Pork before the swine

[Farang]

 
Frequently one finds something new in old haunts. For several years already one's been feeding one's face
at the little restaurant in the railway station park. Coming west up the Damnokasem one hangs a left at the
crescent skirting the park and parks at the park. While all the food in the restaurant is good, particularly the
Khao Kha Moo is exceptionally tasty and succulent. See for yourself.

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[Big Boy]

We often go there for lunch when we're in town. Nice food, excellent value

[Khundon1975]

 
Frequently one finds something new in old haunts. For several years already one's been feeding one's face
at the little restaurant in the railway station park. Coming west up the Damnokasem one hangs a left at the
crescent skirting the park and parks at the park. While all the food in the restaurant is good, particularly the
Khao Kha Moo is exceptionally tasty and succulent. See for yourself.

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Saw the slide show, food looks ok.
Do we get to eat the frog as well.

[Big Boy]

Don't be daft - the frog's there to eat the flies

[STEVE G]

Do we get to eat the frog as well.

A few of those small places do Tom Yam Gop, which is basically spicy frog soup if you’re interested.
I tried it at a small place opposite the bus station and it’s OK if you like that sort of thing.

[Pagey]

I tried frog curry in a Laos restaurant in Pattaya - It looked Ok until I bit something hard and was informed that they leave the bones in...........

[STEVE G]

I’ve tried something like that in Issan Pagey and they just mash up all the small bones so it tastes a bit gritty. The one I had in Hua Hin just had small pieces of meat that must have come off the legs and was much more palitable.

[Jim]

Excuse my ignorance, but apart from the legs what else on a frog is edible? I guess from the big bags of the things I've seen in the day market that they must be popular somewhere, but what bits do you get to eat?

[Randy Cornhole]

I have heard tell that the ears make a good salad...

[STEVE G]

From the taste of the gritty dish I had in Issan, I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole thing was in there. I don’t really know because I never saw it being prepared but the people around that way are not renowned for being picky about which bits of animals you can eat.
When I was up there last year, one of the old boys gave me a demonstration of frog hunting using a bamboo blow-pipe which was very impressive.
He was able to skewer them from about five to ten meters away by shooting a length of sharpened bamboo with cotton wool around the end to seal it in the pipe.
Apparently you can get that close to the frog without scaring it off as it can’t see the blow-pipe pointing at it.

[Big Boy]

My wife has had friends bring her back big bags of little dried frogs by friends holidaying in Thailand. They are only about an inch long and in tact. When she and her friends eat them, there is no waste.

[Randy Cornhole]

He was able to skewer them from about five to ten meters away

Pardon my ignorance but are Thai frogs on steriods? when I was a kid we used to walk up to them and just pick 'em up...

[STEVE G]

These were big things Randy that hang around the banks of the irrigation ponds and when you get near to them they jump in the water and swim away.
In fact one tried to make a getaway with the dart skewered through it, but the old boy jumped in the water and grabbed it.
I wish I’d had a camera with me because it was quite entertaining, (by Issan village standards anyway!)

[Khundon1975]

I tried frog curry in a Laos restaurant in Pattaya - It looked Ok until I bit something hard and was informed that they leave the bones in...........

Of course they do, TIT waste not want not
You leave the bones in a chicken when you cook it don't you?

[Khundon1975]

Don't be daft - the frog's there to eat the flies

MMMmm Frogs stuffed with flies, saves on the stuffing I suppose.