The coils of tubular meat at the bottom of this picture show Sai Ua, a traditional pork sausage made with kaffir lime leaf, lemongrass, garlic, shallot, turmeric, and so on. We will definitely try to make this when we get home. We've now gotten pretty comfortable with some sketchy food stalls. This one broke every rule but one. It wasn't hot or cooked in front of us. The person handling the sausage with bare hands was also taking money/making change then wiping her hands on a damp towel hanging from the stand for who knows how long. Probably since the market opened 6 hours earlier. Eeeeww! But they had one critical element -- a huge line of locals. And they were carrying in the coils of sausage just as fast as they could sell them (from where? who knows). And after eating, who cares?!
We also read about this stand on a few foodie blogs, though it is a bit tough to find in the Chinatown market here with thousands of vendors - no stall numbers or navigation help - and you have to match the Thai language sign to something you saw in a picture on the internet. Oh, then look for the line. That makes it easier.
We are totally getting into the street food here. And on every corner, you can buy incredibly fresh sweet fruit. Mango, pineapple, cantaloupe, papaya, you name it. A really nice bag of freshly sliced fruit about 20 bhat (60 cents) and if you move outside the main city area, it's even less. It's crazy and really really good.
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