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Dried Squid with a spicy nut sauce. Sold by street vender carts in Thailand, reheated at purchase over a grill. One of the Thai men at our hostel had us try this. Not bad. Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Green curry with chicken and roti bread - entree contained basil, carrots, eggplant, and basil. Roti is a traditional Indian bread, light and flaky when torn. Great meal after a morning and afternoon of biking. Dined in Doi Mae Salong in a side cafe overlooking the mountains and tea terraces. Cost, 140 baht.

My 7-11 trail mix concoction. Includes a 45 baht bag of a raisin medley, 25 baht pkg roasted almonds, 10 baht pkg of red peanuts, and a 25 baht pkg of roasted cashews. This lasts me a while and is so good. Great snack! The raisins, peanuts, and cashew taste different here. The raisins are large and have almost a bitter sweet taste. I am in love with the nuts here.

Cashew chicken with vegetables and tofu - Cafe Connect, Chiang Rai.

One of my favorite Thai meals. Cost 109 Baht.

Chicken with vegetables - cafe near the clock tower - Chiang Rai

Entree includes onions, yellow peppers, carrots, spring onions and steamed rice. Cost 100 Baht, very good.

Mixed vegetables and cashews - Night Market, Chiang Rai

Entree Includes snap peas, baby corn, carrots, leafy greens, spring onions, onions, cashews. I added pepper mix for some spice. Served with steamed rice. Cost, 50 Baht.

Fruit Salad - purchased at a daytime market stall a block from the hostel, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

40 Baht. This lasted me through three meals, Lunch, breakfast, and then a snack. Includes dragon fruit, honeydew, watermelon, mango, apple, some mysterious crisp white fruit, and orange. The apples here taste different, crisp but less sweet and with less flavor. Cost, 40 Baht. Good deal in my opinion.

Pita bread, falafel, and warm hummus - Purchased at Doi Chaang, Chiang Rai, Thailand. This was so good, I love hummus. This cafe was awarded as one of the top ten small-medium businesses by some UN conference. The food was excellent. I also tried my friend's orange honey teas: great! and another friend's chocolate-banana shake: excellent! Cost, 120 Baht.

Red curry with vegetables - Echo Resort, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

A lot of curry! Cost 100 Baht.

Cashew Nut chicken - Sunday Evening Market Square, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Entree contains chicken, onions, mushrooms, greens, red chilies, carrot, spring onions, and a spicy Thai sauce.

Fired chicken with cashews - Chiang Mai,Thailand

Entree contains chicken, carrots, spring onions, onions, cashew nuts, and chilies. Delicious.

The best Indian food I have ever had - Aloo gobi with garlic naan, so good. This is a curry dish with cauliflower, potatoes, spices, onions, and lentils. Cost, 100 baht, well worth it even though I was sick afterwards.

Japanese all you can eat restaurant, the dinner was given to us for completion of the program. The hot pot in the center contains to broths where you can cook raw vegetables, meat, seafood, noodles, fungi, crab or fish cakes, etc. You then may garnish the soup with garlic or chilies. So good. I also tried guava juice for the first time. So good.

Some of the sushi I had at the Japanese restaurant we dined at in Pattaya. This was an all you can eat place, complete with a wide variety of sushi. My favorite sushi was the one with the 3 stripes of white sauce on it. The other on the plate had seaweed, eggs and rice, which was not a big favorite of mine. I tried other sushi and have not idea what it all was, some had salmon, crab, fish, vegetables, avacado, etc. I would love to a similar place again. I am not sure on the cost of this as it was a graduation dinner paid for by LC.

Spicy stir-fried vegetables with a Thai sauce. Entree included: carrots, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, leafy greens, and onion. You can order steamed rice if you wish. Cost, 90 Baht.

The worst meal I have experienced. I tried to items off of this plate. What looks like mushrooms is actually chicken bones. The hard white root-looking things were a fibrous bitter-horseraddish-like pieces. I was not a fan. I paid 60 baht.

Japanese Restaurant near walking street. I still have not idea what I ordered other than it was chicken. The chicken was crusted in some sort of breading, pretty fatty piece of meat. To the side was salad with some sort of dressing. The salad was actually really delicious.

Chicken with cashew nuts.

Entree included: chicken, cashew nuts, green pepper, red pepper, onion, peppercorns, spring onion, and a salty-soy sauce-like sauce. Walking Street Pub - Pattaya, Thailand. Very good dish.

Chicken with peanut sauce.

This was at the Lounge on Walking Street, Pattaya Thailand.

This is a vegetable dish I has at the vegetarian restaurant a couple of blocks from my dorm and training center. The entree includes glass noodles, leafy greens, baby corn, carrots, and mushrooms. After adding some spice, I quite enjoyed the meal - 70 Baht.

Fresh bananas brought to me by a student for a snack between lesson. They are the perfect size, sweet and tasty.

Fried bananas and fried taro (matchstick looking pieces) with sesame seeds. They are crisp and tasty. Taro is a common root vegetable used in several Thai dishes. This was brought as snack between lessons while I was teaching at Pattaya Baptist Church.

Sticky rice in a banana leaf - given to me by one of my students. So sweet! This is one food you are allowed to eat with your hands. Something you need to try if you want to experience real Thai cuisine. I am looking forward to learning how to make and wrap these.

Thai ice cream stop - 1 scoop of chocolate chip vanilla and 1 scoop of coconut. The coconut icecream was perfect. I would recommend it. 60 Baht - Pattaya, Thailand

I ordered spicy chicken with herbs and spices - This was what I got. It was interesting, with lots of textures going on. I couldn't pick out all of the flavors. It contained chilled chicken, onions, spring onions, lemongrass, chili peppers, and other herbs and spices. It was ok, I wouldn't order it again. The texture and excessive flavors through me off. I believe this was about 160 baht at a local cantina-like bar.

1st Thai meal, not sure what it was. Sweet/salty chicken with rice - at Coffee & Beer, Pattaya, Thailand.

Lunch along the roadside - a shack within the rolling hills of Cambodia

I have no idea what was in this. Rice with lemongrass, beans, and other leafy green vegetables. Has some spice to it. The lady had about 7 hot pots of food sitting along the entrance of the shack. The rice was kept in a warming cooler. The cost was about 90 cents. I couldn't finish it, it was a lot of fun.

Breakfast in Sihanoukville, Cambodia - near the beach

Fresh dragonfruit, papaya, banana, watermelon, baguette, strawberry jam, and honey; ~$2.50

Grilled chicken and vegetable kebabs with grilled potato, Cambodian salad, grilled baguette with garlic and greens, and a tangy-salty dressing. About $2 a plate, located on the beachside in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Very good food, grilled right next to you as you sit in the sand and watch the evening waves.