Anyway, as you can read from the title, I finished my 3rd midterm today which was Computer Applications in Business! Not like it was hard but it wasn't worth sleeping 7 AM for. I don't know what I was stressing about! I was prepared 2 weeks ago when my professor sent the guideline.
After my midterm, my professor asked me if I was interested in a couple of extracurricular activities. Sure, I was! I have a lot of free time anyway. This week, on the 25th of February, there's going to be a Thai Instrument extra-activity. I decided to join the Thai Cooking Class on the 3rd of March and according to my professor, they'll be teaching how to cook Pad Thai. Woo. And on the 10th of March, there's going to be a TOEIC Test.
When I left the class, I decided to have my lunch (which also includes my dinner, by the way) out of campus. I remembered that a good friend of mine told me to buy street food as they were cheaper and tastier and that Yum Mama (ยำมาม่า) was her favourite. So I did walk out of my university and I found this stall that sells Yum. And if you know me very well, the kind of dishes I frequently order is Seafood Yum (ยำ), Kuey Teow/Tiaw (ก๋วยเตี๋ยว), or any noodle dish that's under the "Phad" (ผัด) category which translates to Stir fried.
Below, I've attached photos!
Here, she made me choose my Sen (เส้น) which means Noodle in Thai.
I chose Sen Mama (เส้นมาม่า), the Tom Yum Flavour (ต้มยำกุ้ง)
And over here, she made me choose what I'd like in my yum. There are hot dogs, immitation crab meat, shimeji mushrooms and other which I couldn't identify. Also, the white frilly thing that looks like bleached hydrangeas are mushrooms! Sadly, I do not know the variety.
I chose to have cabbage, hot dogs, immitation crab meat and shimeji mushrooms in mine. And oh my god, I'm sooo living for shimeji mushrooms!
Yay!
After purchasing the yum, I bought 2 pineapples. In total, I've spent 80 baht on my food. Not that I'm living on a budget or anything but I normally spend 30 baht per day for food. I'm just not a big spender when it comes to food. Like hey, at least I've eaten and the amount doesn't matter to me.
Now that I'm in my dorm, I'm eating the yum and the top part has cooled while the bottom part of the bowl is still hot.
Isn't it beautiful?!?!
In my opinion, it's delicious when it's still hot. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't taste good when it's cold. My former Thai teacher loves eating chilled yum. It's just like the Cold/Hot Pizza or Cold/Hot Spaghetti debate. Everyone's got their preferences, don't judge them.
I also like it how the spicy flavour is around your mouth and not inside(? Does that make sense?
I also like it how the spicy flavour is around your mouth and not inside(? Does that make sense?
I'm currently having issues right now because I want to eat this yum while it's still hot but at the same time, I'd like to savour the moment and eat it slow but then it's going to be cold by then! Ahhh, the delema!
Overall, I'd say this was a a great experience. The salesperson at the stall was a fast worker, easy to talk to, didn't question much and I am absolutely delighted with the food.
Are there chances of me going back to purchase food from that stall again?
Definitely!!
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