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Food
Sticky rice, eaten by hand
How Isan eats: sticky rice rolled in your fingers, dipped into whatever is on the table.
Photo: Peter4940, CC BY-SA 4.0
Living in Thailand
Daily life, as it really is
Short guides to the everyday things: food, manners, markets and money. Written from a small town in Isan, not from a hotel lobby.
Coming soon
Food
The 4 jars on every noodle table
Sugar, fish sauce, chilli flakes and chilli vinegar, and why you season your own soup.
Photo: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0
Coming soon
Markets
A Thai fresh market at 3 a.m.
Wholesale first, shoppers later. What happens before the sun comes up.
Photo: Mr.Niwat Tantayanusorn, Ph.D., CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo to come
Coming soon
Manners
How to wai without embarrassing yourself
Who wais first, how high your hands go, and when a smile is enough.