Ayutthaya, ThailandThursday, December 31, 2009
We'd been at our new guest house here in Ayutthaya about five minutes when the friendly Australian fellow who seemed to be "manning" the front desk in the owner's temporary absence announced that there was to be a New Year's Party this afternoon/evening. Did we want to join in?
It was a kind of international potluck affair with cooks converging on the guest house's kitchen from all over Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Holland, the Czech Republic...) and Australia. Frank and I were the only Americans there--and our culinary contributions were purely financial.
The food was excellent, the company very interesting, and, in keeping with our own New Year's tradition, we were in bed by 10:00pm.
My favorite dishes were the Tahitian fish salad prepared by the French couple (merci, Marie et Cedric!) and the Thai fish cakes.
Happy New Year!
Picture: those are squid/cuttlefish? skewers destined for the grill...
