Bangkok Week 17 October 23, 2008 More baking trials, the Sox's demise, a new place for the shoes, and a better robot! View fullsize This dish takes normal glutinous rice patties, and deep-fries them for an extra-crispy shell. View fullsize Impale with a skewer to consume. View fullsize Mmm, deep-fried goodness. View fullsize During a trip to the lone baking supply store in Bangkok, we made off with a whole stash of goodies. View fullsize Testing the waters again with oatmeal-raisin cookies... which couldn't possibly be as flat as the first bunch. Right? View fullsize Going onto the tray in nice, round balls. View fullsize Enjoying what would be the last of the roundness. View fullsize Still round, going into the oven... and being furtively watched by the ghost of Anne Hathaway. View fullsize But alas. They come out as flat, square pancakes. View fullsize The next morning, watching Game 6 of the playoffs ... View fullsize ... while enjoying croissants, banana muffins, and pineapple. View fullsize Busted out the hat, just for good measure... and it paid off! (Temporarily.) View fullsize After 12 solid hours of solid rainfall, the neighbor's yard was more like a pond. View fullsize Following the shopping cart train up the escalators at Carrefour. View fullsize Trying out a decidedly uncomfortable designer chair at a furniture store in the same complex. View fullsize It's as if we were in France. View fullsize Traveling home again, with our big purchase of the afternoon. View fullsize Assembling our brand new ... View fullsize ... SHOE RACK! View fullsize Now go back 2 photos. Isn't this an improvement? The man in the mirror sure thinks so. View fullsize Round 2 of the oatmeal raisin: no less flat than the earlier batch. View fullsize Filling out all the visa application forms. View fullsize After being hand-delivered to our door, absently completed and being sent back to MA. View fullsize Apparently it's hard to capture monsoon winds and rain with a point-and-shoot. View fullsize The following afternoon, an equally ominous weather prognosis. View fullsize An interesting assortment of old and new. View fullsize An unprecedentedly empty skytrain platform for 8am! View fullsize As promised! A better shot of Mr. Robot, keeping watch over Bangkok. View fullsize I think some stock manager was a little confused. View fullsize Too distressing to see a fish being squashed by giant chopsticks in a giant pack of ramen. View fullsize A "milk cafe" that sells warm bread that you dip in milk (or other sweet liquids)... View fullsize ... we tried chocolate sauce. View fullsize A tattoo fair that manifests itself as a black shirt fair! View fullsize Trial number 3: banana bread. The verdict ...? View fullsize It turned into egg custard! View fullsize No, really. It looks okay... View fullsize ... albeit like a brown brick. It's cooling now, so stay tuned for the results of the cut-and-taste-test, in next week's edition!
