anthony: with wan ok phansa approaching, today is super alms day. a once a year halloween like bonanza, where in addition to the usual sticky rice, monks are offered all manner of treats. mr. see: i was a novice, come from my home village to live in the temple in luang prabang. i finish a monk. anthony: in orange robes, the whole bit? mr. see: mm-hm. anthony: now, do most young men go to the temple to ah mr. see: to get education, yes.
means though, that the president came here? this is a, look, this is a small country. only 7 million and change people. mama and michel: yes. yeah. anthony: not a lot of mineral resources. michel: no, not really. anthony: uh, no oil. if you were a cynical person. michel: i m not. [ laughter ] anthony: why do you think he came? michel: well you have china, you have russia, you have, ah lots of things. anthony: you think we need a we you think that maybe we think we need a friend in the neighborhood? michel: i think ah, everybody needs friends. [ laughter ] anthony: nice answer. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on. .shaky ground. help take control by asking your healthcare provider about vraylar. vraylar treats acute mania of bipolar i disorder. vraylar significantly reduces overall manic symptoms, and was proven in adults with mixed episodes who have both mania and depression. vraylar should not be used i
river crab, yeah. anthony: mm! mama vaughn: see? anthony: it s good. michel: mm-hm. mama vaughn: it s only in mama vaughn: it s only in luang prabang anthony: you could eat the shell? mama vaughn: yes. anthony: mm. mama vaughn: and fish with pork grill. michel: all in banana leaves mama vaughn: banana leaves. mm. and then this is ginger sauce. eat the pork skin. anthony: pork skin, of course. and we have to have sticky rice. michel: yeah, sticky rice. mama vaughn: okay, bon appetit! anthony: food like this, uh, this is an imperial dish, a, a royal dish? mama vaughn: mmhm. anthony: have these disappeared, these recipes, or are they still here? they still are? mama vaughn: they re still here but you know, cause tony, it some time they do it not the way that sup not supposed to do it. they change ingredient a lot. my grandma teach me how to do this. anthony: now you were born here, yes? in luang prabang? mama vaughn: yes, in luang prabang. yeah
pakistani and bangladesh food. yeah, oaxaca takes over all of eighth street. anthony: why oaxaca? just that s the way it worked out? roy choi: mm-hm. you know how it goes. anthony: yeah. roy choi: probably one guy showed up. anthony: yeah. roy choi: filipino fast food just behind us. anthony: mm-hm. roy choi: and then a bunch of riff-raffs in between. anthony: filipinos ought to be very proud of their food. roy choi: mm-hm. anthony: underrepresented. roy choi: i think they re going through kind of what we went through, where the glass hasn t been broken yet to, to translate it but still keep the core and soul of it. but it tastes delicious. anthony: a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain, jollibee s. laugh all you want, but ask any filipino. they love this drive-through mutation for specialties like this fried spam sandwich thing. but it s the desserts where it gets really crazy. anthony: decisions, decisions. roy choi: here we go. uh, we l
a life apart, of being somewhere else, there are those who like that feeling. jonathan: mmm-hm. anthony: i like that feeling. um, and then, there are those who, they may live apart, they may live somewhere else, but they re not entirely comfortable. it s, the difference annoys them or is a burden. jonathan: it is. and it frustrates them. some people have to leave home to find their home. i m one of those people. whereas i didn t feel at home in the country i was born in at all. but here, i feel okay. i feel very, very happy here. anthony: there is, indeed, something special about this place. burroughs described the native quarter of tangier as a maze of sunless, twisting streets filled with blind alleys. its smell was particularly notable to him including a mix of hashish, seared meat and sewage.