What's that you're eating?

yoko said:
Pizza birria again from my favorite taco truck!!!!!!!

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Dammit, I am gonna have to go to town to get birria tacos from the local truck tomorrow now. Not only are they the best I have had, but the mother daughter pair that runs that truck are HAF and wear clothes tighter than the tolerances of any of Nathan's machining centers. Win-win for me.
 
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Haven't eaten anything "different" for awhile but stopped by a Laotian Food Market in Richmond CA which was close to where the county was administering the new Omicron C19 booster that I got today. So, I went over to take a look at what was available at the market.

The store is a "hole-in-the-wall" typical of many Asian grocery stores but this one specializes Laotian/Thai food ingredients (and cooking equipment).

I know next to nothing about Lao/Thai food. On weekends, they prepare a variety of "take out" foods, that they just lay out on the floor and on a shelf in front of the counter, so I just picked up stuff and asked what it was and bought whatever sounded good w/o a clue what I was buying.

I bought a baggie of Khao Soi (a spicy ground pork rice noodle dish that you just heat and serve at home, some Khao Tom (sticky rice w/banana & coconut milk wrapped in a banana leaf) and some Khao Pard Xun (which is a steamed gelatin like layer "cake" made with pandan (a SE Asian fruit/plant) syrup, rice/tapioca flour, coconut milk and other things).

I ate the Khao Soi, Khao Tom and Khao Pard Xum right away and they were delicious! :)

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Ready to make Khao Soi in a baggie with a smaller bags containing a broth and a meat mix with some rice noodles & shredded cabbage.

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Khao Soi prepared in a bowl. Just mixed the broth, noodles and meat mix in a bowl, heated it in the microwave and then topped it w/the cabbage. It was easy to make and tasted great! I'm going to buy 3-4 baggies the next time I'm there.

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Khao Tom -- banana, sticky rice and coconut milk in a banana leaf. Also very tasty but 1 pkg was enough.

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Khao Pard Xum -- layered steamed rice/tapioca flour "cake." Likewise tasty but again 1 pkg was enough.

There are a couple of Cantonese gelatin desert/snack dishes similar in texture to this but they don't bother layering it. It either comes in white or brown. It's made in sheets and typically cut up into diamond wedges to eat. Tried to find some evidence of them on the Net w/o success.

In addition to the above, I bought a some spicy and sweet Sai Kok aka "Lao Sausage," a container of Laab Gai (a chicken salad with sticky rice and cucumbers) and a container of a plain noodle salad (not sure what it's called). I'll probably have them for dinner tomorrow night

Will post pics of them when I cook/prepare/eat them.

So, more later . . .

OBTW, I had to search for the names of what I bought/ate on the Net and was fortunately able to find the names for most (but not all) of them. If anyone knows the names of anything I missed (or got wrong), please let me know. Thanks!
 
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sgt1372 said:
Haven't eaten anything "different" for awhile but stopped by a Laotian Food Market in Richmond CA which was close to where the county was administering the new Omicron C19 booster that I got today. So, I went over to take a look at what was available at the market.

The store is a "hole-in-the-wall" typical of many Asian grocery stores but this one specializes Laotian/Thai food ingredients (and cooking equipment).

I know next to nothing about Lao/Thai food. On weekends, they prepare a variety of "take out" foods, that they just lay out on the floor and on a shelf in front of the counter, so I just picked up stuff and asked what it was and bought whatever sounded good w/o a clue what I was buying.

I bought a baggie of Khao Soi (a spicy ground pork rice noodle dish that you just heat and serve at home, some Khao Tom (sticky rice w/banana & coconut milk wrapped in a banana leaf) and some Khao Pard Xun (which is a steamed gelatin like layer "cake" made with pandan (a SE Asian fruit/plant) syrup, rice/tapioca flour, coconut milk and other things).

I ate the Khao Soi, Khao Tom and Khao Pard Xum right away and they were delicious! :)

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Ready to make Khao Soi in a baggie with a smaller bags containing a broth and a meat mix with some rice noodles & shredded cabbage.

AuewSgR.png


Khao Soi prepared in a bowl. Just mixed the broth, noodles and meat mix in a bowl, heated it in the microwave and then topped it w/the cabbage. It was easy to make and tasted great! I'm going to buy 3-4 baggies the next time I'm there.

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Khao Tom -- banana, sticky rice and coconut milk in a banana leaf. Also very tasty but 1 pkg was enough.

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Khao Pard Xum -- layered steamed rice/tapioca flour "cake." Likewise tasty but again 1 pkg was enough.

There a couple of Cantonese gelatin desert/snack dishes similar in texture to this but they don't bother layering it. It either comes in white or brown.

In addition to the above, I bought a some spicy and sweet Sai Kok aka "Lao Sausage," a container of Laab Gai (a chicken salad with sticky rice and cucumbers) and a container of a plain noodle salad (not sure what it's called). I'll probably have them for dinner tomorrow night

Will post pics of them when I cook/prepare/eat them.

So, more later . . .
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Delicious!!!!!!
 
More baby back ribs.
Sam’s club packing update, every package of baby back ribs I’ve ever bought from Sam’s club has contained 3 racks until now. I assume in order to keep total package price in the $20 range there are 2 racks instead of 3.

3 1/2 hours total cook time, first 2 uncovered to absorb some smoke then wrapped in butcher paper for the last hour and a half.
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Forgot that I also bought this sticky rice roll (filled with pork) at the Lao Supermarket the other day. It was very neatly wrapped.

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Dont know what it's called in Laotian but the stuffed sticky rice roll is pretty common throughout Asia -- filled with all kinds of things and known by many different names -- from Taiwan to Vietnam to Malaya and to Thailand (as well as other places in between and beyond).

This one tastes similar to a savory Chinese "joong" (a trapezoidally shaped sticky rice bunde usually filled with pork, Chinese sausage, egg and others things) that I am very familiar with.

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Have to admit that it doesn't look all that appetizing, due mainly to my poor photography.

However, after cutting off a couple of slices, heating them up (low/slow) in the micro and serving it them with a simple sauce of mirin, soy sauce and sesame seed oil, they made for a very tasty snack accompanied with a glass of sauvignon blanc.

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This is the kind of thing you'd eat while on a hike (or for "lunch" at a jobsite} which gets heated up by the ambient temperature in your pack or lunch box while waiting to be eaten. It's already precooked and spoilage shouldn't be a concern.

I plan to snack on this one the rest of the week and it should be all gone in just a couple more servings. :)
 
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