Pad Thai in Khao San Road (Bangkok, Thailand)
Pad Thai is as Thai as it gets although it is of Vietnamese origins. This Thai national dish is a magic potion of stir fried noodles, eggs, been sprouts, shrimp, chicken, or tofu blended together in an oriental flavor of sour tamarind juice, hot chili, and salty fish sauce. A garnish of ground peanuts and coriander adds to it a a nutty and pungent flavor.
This one's from Khao San Road, Bangkok's famous backpackers' ghetto, where the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio found the map to the island in the movie "The Beach". But its fame might have gotten to it as it now looks more like the Sukhumvit area than that exciting boy scout corner of Bangkok from 6 years ago. Blogged at WAT-ching Thailand 3 (The Elephant in the Room) in "Shooting Churches, Eating Noodles".
Nikon D40 (Bangkok Climate Change Talks, 28 September-09 October 2009)