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  bee

  7 years ago

  where can i eat this in bangkok (reasonable price pls)? thanks mark

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    Mark Wiens

    7 years ago

    Hey Bee, here’s a great place: https://www.eatingthaifood.com/2011/04/kuang-sea-foods-restaurant-amazing-thai-seafood-in-bangkok/

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  Suppamas

  9 years ago

  Yes! I can confirm that it’s really nice and so yummy! ^_^

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  paulo

  9 years ago

  …now to convince Safeway to carry it! ^_^ Although I bet the Thai markets in Boston might have it.

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    Mark Wiens

    9 years ago

    Yah, are you going to try to make it? This kind of oyster like this is so good!

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    Lily

    4 years ago

    It is very easy to grow at home. You just need to get a seed/dried seed. They even make jewelry ornaments from the dried seeds.

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  paulo

  9 years ago

  Yum Mark. Do you know what that herb is? Looks like Basil.

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    Mark Wiens

    9 years ago

    Hey Paulo,
    In Thai it’s called “krathin.” In English it’s sort of complicatedly called “leucaena leucocephala.” It’s basically a leaf from a tree, similar to an acacia.

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      Lily

      4 years ago

      Yes it is a kind of vegetable in local Asian food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucaena_leucocephala
      when you eat it with raw oysters, it will give a sweet taste, because the enzyme from the oysters convert something inside the shoot leaves of this plant into a form of unique sugar

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        Mark Wiens

        4 years ago

        Thank you for sharing Lily!

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      Mac

      2 years ago

      Acacia didn’t know????

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