Kamala Beach-more on food
If someone had told me three years ago that I would be
spending half my time in Thailand I would have scoffed at the idea, but life
has a way of changing, of steering you in a direction that you hadn’t foreseen.
And this of course is the setting for my non-fiction book that I am now working
on. I probably used the wrong word before in saying it was finished, what I
should have said was that the first draft had been completed.
On starting the proof
reading and editing I found that I needed to weld the chapters together in a
way that the reader could follow the story because I use interludes of other
forays, other travelling destinations within Thailand, like Udon Thani and
Kamala Beach. I suppose one could say it is written in a nonlinear sequence.
Each chapter still demands that there be a connection.
I’m still in Kamala
Beach. Before I spoke of the food here and I would like to say more for it is a
demanding subject and is often at the forefront of conversation. I am a little
averse to restaurants that have been westernised because it has been, in my
experience, that they are overpriced and the food is not cooked as it should
be. This is not to say there aren’t any good westernised restaurants here,
because there is, but expect to pay more. And if you pay more, then, it has to be
spot on.
It’s all about exploring
the area where you are staying and trying out the various options and the
various cuisine. In Kamala Beach I have several places I visit. The Baan
Natacha on the beach has a wonderful setting, with a western breakfast and
snack size food. The Kokosnuss, a German owned restaurant near my hotel has a
very good range of foods. The Aussie Pub has only western meals and I often
have a meal there when I want something familiar. There is a small Isaan (north
eastern Thailand) style food restaurant beside the canal opposite
the post office that has delicious Thai food at a good price. The Name escapes
me now.
On Wednesday I fly to
Khon Kaen in north eastern Thailand, another wonderful place.
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