Street vendors, food and all…

Street food vendors are an integral component of urban economies around the world. Affordable cuisine, swift services and the obvious absence of the Thai hi-so environment. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. Nowadays he travels from the plantations of Malaysia […]

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A simple alternative to rice » quite yumm

A simple bowl, without fanfare, served by a tireless elderly man. Beef broth, noodles and loads of dry chili flakes. If you’re into noodles and broth, Thailand is for you. Though when I was there, I did miss Malaysia’s kueh teow goreng… Heaven. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable […]

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Mee Curry, spicy and hot… perfect

One of my favourite Malaysian food, Mee Curry (chicken and noodles). Widely available even in the most isolated village, its best served hot with extra red chili paste. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. Nowadays he travels from the plantations […]

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A bowl of spicy, hot soup

Quite hungry, stomach rumbling, I wouldn’t mind having a bowl of hot soup. Oh hell, I would not mind the whole pot, with the fish, crab meat, chili, mushrooms and all. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain Zainal suffers from an incurable addiction to social work, helping marginalised communities since 1989. Nowadays he travels […]

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Kanom Jeen Nam Yam ~ simply wonderful and tasty

Seems everyone is going after street food nowadays, even the elites (though occasionally for them, maybe). Almost everywhere, you will find a sprawling metropolis of Thai cuisine ~ in temporary makeshift fire-hazard restaurants to small mobile cart. Everywhere. I sat with my friend, one night, at the pavement of Silom Street to sample one of […]

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