what to eat in Thailand

Eating in Thailand: Beetles, Crickets and Grasshoppers. Yum!

Jenn
March 30, 2015
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“Mmm. It’s kind of nutty and creamy,” I said after chomping down a roasted silk worm cocoon in Chiang Khan in the Loei province.

As the group I was traveling with walked to dinner, we admired the street vendors roasting a variety of food. Over dancing flames I saw skewers of octopi, legs of chickens, and little balls of meat in which I assume was pork.

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Travel to Thailand: How Sweet it Is. Maphrao Kaew Made in Loei

Jenn
March 27, 2015
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“We like sweet things,” my guide said as the group stopped at a small maphrao kaew factory in Chiang Khan located in Thailand’s northeast province of Loei, “Because coconut is not sweet enough,” she added while laughing. Maphroe kaew is coconut strips cooked in melted sugar to create a deliciously sweet treat.