Sunday Market-Chiang Mai

Here are some monks in their saffron robes at the weekly Sunday market, where they shut down the main road trhough town and vendors set up stalls and sell their goods and services. I have heard that most men spend anywhere form a week to a month as a novice monk. I ate some Thai style dumplings and got an hour long reflexology foot massage. I was told by my massuese that my legs were full of muscles. I don't know if it was meant as a compliment or a complaint (I saw her getting a massage from a novice when I left). But its good to see that all those squats, lunges, leg extensions, leg curls, and hours on the cross trainer have amounted to something.

I am obsessed with the fact that bugs are consumed in Asia. Here are some fried treats on display at the Sunday Market.

I have had these grubs?, or something like them, at Chayanpa a restuarant we used to frequent in Shibuya. The staff brought it out as a free service appetizer. They were fried so there wasn't anything squishy inside. They were salted and crunchy-no taste really...just crispy. Here's a close up of some of the other crispy critters: Crickets? View this photo Locust? View this photo

Update: Check out the pictures from Chaing Mai in the photo gallery on the sidebar.

Comments

[lillian]

Can't believe you actually tried those bugs.. YUCK !!!
:-) LOVE your pictures and post.. thai food is really, really good. I'll NEVER get sick of it...

[AzianBrewer]

I am sure these bugs go great with beer! High in protein!!!

[MC]

Yeah, I could eat Thai food every day, not bugs, but at least one meal that was Thai sounds very appealing to me.

[Edward]

Man, those bugs don't look too appetising. You tried silk works in korea too. You're pretty adventurous with the bugs - esp for a man who doesn't eat much shellfish. I think the first bugs are cicadas, but they look too much like cockroaches for me to ever entertain the thought of touching them - never mind eating them.