Food Photo: Som Tam Thai (ส้มตำไทย)

By Mark Wiens

Som Tam Thai (ส้มตำไทย)

One of the Thai dishes that never gets old is a fine plate of freshly pounded green papaya salad.

I devoured this marvelous plate at graveyard Isaan restaurant in Silom.

Food Photo: Can of Bird’s Nest

Can of the top quality bird's nest soup at a store in Yaowarat, Bangkok, Thailand.

The dish of Miang Pla Tu เมี่ยงปลาทู being prepared into an assembly line at the…

This man has made a few too many batches of sausages in his day....