
The Vegetarian festival of Tesagan Gin Je is in full swing and the streets are lined with yellow. Mock meats and things unabashedly vegetarian are front and center in every market throughout the city. And it’s a lovely change of…
Tesagan Gin Je – Vegetarian Festival
This month I plan to spend a lot of time exploring the vegetarian festival, Tesagan Gin Je, that many people of Chinese heritage celebrate (along with plenty of enthusiastic, non-Chinese food lovers, vegetarian or otherwise) annually during the first nine…
Off the Beaten Trail Thailand: Suphanburi
Bangkok is of course the hub of the kingdom and most trips into Thailand will begin and end here. So it is not unreasonable for people to look for interesting things to see and do that aren’t too far from…
Thai Homestay
Thailand is an amazing country however you take it on, and so much of it is geared towards making things smooth and sabai for tourists that you could spend years here and never see or do any of the things…
Blackjack and Bad Company in Bangkok
This post is sort of a follow up to the last one I did on strangers and scams. This was the closest I ever came to being scammed, and still one of my most exciting travel disaster stories. I hope…
Travelling Safe in Thailand: Scams and Strangers
Holidays, or any day really, in any country can get terribly out of hand and even ugly real fast if you aren’t paying attention or don’t know what to be watching for. Thailand, while in my honest opinion one of…
