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		<title>Gum Kuo Restaurant, Oakland Congee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gum Kuo restaurant, in Oakland, California&#8217;s Chinatown, is a great place to go for congee (rice porridge) &#8211; johk (or jook or, sometimes, juk). It&#8217;s the restaurant where we go for breakfast whenever we make a visit to the Old Oakland Farmer&#8217;s Market. We&#8217;ll visit there on other occasions as well. Gum Kuo is found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toh-Plue Restaurant in Bangkok</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toh-Plue restaurant, found at Chatuchak Market in Bangkok, serves delicious, flavorful Thai food. Whenever Kasma takes one of her small group tours to Chatuchak, we always take them to eat at Toh-Plue. This blog gives my impressions and explores some of our favorite dishes there. Chatuchak Market (in Thai จตุจักร), also called &#8220;JJ market&#8221; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Repair, A Thai Option</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sukhumvit Road, just before Soi 55 (Thong Lo, pronounced Tawng Law) there is a very Thai option for getting your watch repaired &#8211; a street vendor. This is one of the nice things about Thailand: you can find entrepreneurs of all types on the street, including tailors who set up with a sewing machine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snorkel Thailand Now, Before the Reefs are Gone!</title>
		<link>http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/snorkel-thailand-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasma Loha-unchit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coral reefs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global warming has taken its toll on the world&#8217;s tropical reefs, Thailand included. 2010 saw one of the most serious coral bleaching events in recorded history affecting most of the reefs in the tropical regions of the world, from the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific to the Caribbean. I was in shock myself to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudaporn Restaurant in Trang</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[pork leg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever we visit Trang, in the South of Thailand, I look forward to a meal at Sudaporn restaurant. The full name in Thai is Ban Suan Supdaporn. Not only is the food terrific, it has a beautiful garden setting where it is a pleasure to eat. The words ban suan literally mean &#8220;garden house&#8221;. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hua Hin Morning Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chilli paste]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jackfruit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chatchai Market in Hua Hin (also transliterated as Chat Chai), is well worth a visit. Whenever we head to the south of Thailand, on our own or during one of Kasma&#8217;s small-group tours to Thailand, we always plan to stop. The market is located off the main highway, highway 4, also called Thanon Phetkasem (Phetkasem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Markets &#8211; Oakland&#8217;s International District</title>
		<link>http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/asian-markets-oakland-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When shopping for Thai or Asian ingredients in Oakland, California, one of the best areas is the International District, which covers International Boulevard (formerly East 14th Street) and East 12th Street. There are many Southeast Asian and Chinese markets on these two streets from the Lake Merritt end to 17th Avenue. In this blog I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Markets &#8211; Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown</title>
		<link>http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/asian-markets-oakland-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the two best locales to shop for Asian ingredients in Oakland, California is Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown. When Kasma does her weekly shopping for her Thai cooking classes, she invariably begins at Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown. Below are the stores where she shops. One map I came across shows Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown Boundaries as a rectangle bound by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of the Best Sour Fish (Pla Som)</title>
		<link>http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/the-best-sour-fish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kasma Loha-unchit</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aw Taw Kaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Wai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NE Thailand]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pla som, or sour fish, is one of my very favorite foods from the northeastern Isan region, which is also known for its sour sausages. It&#8217;s made in a similar way as the Isan sour sausages, using fermented rice as the souring agent. I&#8217;m partial to fish and a perfectly fermented and crispy-fried sour fish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wat Mahatat in Nakhon Si Thammarat</title>
		<link>http://thaifoodandtravel.com/blog/wat-mahatat-nakhon-si-thammarat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Babcock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand is predominantly a Buddhist country and throughout the country there are numerous temples &#8211; wat, in Thai. One of my favorite temples is Wat Mahatat in Nakhon Si Thammarat. This temple is considered one of the three most important temples in the south of Thailand, the others being in Chaiya and Yala. A morning [...]]]></description>
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