i end up kissing the one ladyboy in thailand who looks like ernest borgnine straight on the lips. of course i am completely oblivious to the dayglo white lipstick all over my face. out of context, photos of me here tonight end up on the internet, this could look bad. awesome show.
maybe a lot of drinks, because what you need maybe you didn t know you needed it, but you do is nam prik. thai chili dip. andy: yeah. nam prik is what the vast majority of thai people who live in america who come to thailand to visit who go back ended up getting busted at the airport for trying to bring in. anthony: we get two kinds. nam prik ta dang. andy: it s a combination of chilies, garlic, shrimp paste, dried fish. anthony: and this andy: colloquially known as midnight nam prik num. anthony: made from roasted green chilies. accompanied by god s preferred delivery system for beer-friendly goodness. andy: ooh. anthony: yeah. andy: yeah. anthony: yum on that. a whole bunch of deep fried little salty, meaty, delicious things, yes please. uh-huh. andy: oh me. and kai toon. anthony: yes. and oh yes, something i ve loved from the first mouthful i ever had right here in chiang mai all those years ago thai pork sausage. andy: mm. crispy, meaty, salty.
anthony: when did you come to thailand first? andy: i believe it was 1987. and i came as a backpacker. it was all about, you know, smoking dope on the beach, eating mushrooms, chasing girls, and drinking beer. i had a three-month ticket and i ended up staying away for four years. here we go. anthony: oh man. so what was the dish? there s a dish in every traveler s life where they just said, okay, you know, my previous life is not gonna be enough for me anymore, you know? andy: it was a particular mushroom. they make soup out of it. it was unlike anything i d ever had in my life. anthony: when i first came out to this part of the world, and those noodles. i mean, i knew right then i mean, i m not joking. it wasn t the girls. it wasn t the beaches. the noodles, the greasy bottle of fish sauce, and the smell. it s this terrible moment where you realize, i can t share this. that s it.
anthony: yeah, let s do that. [ cheers ] all right, here it is. ladyboys, as they are known in thailand, have led to many an embarrassing moment to the amorous cowboy too buzzed to notice or care much about the details. andy: my first experience with this kind of an atmosphere in thailand happened in koh pha ngan in 1987. i met this girl and i was like stoked because it was like, oh, she s into me. and, like, at some point she sat on my lap, and she s like, oh, well i have to go now. i have to go do something. and she gave me a kiss, and i was like, i m in. and the show started.
what s left to do? oh yes, wrap things up. i think we ve learned something here today in chiang mai. i can t summon exactly what that might be right now. you know i was thinking about this whole mohammad said, you know, don t tell me what a man knows or what he says. tell me where he s traveled. you learn stuff. maybe it s to remember to bring something to remove makeup before hitting the cabarets. andy: like the first time that i spent a long period of time in thailand, that sort of brightness, the spiciness, the simple elements making kind of this bright explosion of flavors i got back home, i immediately wished i could be back in thailand. anthony: or maybe you just say screw it and have a good time. it s quite a beautiful piece. thank you so much.