JonesWineNo1  
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
 | | 11-20-2002 09:33 PM |
| I would appreciate any and all recommendations for dining in the following areas:
Cambodia
Hanoi, China Beach, and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam
Bangkok, Phuket, and Chiang Mai in Thailand.
TIA | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts: 11169
| | 11-22-2002 07:10 PM |
| | Hi Jones. I hope you have a great trip whenever you go. When you return, I'd love to know what wine goes best with dog. | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 11-22-2002 07:37 PM |
| | I am looking forward to that myself. They also have a fried cricket chain in Thailand that I plan on trying out as well. I am interested to try the Chaing Mai Syrah they are producing. | | | |
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GATC
Wine Lover
Posts: 4740
| | 11-23-2002 02:51 AM |
| Is this THE Board-O? What happened to the "-"?
Jones, didn't you ask the same question about 6-9 months ago? I have a lot of Vietnamese technicians that I work with, but they have not gone back in quite awhile. I really enjoy the fusion of Vietnamese and French cuisines. I guess that is why the Slanted Door is so popular.
I think I had dog in Mexico. I was designing a manufacturing plant there and I felt that it was important that I ate in the cafeteria (with the rest of the natives) since I designed it. Based on the bone structure of the "beef" dish I had, the animal had to be the size of a large dog. Very tasty and a lot healthier than the water. | | | |
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GATC
Wine Lover
Posts: 4740
| | 11-23-2002 03:23 AM |
| | Just noticed the Thailand reference. Can't recommend any particular place, but I really enjoyed the Tiger Prawns there. We ordered a pound, but they gave us a kilo (2.2 pounds). It was a huge mountain of the best tiger prawns you can imagine and the price was really cheap. Also love the grouper (sp?) that they get around there. Stubby, ugly fish, but it is the tastiest fish I know of. Smog and traffic jambs in Bangkok are unbelievable. | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 11-23-2002 03:45 AM |
| | I asked about this a while back but I am finally heading out on December 26th so I thought I would make another request. I have a deal with my new wife - for every day I survive in Cambodia I get to buy whatever I want off the list at the Grand Hotel D'Angkor (a WS award winner). Since I am an optimist, I am planning on enjoying a different vintage of Petrus every night! | | | |
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winebrat
Sacramento, Ca.
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2326
| | 11-23-2002 07:34 AM |
| | Congratulations on getting married. | | | "Everyday is worthy of a glass of sparkling wine" - Andrea Immer MS | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 11-23-2002 07:36 AM |
| | Thanks very much. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts: 11169
| | 11-24-2002 04:31 AM |
| GATC, this site didn't allow me to use a hyphen in my online name, but I used an underline. You can't see it where the names are listed because the names are underlined.
Jones, I wasn't completely joking about the dog. If I were visiting there and dog was served, I belive I'd try it, maybe even the crickets. Have a great trip and best wishes for many happily married years ahead. | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 11-24-2002 04:26 PM |
| | I agree completely. I want to try dog, crickets, and if I am lucky live Cobra heart (I have been watching A Cook's Tour too much). | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12599
| | 11-24-2002 04:30 PM |
| I would be VERY interested in crickets & the Cobra-thing. Exotic.
...But, no dog, for me. No way. | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 11-24-2002 04:34 PM |
| | As long as the dog is already dead when I get there, I want to try it. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13767
| | 11-24-2002 09:37 PM |
| A Cook's Tour, yes. I was going to suggest you read the book and/or watch the episodes in question.
I am not sure if I would eat dog or not. But, I would never ever eat cat. I could not do it/ | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts: 11169
| | 11-24-2002 11:34 PM |
| Hey, TJ, it's not like you'd be eating Rosie. If it's a delicacy, I might go for it.
Btw, I've recently heard of something so intensely barabaric that I'd never try it, nor would I want to be in the vicinity of the diners. I believe this occurs someplace in SE Asia. Supposedly live monkeys are put in a table that locks their heads in place and their heads are beaten with hammers til the skulls crack and the live brains are scooped out and eaten. That is the absolute worst thing I've ever heard about "food." Does anybody know if this, in fact, true, and if so, where these atrocities occur? | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts: 12599
| | 11-24-2002 11:46 PM |
| | Been going on for ages there, correct. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts: 11169
| | 11-25-2002 04:27 AM |
| Jones, you aren't, are you?  | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 11-25-2002 11:14 AM |
| No, monkey brain prepared via any method seems too cannibalistic to me.
And I like brains to be cooked - deep fried rabbit brain can be really good. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13767
| | 11-25-2002 02:31 PM |
| Board-o, I know, I know. But I do not think I could do it. I feel too much of a conenction to cats and other felines.
That monkey brain thing makes me sick, too.
I guess I am not the truly adventurous eater I thought I was...  | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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Seek
Upstate NY
Wine Thief
Posts: 2772
| | 11-25-2002 02:56 PM |
| I do not think I could bring myself to eat brain of any kind. I am adventurous, but there is no thread of attractivness in eating brain.
The monkey issue is sick, period. | | | |
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Matt Carton
Grape Destemmer
Posts: 72
| | 11-25-2002 09:10 PM |
| Jones,
My brother has spent 3 out of the last 6 years in SE Asia. I'll try to contact him, and let you know from there. Any plans on spending time in Laos? | | | |
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