Monday, August 31, 2009

Night Markets

One of the best things about living around here are the night food markets during Ramadan. You can go and buy a bunch of great local food for breaking your fast (or just for supper if you're not fasting). This was what Craig picked up: some fried tofu, rice, awesome salad (cucumbers, peppers, pineapple, onions), and some spicy sauce. Yum!
These are pretty popular. Its a grilled bread with egg and ground beef inside, this one served on a banana leaf. Yeah, that is a Jonas Brothers cup there--good spotting!
You can get tasty fresh juice drinks. Here we have pineapple, lychee, and watermelon. Ann's favorite thing is that you can order these fresh juices and its like eating fruit. Drinking watermelon juice tastes just like taking a bite out of one. Wonderful!
Whatever you buy at the market should be flooded with curry. That is how you make it delicious. Curry is the gravy of Asia. So the food is a lot like KY, "Fry it and then cover it in gravy."
There you go, one happy customer!
The final verdict? She didn't like it very much but she's been quite brave and tried a lot of new stuff. Including something she calls "atomic chicken" but I guess that is a story for her to tell.

2 comments:

piano lady said...

I am so proud of her for trying new things! A brave young lady!

Sandie said...

You go Ann!!! Great job on trying new things and taking in the culture!!! You will remember this trip for the rest of your life!!! Here you're doing a great job with the kids too!!! Awesome!!!! Very proud of you!!