Bangkok

Unusual dishes served up in Thailand / Culinary self-experiment on LVZ Online

I finally got a proverbial frog in my throat. It’s not that I’ve caught a cold from the crass differences in temperature between outdoors and most offices, modes of transport and hotels. No, I finally got one in person – and fried – on my plate. Since we are familiar with this speciality from our neighbours in France, the amphibious food was only the beginning. My colleague Punnee decided she had to introduce me to more very different highlights of Thai cuisine as well.

After surviving the usual grasshoppers and other deep-fried or otherwise prepared insects, things were stepped up another notch. There were animal parts on the table that I had never even dreamed were edible.

Have you ever had a deep-friend duckbill in Germany or tried a boiled (for many days) chicken’s foot? I, for one, can report – and the self-experiment is also documented on video on LVZ Online – that although neither of these specialities will make it onto the top ten list of my favourite dishes, it really wasn’t all that bad either.

The deep-fried duckbill – or to be more precise, the soft parts of the bird’s mouth – tastes a little like crispy fried chicken. As for the boiled chicken’s foot, in spite of its exceedingly unusual appearance, it is possible to ingest even this part of the poultry without hesitation since it really does taste like chicken.

So far, I have not had any yearnings for German food. The incredibly diverse Thai cuisine continues to fill me with enthusiasm daily. We’ll see if that continues and what else will land on my plate in the remaining time I have here.