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Cauliflower in dry curry mix with dried shrimps and stuff. Penauts. Squash in oyster sauce, garlic, soy sauce.

Mostly the bitterness, but the texture was not helping either

Pai Panang curry tofu. Not too peanutty, hearty with lots of sharp kaffir lime. Khao soi, quite sweet, egg noodles and fried noodles. Very rich, warm spices not sure. With the customary pickles and onion. Green curry. With pea eggplants, ball eggplants, mushrooms, plenty of ginger and basil. Didn't really like the pea eggplants. Thai beer, served from a water pitcher, because the Covid limitations forbid selling alcohol past ten. Fried things for breakfast. Sweet toasted coconut filling. Sweet mung beans. Also crisp battered sweet bananas.

Freekeh cooked risotto style (though by nature it is not as creamy) with mushrooms, chickpeas, garlic, toasted cumin, a little date molasses, olive oil.

No flowers when we've been there, but we got to try the ripe fruit. Just looked up coffee flowers online - it looks much like jasmine as well.

Visit to a coffee farm. The owner was very kind and showed us around, explained about their production, farm, roasting and business. He told us he started the farm after retiring. Because of the new years, the coffee shop was not open (even though he suggested to open it up just for us, but we didn't want to be even more of a bother). We got some coffee to take home, and then got some as a gift. Such a nice guy

Farmers market in Chiang Mai. Lots of beautiful produce, organic vegetables, and also clothes, crafts. Grilled sticky rice patties with millet(?), sugar. Steamed rice rolls with chives and savory-sweet sauce, fried garlic. Bingsu - mango milk ice; longan ice with grass jelly.

Greek chickpea stew with orange peels and juice, fenugreek, oregano, turmeric, coriander seed, anise seed, tahini. Warm crisp bread. Dakos (rusks) salad with roasted peppers, fresh vegetables, blue cheese, soft feta, capers, oregano, garlic, olive oil, vinegar. Ouzo.

Black eyed peas, pumpkin, chard, celery, carrots, dill and spices. Slightly sweet-sour. Couscous and yogurt.

Roasted squashes with hazelnuts, sage, garlic, butter. Lettuce salad with apples and lemon verbena vinaigrette (thanks @heidih for the idea).

We snacked on a steamed eggy sponge cake, warm sticky rice with custard (ugly but delicious), warm mochi with sesame.

Bubble tea from the new years eve. Tasty enough to be worth mentioning One taro flavored, the other matcha. Thai have their bobba softer than I remeber from Taiwan, and I think it's more to my liking.

Light-ish dinner. Pastina with egg yolks, parmesan, lemon zest and a bit of juice, nutmeg, butter. Not unlike risotto. Tomato salad.

A token for the Chinese new year. 8 treasure rice.

It was rainy. Potato dumplings casserole with mixed cheeses, smokey omelette pieces, caramelized onion, nutmeg, rosemary, pepper. Salad of fennel, cucumber, kohlrabi with dill, vinegar and a bit of sugar. Cooked apples and sour cream. schneider aventinus doppelbock.

We were there to observe. Funny story, lanterns were recently banned, as they can be a fire hazard and cause pollution. Not that it stopped people (luckily for us, because it was a beautiful experience). After a couple of lanterns got stuck up trees, a police officer turns up. Lantern-blowers around us got a bit worried, understandably, but he ended up just giving them a lesson in properly releasing the lanterns.

New years eve in Chiang Mai. Link to better quality videos.

Cheese update. Very blue. Mild smell. SO named it Shaimembert.

I'm glad you were able to, it's quite an experience. I was happy to see that the elephants in the park we visited seemed happy and well taken of.

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A great meal: Mushrooms in oyster sauce. Clams in chili sauce with basil and a bit of sugar. Rich shrimp paste soup, with small tender shrimps, a touch of sugar, lots of lemongrass. Vegetable platter (eggplant, banana flower, zucchini of sorts, luttac, young ginger). Fried noodles with egg, basil, sauce. Tasty lemongrass drink.

A visit to an elephant rescue.

I'm envious

I think it might have been a knife or a thin spatula.