both. literally it means have you eaten rice yet, but what it really means is how s it going? it is assumed if you haven t eaten yet things are not going well. if you ve eaten rice is such a fundamental component. eating is synonymous with eating rice. to eat a meal without rice would be unthinkable. what makes their whiskey special? because of the flavoring that they add to it. conveniently our hosts in addition to providing us a fine meal just so happened to run a distillery out back. they use spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days. right. and then she smashes it with a wood mallet. thai rice whiskey. bucket of hooch. whatever you want to call it. this stuff is a delightful beverage that tastes better and smoother apparently the more you drink. oh, here we go. sneaky. sneaky. well. and then fried fish.
oh, that s okay. it all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. and though i had been looking out a whole hot of hotel windows these days, struggling to figure out where i am okay. being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i m back in thailand. not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it s a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province, tucked up near the borders of
haven t eaten yet, things are not going well. if you ve eaten, rice is such a fundamental component. eating is synonymous with eating rice. to eat a meal without rice would be unthinkable. what makes their whiskey special? because of the flavoring that they add to it. conveniently, our hosts in addition to having provided us with a fine meal, just so happen to run a distillery out back. they use a spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days, then she smashes it with a wood mallet. thai rice whiskey, lao khao, bucket of hootch, whatever you want to call it, this stuff is a delightful beverage and tastes better and smoother, apparently, the more you drink. here we go. sneaky, sneaky. well
i lost the plot. oh, that s okay. it all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. oh, yeah. i ve been looking out a lot of hotel windows these days struggling to figure out where i am. okay. being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys. i know i m back in thailand. not just thailand but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it s a fertile, green, and gorgeous area. home of the ancient lana people. welcome to chaian mai province
here it is. you re not kidding. that s like a horror movie. like csi soup. i m eating out of an open wound. actually, that s completely delicious. utterly delicious. that makes you look like a vampire. it s quite spicy. you can taste the chillies. it doesn t really taste like blood. it just kind of tastes sweet and rich. let s see if we can change your mind about brains. delicious. i m not lying. this is delicious. anyone would completely love this. you eat too much of it, you ll go blind. that s what they think. they say that about off and i m still here. it has to do with parasites and all kinds of stuff. huh? can i tell you some stories? whoa, back up there. parasites? two or three years ago, a whole family in nan province,