Anil, I don't think I was supposed to eat that...

Due to my recent bad luck with trying new foods, I decided to comment on some of the more interesting items that we've encountered while in Thailand. 

The food that we are served at the Volunteer Center is very good- lots of rice and vegetables that aren't too spicy.  There are many unique fruits and it usually takes us a while to figure out how exactly to eat it. We are always served some sort of meat, and usually it is quite tasty. However, there have been a few instances involving "Chicken" where the cooks aren't very specific as to what part of the chicken we are eating. We had chicken ankle soup the other day, and today I wasn't sure why the chicken on my plate had a rubbery texture, so I decided not to eat it. It's a good thing, because after I looked at it for a while, I realized it was a claw. A chicken claw. One of the toes were missing, which really disturbs me...

Roasted duck, anyone?

When you are walking down the street, you are filled with intense aromas that alone may be good, but jumbled together almost makes you sick. Street vendors are everywhere, and although the Pad Thai we had the other day was very good, there are certainly reasons to be wary about the other places. Large skewers of meat are very common, and the other night I saw an entire pig roasting on a street cart, tail and all. We were told to steer cle

ar of anything that is chicken, because as I found out today, that can be pretty vague. And no, we have not had dog, but that honestly would not surprise me at all. 

The stores are filled with the weirdest treats and restaurants. Here are a few of the more intriguing things we've seen. 

Mister Donut is a common fast food place in the malls, and Anil and I got the chance to try their donuts last night- so good! Who knew a donut on a stick could be so good? 

Yes, that's a cheese flavored donut. You know you're interested. 

There were 5 or 6 different flavors of kit kats, and we thought sweet potato was the weirdest. I'm very tempted to try it. They also had green ones that were green tea flavored.

It's very common for restaurants to display their entire menu by having the food on plates. I think they do this to make it looks appetizing, but they fail with most of it.

Fried squid anyone?

The fast food restaurants like DQ and KFC are cheaper here than they are in America. A large DQ Blizzard was 45 baht, which is about $1.10. A plain ice cream cone is 9 baht, which is around 25 cents. Swenson's ice cream is amazing too. 

Mmmm.

One of the lesser known flavors of Pepsi- green tea.

The local pad thai cart

The jackfruit tree outside our room. Remember this, Kiana?

Looks like it's dinner time- cheers!