My Thailand

I adore these hole-in-the-wall places, usually family-run, where you can enjoy straight-up Thai home-style cooking. Nothing fancy, usually just noodle soups, and rice dishes topped with awesomely spiced vegetables, maybe some BBQ chicken or pork. These folks tonight were very accommodating and I spent a while after supper with them, waiting out the rain and watching the cute little tyke in the Garfield hoodie whom the whole family was ga-ga over.

There's the Disney-fied, tourist Thailand, and then there's the real deal. This is that.