Friday, December 28, 2007

bbq red snapper on the beach

restaurant east sairee beach
bbq red snapper with corn and spicy thai sauce: 240 baht

i'm sure this is common in tropical tourist areas, but as i've not really spent much time in such places before now it's all new to me. a stall filled with ice and fresh fish, pick your fish, and they'll bbq it for you right there.
bbq red snapper

very nicely bbq'd, with roasted corn on the cob and a spicy thai sauce. i'm starting to realize the challenge inherent in keeping this blog, as i'm running out of ways to say i liked what i ate, but let me call it delightful.

here's an after pic to illustrate the point:
bbq red snapper - demolished!


apart from the food, the conversation was good too. i've got a knack i think for running into some interesting people. a canadian couple, ex-pats, living in hong kong but moving to koh samui (lucky)! and an american couple living in beijing. it's super interesting to me to hear their stories, as they're all a bit older (39 and holding i'm told), and i've considered doing the ex-pat thing myself.

in non-food news i've done my pool diving, and am about to go out for my first dive, it's super fun and i'm hoping to do a photography dive (they supply the underwater camera) and i'll upload pics when i do.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you are having a blast - always interesting who you meet on the road!

Enjoy the dives and look forward to the pictures

Not missing a thing here - but liked the green plug!

Happy holidays

Scott G

Anonymous said...

Wow the Red Snapper and corn bbq is a far cry from the exhaust dogs of your home city - good on you.

Amazing meeting up on the road isn't it?; bet some of these people you meet you'll be in touch with for many years. I'm still in touch with people I met in Europe in the late '80s.

Have a blast on the dive! Be safe and avoid the hyperbaric chambers best you can (but get pics of those if you do)

Regards - Brady